Bidding on Ebay

[R1Geezer]

I'm bidding for something on ebay and in the bid history I see "Bidder 1", "Bidder n" etc, I seem to be the only one with a proper user name. I looked up "Bidder 4" for example and there is no such user id. So is there some sort of anonimous bidding system? I can find no mention of it in the help etc, anyone know?

[jb190281]

theres a whole section regarding this matter in the ebay answer centre, a lot more complicated than I thought. have a look but basically to do with shill bidding and similar.

[Chickadee]

If the item is over £100 then bidders are shown as Bidder 1, Bidder 2 etc. When you look at it you will be shown as yourself, if I looked at it (if I had bid on it) I would be shown as myself and you would be shown as bidder no ?

I think this was introduced to stop fraud - people being offered second chances and the person offering was a completely different seller.

If the item is under £100 it is because the seller has chosen for bidders to remain anonymous but details are shown to you as detailed above.

Hope that makes sense!!

[R1Geezer]

ok thanks all

[Panic Button]

My work colleague, who is a computer virgin, couldn't believe how cheap the prices were on e-bay.

He told me he had seen something dirt cheap, but he only had 5 days to buy it at that price.

He didn't realise it was an auction site.