Just curious why someone who has 100% positive feedback (on eBay) would make
their feedback PRIVATE. Anyone know?

Maybe they have an inside out at ebay and they don't want anybody to
know about it.
cuhulin

Jim Hackett wrote:
Just curious why someone who has 100% positive feedback (on eBay) would make
their feedback PRIVATE. Anyone know?



Some folks are serious about protecting their privacy.

On the other hand, if it's a low number, I'd be careful - it could be
they don't want you to see half the people who have given them feedback
bid on every auction they run.

Mark S. Holden wrote:
Jim Hackett wrote:

Just curious why someone who has 100% positive feedback (on eBay)
would make
their feedback PRIVATE. Anyone know?



Some folks are serious about protecting their privacy.

On the other hand, if it's a low number, I'd be careful - it could be
they don't want you to see half the people who have given them feedback
bid on every auction they run.






And there are some vendors who have learned that by making the names
of their clients public, as would open feedback, they're opening up
their client list to raiding, and in worst cases, attack by those who
would libel them.

There have been a couple of members here, who have scoured the eBay
listings, and contacted bidders and buyers of certain vendors to share
horror stories, allegations or rumors against the vendors. Considering
that there are many who make their living on eBay, protecting their
customers' identities makes some sense.


This, of course, measured against the activities of vendors who may
have good feedback ratings (feedback is as much a political insurance
racket as it is honest reportage, these days) but who misrepresent their
goods for sale. Ironically, it's rarely the less scrupulous vendors who
hide their feedback, or conduct their auctions privately.

There may be many reasons for keeping the details of one's affairs
to one's self. Just because you don't stand naked on a street corner
means you have something untoward concealed.

If I can't buy what I want locally,I figure I don't need it
anyway.Although I did buy my Velocity Micro ProMagix
www.velocitymicro.com computer from Richmond,Virginia and I did buy
my computer to computer monitor (Multisync 22 inch screen from Illinois)
hook up VGA cable from Bozeman,Montana. www.si87.com
cuhulin

I could understand keeping bidders identities private. I just hadn't seen
the feedback be private without stains being covered...



"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
Mark S. Holden wrote:
Jim Hackett wrote:

Just curious why someone who has 100% positive feedback (on eBay)
would make
their feedback PRIVATE. Anyone know?



Some folks are serious about protecting their privacy.

On the other hand, if it's a low number, I'd be careful - it could be
they don't want you to see half the people who have given them feedback
bid on every auction they run.






And there are some vendors who have learned that by making the names
of their clients public, as would open feedback, they're opening up
their client list to raiding, and in worst cases, attack by those who
would libel them.

There have been a couple of members here, who have scoured the eBay
listings, and contacted bidders and buyers of certain vendors to share
horror stories, allegations or rumors against the vendors. Considering
that there are many who make their living on eBay, protecting their
customers' identities makes some sense.


This, of course, measured against the activities of vendors who may
have good feedback ratings (feedback is as much a political insurance
racket as it is honest reportage, these days) but who misrepresent their
goods for sale. Ironically, it's rarely the less scrupulous vendors who
hide their feedback, or conduct their auctions privately.

There may be many reasons for keeping the details of one's affairs
to one's self. Just because you don't stand naked on a street corner
means you have something untoward concealed.

Jim Hackett wrote:
I could understand keeping bidders identities private. I just hadn't seen
the feedback be private without stains being covered...



Currently, there is no way to keep feedback public without also
exposing bidders' identities. So, to protect them, the feedback profile
must be kept private as well.

eBay keeps pretty good histories, and users rarely, if ever, have the
opportunity to manipulate the feedback profile or its percentages. If
the profile claims 100% positive, that's eBay's claim, not the vendor's.
No stains to be covered, private, or otherwise.





"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...

Mark S. Holden wrote:

Jim Hackett wrote:


Just curious why someone who has 100% positive feedback (on eBay)
would make
their feedback PRIVATE. Anyone know?



Some folks are serious about protecting their privacy.

On the other hand, if it's a low number, I'd be careful - it could be
they don't want you to see half the people who have given them feedback
bid on every auction they run.






And there are some vendors who have learned that by making the names
of their clients public, as would open feedback, they're opening up
their client list to raiding, and in worst cases, attack by those who
would libel them.

There have been a couple of members here, who have scoured the eBay
listings, and contacted bidders and buyers of certain vendors to share
horror stories, allegations or rumors against the vendors. Considering
that there are many who make their living on eBay, protecting their
customers' identities makes some sense.


This, of course, measured against the activities of vendors who may
have good feedback ratings (feedback is as much a political insurance
racket as it is honest reportage, these days) but who misrepresent their
goods for sale. Ironically, it's rarely the less scrupulous vendors who
hide their feedback, or conduct their auctions privately.

There may be many reasons for keeping the details of one's affairs
to one's self. Just because you don't stand naked on a street corner
means you have something untoward concealed.

I got an email from Velocity Micro www.velocitymicro.com
today.They say Velocity Micro computers are now available in some Best
Buy stores.Next time y'all get ready for a new computer,y'all might be
interested in taking a look at Velocity Micro computers.And,the email I
got from Velocity Micro today also says something about lifetime
upgrades.I am going to phone their toll free phone number tomorrow and
ask them about that.I expect to get many years of use from my easy to
upgrade Velocity Micro ProMagix computer.Sort of like my old vehicles,I
know how to keep them running myself.
cuhulin

Just a little overpriced...


wrote in message
...
I got an email from Velocity Micro www.velocitymicro.com
today.They say Velocity Micro computers are now available in some Best
Buy stores.Next time y'all get ready for a new computer,y'all might be
interested in taking a look at Velocity Micro computers.And,the email I
got from Velocity Micro today also says something about lifetime
upgrades.I am going to phone their toll free phone number tomorrow and
ask them about that.I expect to get many years of use from my easy to
upgrade Velocity Micro ProMagix computer.Sort of like my old vehicles,I
know how to keep them running myself.
cuhulin