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Am I losing my mind or is eBay now listing bid amounts in the bid history of active auctions? I know that I miss some of the announcements of new features but how long has this been going on?
Joan
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***Bid History Page Enhancements***
Date: 08/23/04 Time: 02:44:41 PM PDT
To increase the transparency of the marketplace and to provide members with more information, we will be introducing several enhancements to the Bid History page (links to Bid History can be found on any item page) over the next few days. The key changes are listed below:
- To reflect that this page also applies to non-auction listings such as multi-item Fixed Price listings, the name will be changed to Buyer History for Fixed Price listings.
- When a member places a bid on an item, their bid amount will be displayed on the Bid History page. If a bid is retracted, information about the retraction will be shown underneath the current bids on the Bid History page.
- The current high bidder's bid information will be highlighted in yellow to make it easier to see.
- When you are signed in and looking at the Bid History for an item you have bid on, you will see your maximum bid amount near the top of the page, and your ID will be listed in bold for any other previous bids.
- You will now be able to add items to your Watch list directly from the Bid History page.
We have also started a thread on the Bidding discussion board so members can post your feedback. To access that thread, please click here [http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.j...ageName=CMDV:AB].
Regards,
eBay
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DUH, I found the earlier here thread that discussed this "enhancement".
Thanks for the link, Likearock, some interesting comments on the eBay board.
Joan
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Thanks for posting this.
I had no idea....
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What purpose does this serve??
This is what one of my current items' bid history looks like: (some info x'd out to protect the guilty)
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Item title: xxx
Time left: 4 days, 1 hour 25 minutes 49 seconds
Only actual bids (not automatic bids generated up to a bidder's maximum) are shown. Automatic bids may be placed days or hours before a listing ends. Learn more about bidding.
User ID Bid Amount Date of bid
xxx (4) US $9.99 Aug-24-04 07:02:23 PDT
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So if this item gets another bid, this bidder above will have $9.99 showing as their bid??
What a goofy idea. Wonder what the reason is behind it.
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Originally Posted by FLvamp
What a goofy idea. Wonder what the reason is behind it.
My guess is that this data enables anyone to search for current bids by eBay User ID and see the bid price in addition to other active auction data.
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There's an article about it at AuctionBytes today. Sorry, too lazy to link.
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Newbies (and some others) are confused enough. I'm still afraid this will scare a lot of folks away from proxy bidding. Heck, many are plenty flummoxed by the basics.