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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2703 Posts |
I have been happy with one ID since January, 1999, always the same, never changed it. I don't sell on ebay, so getting a cheap shot negative from a crazy buyer is not an issue for me. When I bid, I like the seller to know it's me. It is like saying "hello again, that is neat coin, so here is my bid." I hate seeing the encrypted IDs which suddenly appear when auction reaches a certain price, when my ID get transformed into 0***t. I have been stalked a few times, but since I have a wide range of interests I don't find it to be a problem. No secret IDs, no stealth bidding, no sniping, it's just me. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4869 Posts |
Definately planning on doing this.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4869 Posts |
I just now created a new account! Yippie!!
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Forum Dad
 United States
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Moderator
Australia
16831 Posts |
I'm like t360 - I'm only a buyer, and only a sporadic one at that, so additional IDs would be redundant. I seem to recall, back when I joined ebay in 2002, that acquiring multiple IDs for yourself was actively discouraged. I seem to recall dire warnings against multiple ID usage in the registration process, reading that if I attempted to run two IDs from the same computer, then ebay would find out, assume I was up to no good and hunt me down and persecute me.  Looking at ebay Help nowadays, I can't find anything like that. It seems that ebay is assuming that multiple IDs are routine, and makes allowances for it (if not actively encouraging it). Am I misremembering, or has ebay changed their policy in regard to multiple IDs in recent years? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
A good bit of the acceptance of multiple IDs might also have to do with the fact that ebay now controls the vast majority of payments through PayPal and can monitor accounts that are linked by their PayPal account. |
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Forum Dad
United States
24161 Posts |
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A good bit of the acceptance of multiple IDs might also have to do with the fact
Possibly, but it more has to do with showing growth to the stockholders. They tell them "we have 30% more members", not "30% of our members registered another ID".  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
I wonder whether or not reporting multiple IDs as membership growth would be an SEC disclosure violation...even if technically true, if ebay knows or should know the IDs are not being created by unique subscribers...I suppose they could 'fine print' and footnote the numbers enough to insulate themselves. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2602 Posts |
I haven't seen any discussion about possible shill bidding as a negative reason for not allowing two accounts on ebay. In other words, using a second ebay account to perfom shill bidding on the first account. I think this practice is rampant on ebay. As an example, about a year ago I watched several auctions by one seller and found that one particuar buyer was placing a lot of bids on it (and won a few of them). The buyer and seller both were from the same city and state. I figured out that they were likely the same person (or friends) and reported it to ebay as possible shill bidding. After that, the seller made all their auctions private, changed their ship to address to "Anywhere USA" and I stayed away from all their auctions. I have thought about getting a second ebay account because it is allowed, but my ethical side says its not right for the ebay community as a whole because I think it heavily fosters shill bidding, which makes it an unsafe buying environment. Of course, I would not shill bid my own items or a friend's items. |
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Forum Dad
United States
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I have thought about getting a second ebay account because it is allowed, but my ethical side says its not right for the ebay community as a whole because I think it heavily fosters shill bidding, which makes it an unsafe buying environment.
This topic has nothing to do with shill bidding. Shill bidders certainly don't register another account with the same name to shill bid. If they're dishonest enough to shill bid, they won't think twice about making up a name and address. Allowing multiple ID's does not support nor increase shill bidding for this reason. quote:
I think this practice is rampant on ebay.
I disagree. I think people that think this practice is rampant on ebay are rampant. 9 times out of 10 when you think it's shill bidding, it's not. There is way too much absolutely legitimate behavior that could also be interpreted as shill bidding. We get accused of it because we have people that bid on almost all of our auctions. Doesn't mean they're shills, just means they trust us. Fact is, unless you can see IP addresses and know how they work, you don't know and shouldn't accuse. Discretely report your thoughts to ebay as you did and let them sort it out. quote:
The buyer and seller both were from the same city and state.
I bid on every single coin the dealer 2 miles from me lists because he starts everything at 99˘ even if it's in the case for $850. I can possibly win them all for considerably less than buying them straight from him and I can just pick it up and save the shipping too. You could've easily reported him and I for shill bidding and you would have been dead wrong, even though you were pretty sure of yourself. |
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Valued Member
United States
187 Posts |
I notice when I put my pointer on the "Register here right now" that it
is a "rover" link. What's rover mean in a link?
Jerry
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Forum Dad
United States
24161 Posts |
It's an ebay subdomain that allows ebay to see where the link came from is all. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
877 Posts |
Interesting. We have two accounts for the first 2 reasons and had never thought of the third reason; but it makes sense. We are partial to checking out what others are buying and selling and study closely where someone seems to sell for better than average prices or buy foy lower than average prices to see what they might be doing that we could do too. No Paypal issues. We use our main selling account for buying -but not items similar to what we sell. We use our 'buying' account for selling items different to our usual items. That way both account show a range of activities. Our feedback scores are 100%  (touch wood) and 98.5% so we are showing OK so far. cheers Jeff |
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Valued Member
United States
187 Posts |
Rover Rover...
Rover Rover...
Come on over...
Over
I wonder how many people I can drive nuts saying that to?
Jerry
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Pillar of the Community
United States
882 Posts |
It's hard to believe that people have enough time on their hands to do the reason number 3. I like looking at peoples feedback and seeing what they spend their money on. But finding the same coin they bought and re sold? Seems like a lot of time involved.
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Posted 11/18/2007 1:13 pm
