Name change on ebay--how is this possible?

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:11AM

I recently bought some items from a seller named "elcki" and as of today I see that the same items are listed under the name of "mazurus". I ask you, how is this possible? I'm totally confused.

Whazzup widdat?

ajaan · February 16, 2004 1:12AM

See this?

That means he changed his user ID.

Very similar to people having two, or more, IDs on this forum.

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:16AM

--Very similar to people having two, or more, IDs on this forum.

Who would want to have more than one ID?

wybrit · February 16, 2004 1:16AM

I changed my ID one time, but that is because the original ID was an email address.

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:17AM

Thanks for the help, Mr. Ajaan. You're a tribute to the forums.

ajaan · February 16, 2004 1:17AM

Yo hetman, what time is it there now?

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:17AM

Mr. Wybrit, did ebay force you to change your name so as to eliminate the email address?

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:18AM

Mr. Ajaan, it's about time for me to go to work.

spoon · February 16, 2004 1:20AM

I don't know why people would change their names like this one has.. That was his ID when I first started buying from him. As far as I could tell there was no change other than his ebay name, service stayed the same.

cosmicdebris · February 16, 2004 1:22AM

eBay forced me and everyone else that had an email address as their ID. If you didn't change it they were going to change it for you and they would pick your new ID.

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:24AM

Thanks for the information, and vote of confidence, Mr. Spoon. It's my first time winning anything from him, so it seems very strange that as soon as I win something, his name changes.

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:25AM

Mr. Cosmicdebris, that sounds mighty lame. But as someone told me once, this is ebay we're talking about, not a democracy.

wybrit · February 16, 2004 1:28AM

Mr. Wybrit, did ebay force you to change your name so as to eliminate the email address?

No. At the time, I was unhappy that my email address was the ID, so I changed it voluntarily. I wanted "wyobrit" (since WYO is the true abbreviation for Wyoming) but it was taken.

I had to settle for WY instead - the postal abbreviation for the state.

hetman · February 16, 2004 1:31AM

---(since WYO is the true abbreviation for Wyoming)

Thanks for expounding on that, Mr. Wybrit. I've seen some old letters addressed to my late grandparents, and it seems people used to use a 3-letter abbreviation for states, for example, ALA for Alabama and FLA for Florida, etc.

lordmarcovan · February 16, 2004 3:46AM

Hmm. I guess that little icon with the chess pieces replaced the old "shades" icon, which I always thought looked a little dumb, anyway.

ajaan · February 16, 2004 3:47AM

Who ya calling dumb lordM?????

<< <i>Or "Ajaan's Retarded". >>

Philip · February 16, 2004 4:07PM

<< <i>But as someone told me once, this is ebay we're talking about, not a democracy. >>

LOL

historygeek · February 16, 2004 4:13PM

<<ebay we're talking about, not a democracy.>>

Let's turn eBay into a cooperative.

kuhli · February 16, 2004 9:45PM

<< <i>I recently bought some items from a seller named "elcki" and as of today I see that the same items are listed under the name of "mazurus". I ask you, how is this possible? I'm totally confused. >>

I have had elcki on my watch list for quite some time. This is not the first time he has changed his eBay handle. As a matter of fact, this is the 3rd time he has used "mazurus". he changes every 6 months or so. His history

Name change on ebay--how is this possible?

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