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• ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭

  April 11, 2005 11:06AM

  Can't help you since I've never done it, but... do you really want most people to think you're a scammer by keeping bidders private?
  
  There may be legitimate reasons for it at times...but for the most part, I think most people think the primary reason for private auctions is to perpetrate a scam.
  

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• ddink Posts: 2,748

  April 11, 2005 11:09AM

  As you mentioned most of the time it's not a good idea, but there are times, such as high-value items, when it may be appropriate. Can anyone help with this?

  I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."

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• agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭

  April 11, 2005 11:11AM

  lately you need to keep private so scammers don't send your bidders false second chance offers.

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• ddink Posts: 2,748

  April 11, 2005 11:14AM

  Agentjim, do you know how?

  I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."

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• markglicker Posts: 1,486 ✭

  April 11, 2005 11:15AM

  I have done a few private auctions on Ebay. I was tired of my underbidders getting slammed with bogus second chance offers. The auctions did ok, but I am sure that it didn't help things. On the pictures and details page, there is an option for private auction, just to the right of the auction duration option.

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• ddink Posts: 2,748

  April 11, 2005 11:21AM

  Thanks mark!
  
  P.S. I mostly list buy it now auctions, so customers don't have to worry about the shill and scam thing.

  I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."

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• agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭

  April 11, 2005 11:29AM

  
  Agentjim, do you know how?
  
  I don't know how I'm sure once they have your ebay name getting your e-mail address isn't to hard then they send you an e-mail that does look legit but the one I received the coin didn't make reserve and the e-mail said the winning bidder backed out. It was a bluemoon auction and he has had to make all his auctions private because his bidders were getting bombarded

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• TWQG Posts: 3,145 ✭✭

  April 11, 2005 11:52AM

  Might as well make it invisible too.

  My eBay store

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• mozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭

  April 11, 2005 12:38PM

  Plain and simple, I will never bid in a "private" auction.

  I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.

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• robertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭

  April 11, 2005 12:53PM

  Why not put smoething in your auction text that says "I never send out second chance offers. If you get one, it's not from me. Please forward any second chance offers you recieve to spoof@ebay.com"?

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