Author: James Conda
Date: 04:24:45 02/19/06
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On February 18, 2006 at 18:10:39, Steve B wrote:
>James,
>
>>How does a bidder hide his name when bidding on E-bay?
>> And why do it? What is the advantage to hide ones name?
>
>the bidder does not elect to hide his name
>the seller can set up the auction so that the bidders names are hidden
>this option is only avaialable to the seller
>
>the reason the seller might do this is to encourage bidders who ordinarily would
>not bid against others that they know..in this case it allows collectors whom
>know each other to bid aganst each other and not offend anyone
>
>but i never bid on hidden auctions
>it leaves too much room for the seller to goose up the price by bidding himself
>
>perhaps this happenned here..i cannot say for certain,,but i suspect it
>
>Best
> Steve,
Thanks for the clarification and info.
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