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GTD - 05 Oct 2007 02:02 GMT

What is up with all the auctions that the high bidder is named something
like y***z, or any other combination of a letter, three asterisk, then
another letter? Many times, if you see an auction with say 10 bids, and
the high bidder is one of those, the bid history has several other
combinations of the same scheme in it, like this one:

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=130157926581

There's only two in that one, I've found others with 6, 8, even 10, but
don't want to post them since they're not ended yet. Any idea what
gives? Thanks, Greg.

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Richard - 05 Oct 2007 04:18 GMT

> What is up with all the auctions that the high bidder is named something
> like y***z, or any other combination of a letter, three asterisk, then
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> don't want to post them since they're not ended yet. Any idea what
> gives? Thanks, Greg.

This sort of thing happens with a lot of internet based sites that require a
nickname for a logon these days. Have you tried to create a new account on
ebay recently? You have a few nicknames in mind and you put in your first
choice and its taken, you try your next one and that's taken too, you keep
trying names and their all taken so you just put in anything. I think this
is what has happened with these people.

This also happens on a lot of the forums, IRC and EA Games servers.

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GTD - 06 Oct 2007 01:07 GMT

>> What is up with all the auctions that the high bidder is named something
>> like y***z, or any other combination of a letter, three asterisk, then
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>
> This also happens on a lot of the forums, IRC and EA Games servers.

Yea, , but 6 different people, , all with a letter, three asterisks,
then another letter, , all bidding on the same item, and nobody else?
Just too much of a coincidence for me to believe.

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Richard - 06 Oct 2007 04:44 GMT

> Yea, , but 6 different people, , all with a letter, three asterisks,
> then another letter, , all bidding on the same item, and nobody else?
> Just too much of a coincidence for me to believe.

OK!!!

I now realise I should not have assumed you Googled your question before
posting on the forums, that would have been to simple. :)

_________________________________________________________

Bid safely: eBay limits how your bid history information is displayed by
using anonymous names. When the highest bid, reserve or Buy It Now price on
an item reaches or exceeds a certain level, other members cannot view your
member-specific information-such as your User ID-on the Bid History page.
Your complete User ID is shown to the seller of this item only. Bidders are
assigned anonymous names, such as a***b. These anonymous names are used
consistently across all auctions that exceed a certain level.
Regardless of the current high bid, when the reserve or Buy It Now price is
initially set at or above $200.00, your User ID will appear as an anonymous
name throughout the duration of the auction, even if the seller lowers the
price.

Note: Anonymous names may appear more than once in the bid history and may
represent different bidders from different auctions.

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GTD - 06 Oct 2007 06:32 GMT

>> Yea, , but 6 different people, , all with a letter, three asterisks,
>> then another letter, , all bidding on the same item, and nobody else?
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> Note: Anonymous names may appear more than once in the bid history and may
> represent different bidders from different auctions.

Actually I did, but I didn't think to put something like a***b in there.
.. That's cool, I was beginning to think it was a scam or something. . .
Thanks for pointing that out.

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Richard - 06 Oct 2007 10:39 GMT

> Actually I did, but I didn't think to put something like a***b in there.
> .. That's cool, I was beginning to think it was a scam or something. . .
> Thanks for pointing that out.

Its all good now :-)

I just put in "Ebay Names with a asterix" it came up with the ebay forum
which had a link to the info.

Interestingly enough I haven't seen this before on the Australia version of
ebay so it was all new info to me.

Seems like a good idea to hide the highest bidders id on sales above $200. I
guess its their way of stopping other people like friends or family from
seeing what you buy on ebay.

There have been a few stories on the current affair programs here recently
about people spying on their friends and family. Trying to create hassles
with their family members like husbands bidding on something and their wives
friends telling their wife about it.

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