Change in E-bay bidder identification

[Phil Waterman]

I just noted that e-bay has changed how it displays bidder information.

"As the internet evolves, eBay continues to strike a balance between preserving transparency and protecting our Community of members. eBay has decided to change how bid history information is displayed so bad guys cannot target bidders with fake offers using this information. In certain cases, some bidders will no longer be able to view Bidder User IDs on the Bid History page. Your User ID will be shown only to you and the seller of the item you're bidding on. Other members will see an anonymous name, such as Bidder 1, applied consistently to the Bid History page."

While I understand and applaud there efforts to protect bidders and get sellers the best price, some thought of how the small CMP community can avoided unnecessarily bidding items above their real value particularly if other wise we would just as soon let another member the CMP Community have the item. This is of particular importance on items that can be shared such as photos.

Your thoughts?

By the way the item that brought this to my attention was the Ford CMP in West Virginia http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1938-...QQcmdZViewItem