Prohibited Information.

[wan303win]

I've been an ebay member since the 1990's.

I've seen many changes in ebay policy in that time...changes mostly for the benefit of the firm, not too many for the buyers & sellers.

The opening of these info forums could basically be a good idea, if you were allowed to name & shame crooked sellers & buyers, or show the item numbers to which you are referring, however, I've found this is not allowed.  Legal reasons I guess.

As I'm recently retired & have lots of time on my hands nowadays, I've been following these boards quite a bit in the past few months. 

By having these forums, the main purpose by ebay management appears to be to get members to answer questions that should be referred to ebay to respond to &/or clarify. Must save the boss a lot of staff = more money for management. 

Most requests for info appear to be answered by the same group of people, who have an astounding knowledge of the rules & regulations applicable to buying & selling, I've never delved into that side of things, I'm interested only in staying within the law. I note there is a moderator who never appears to buy or sell anything, so I assume they are employed by ebay. (I did ask them that question, but never received a yes or no).

It's a shame that what started out as a great avenue for buying & selling, has just become a cash cow for those in control.

[collect247]

Having private feedback means that I don't want you to know what I have bought and it doesn't mean that I am hiding something

which is obviously another thing that you don't clearly understand 

[collect247]

Tell me what you think my private feedback is saying about me?

Or what it has to do with anything?

It would show you that I am an excellent member of the ebay community,why should you know what I have purchased anyway?

Most of the well known members here know anyway so once you have been on here for a very long time you mught find out haha

or if someone informs you earlier,which probably will happen lol.

[wan303win]

OK! What it means is that you have nothing to hide...but still hide it. I'm very proud of my feedback and don't mind any other member knowing what I buy or sell, There again...I have nothing to hide.

Nobody hides something that they don't feel needs to be hidden. It's that simple. I couldn't care less what you buy or sell, I only care about a personality that would want to hide that information. I can envisage all manner of reasons. However, your attitude says a lot about you even if your feedback doesn't. 

[thecatspjs]

As I understand it, a very small group of eBay members seem to think they "run the boards"

eBay promote the boards as being a place for all eBay members for discussion as community members of eBay. 

Unfortunately many new posters are not made to feel very welcome and do not return.

This in turn reduces the contributions that might otherwise be made.

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[wan303win]

You gat that right!

[brerrabbit585]

Private feedback can be because a seller doesn't want other sellers to see what they're buying (or who from) as it may give others ideas about going into competition with them.  Only a fool would give away all their business secrets!

[lyndal1838]

Sellers cannot have Private feedback.   If feedback is private it means the member is not selling anything on that ID at present.

[ircinic-7]

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@wan303win wrote:

OK! What it means is that you have nothing to hide...but still hide it. I'm very proud of my feedback and don't mind any other member knowing what I buy or sell, There again...I have nothing to hide.

Nobody hides something that they don't feel needs to be hidden. It's that simple. I couldn't care less what you buy or sell, I only care about a personality that would want to hide that information. I can envisage all manner of reasons. However, your attitude says a lot about you even if your feedback doesn't. 

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Nor does anyone have to feel obligated to show their purchases.

Not really anyone's business, the green, grey & red are still visible.

[thecatspjs]

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@ircinic-7 wrote:

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@wan303win wrote:

OK! What it means is that you have nothing to hide...but still hide it. I'm very proud of my feedback and don't mind any other member knowing what I buy or sell, There again...I have nothing to hide.

Nobody hides something that they don't feel needs to be hidden. It's that simple. I couldn't care less what you buy or sell, I only care about a personality that would want to hide that information. I can envisage all manner of reasons. However, your attitude says a lot about you even if your feedback doesn't. 

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Nor does anyone have to feel obligated to show their purchases.

Not really anyone's business, the green, grey & red are still visible.

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No, but they should not expect that others won't be suspicious about their trading experience or think that they are discussion board troll, as posting IDs also provide a cover for this type as well.  Sad, but true. 

[collect247]

But there are alot of posting trolls that don't even hide their feedback,you should know about that.

And I don't give a rats **bleep** about anyone being suspicious,none of their business