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sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
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Just curious if anyone has figured out a way to research who you are bidding against by looking at the the two characters given in the EBay bidding log and number of feedback? Is there a backdoor way anyone has figured out? Thanks in advance. Could be very useful information. Isn't there also another website that tells who won auctions?

Dave
On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.

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  • vols1vols1 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭
    If someone has left you feedback then you can figure out their hidden bidder ID. Other than that, there is a website that will reveal bidders ID but you have to pay.

    https://kennerstartinglineup.blogspot.com/

  • MrNearMintMrNearMint Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭
    Just curious, Why would anyone pay for that information? What's the benefit of knowing something like that?
  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
    I was bidding in an auction and the top bidder had only 4 feedback and 25% of that activity was with the seller. I was debating about whether to place one more bid and decided not to. It seemed shady. No more bids came in and that person with 4 feedback won. I will track what happens with the transaction and item now. I have done business with this seller before and had good experience but this may be a yellow flag or nothing at all. I just wish we could have a little more transparency on other bidders with all the discussion on price manipulation and shill bidding recently. I am not sure of the exact solution. Something interesting also happened recently when I bought from someone who mentioned I also won something from his "other" eBay ID. I just dont want to be involved with auctions where people are bidding up their items with alt IDs. There needs to be more transparency somehow while also protecting legitimate buyers who want to have some personal information protected.
    On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A bidder with only 4 positive feedbacks having 25% of their bids with one seller is not unusual. That wouldn't concern me unless the number of cards they bid on was huge.

    James
  • MantlesMantraMantlesMantra Posts: 154
    What should concern people is the number of bid retractions. See the latest Pete Rose PSA 9 that went for $150,001. If it is fraud, which there is plenty of reason to think so, that's a big enough sum to land someone in jail - which is what I think should happen.
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: djr

    Dave, I think 25%+ of the time, you are bidding against yourself! image




    The chances of winning are much better. image

    James
  • bobsbbcardsbobsbbcards Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: jfkheat
    A bidder with only 4 positive feedbacks having 25% of their bids with one seller is not unusual. That wouldn't concern me unless the number of cards they bid on was huge.
    James


    I hope this is obvious, but here goes:

    A bidder with 25% of their bids with one seller and only four positive feedbacks total will have ....wait for it.....one whole transaction with that one seller. One. Not two. One.
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  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: bobsbbcards

    I hope this is obvious, but here goes:



    A bidder with 25% of their bids with one seller and only four positive feedbacks total will have ....wait for it.....one whole transaction with that one seller. One. Not two. One.





    Four positive *feedbacks* doesn't really tell you anything about the number of bids/transactions. It just means 4 people left him feedback.
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: bobsbbcards

    Originally posted by: jfkheat

    A bidder with only 4 positive feedbacks having 25% of their bids with one seller is not unusual. That wouldn't concern me unless the number of cards they bid on was huge.

    James




    I hope this is obvious, but here goes:



    A bidder with 25% of their bids with one seller and only four positive feedbacks total will have ....wait for it.....one whole transaction with that one seller. One. Not two. One.





    Obvious??? I think not. Someone could have bid multiple times on hundreds of items and still have only 4 positive feedbacks.

    James
  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
    James thank you. Ok. Ok. Well I can see how it seems paranoid but this was a fairly expensive item. Low feedback had me suspicious from the start. There are better examples. Time will tell what happens with the item. Definitely should have had my coffee first next time before crunching the numbers image. Haha. If he is a really good shill, he won't have much feedback though like James said.
    On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.
  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
    Here is a more complete picture. I removed the item description. 86 total bids is a lot more active than 4 feedbacks indicates. It may be nothing.



    Bidder Information

    Bidder: i***b ( 4 )

    Feedback: 100% Positive

    Item description:

    Item Title:

    (Item removed)

    Bids on this item: 12



    30-Day Summary

    Total bids: 86

    Items bid on: 18

    Bid activity (%) with this seller: 25% Help

    Bid retractions: 0

    Bid retractions (6 months): 0
    On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
    I buy mainly books to resell and have gotten to know other seller's IDs (and their max bids on certain titles). I don't know of a program that can detect their identities, but if one exists, as suggested above (a service that can be purchased) I would definitely be interested in signing up. Goofbay was a great source to plugin one's username and see their bidding activity - but they no longer offer this service. If there is another source, I'd be interested in that as well.
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