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Originally Posted by David Roper
Yeah, that's been the format for a few weeks now. The idea is it protects anonymity from spammers, yet still makes it (at most) possible for bidders to recognize each other.
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So do I understand that only bidders can see each others' names, and those who have not place a bid cannot see? That's a heck of a lot better, if it's the case! Several times since eBay started hiding the bidders' names, I have hesitated to bid on an item for fear of driving the price up for a friend/fellow collector. In one case with an old Civil Defense air raid siren timer that I wanted, there was a package of a timer and a control receiver on eBay. Seeing the name, I contacted the other bidder through the eBay message system, we made a deal so he got his receiver and I got my timer without driving the price up for either of us
Charles