Watchcount hasn't been axed, actually it's name now reflects what the site is all about and it remains an excellent tool for what it was originally intended to do.
the whoo harr is all about the privacy of individuals, both sellers and buyers, who, rightfully, want their basic privacy rights respected and the introduced snoop page that had been very cleverly concealed in a menu bar that had the potential to destroy that respect.
When I was first informed about Watchcount I thought it was just that, it wasn't until a considerable time later that I began to wonder where posters were coming up with, what should have been, private information. I never gave Watchcount any credit for being able to supply the info untill some time, later again, that the secret was let out of the bag and I began to explore the site. I quickly found the opt out tab, and did just that. Many other "informed" people have also opted out but there must have been many more IDs posting on the boards that didn't have any knowledge of the site at all and were being confronted with their private information for all to see who read the boards disguised as, ----- help? How many IDs would have come to the boards if they were aware of what "help" meant? Probably be a couple of bogans from the ACT and a couple more without any self respect ... IMO.
I don't have any problems with Watchcount in it's present format but I certainly will not miss the bidders and sellers tab.
Please tell me oddsandendsoz, how did you use the site to balance the scales against scammer buyers?
@oddsandendsoz wrote:
Must say I am disappointed that it has gone! Whilst I get the point about privacy, who doesn't care about that, it was a great tool that went some way to trying to balance the scales against scammer buyers. In an ideal world such a tool would be pointless, but in the world of eBay it was invaluable.
