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rhonab
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:05 am    Post subject: E-bay user names???? Reply with quote

I've been bidding on some auctions and I've notices A LOT of people are using "d***i" what is with the * thing? Have they had soooo many identies they have had to resort to using stars instead of real letters?

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Lizzy
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think its some way of making it like private bidders- I've done that on a few and not been signed in and checked on my bids, and seen my username like that. Weird thing is, sometimes I'm the highest bidder, but the letters next to the stars aren't the first and last letters on my username! Tis odd indeed...

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BeanieLogic
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ebay did this several months ago. They are masking bidding id's due to fraudulent 2nd chance offers. I don't like it. I like knowing who my competition is when bidding. If I see certain names I back off because I know they bid way higher than I'm willing to pay.

I say make the site more secure....don't mask IDs.
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