01-19-2016 01:51 PM
01-19-2016 03:31 PM
@manitouarts wrote:how can I become a private bidder
from whom?
When you bid only you and the seller can see that you are bidding.
Everyone else sees an eBay token assigned to you for that auction.
01-19-2016 04:25 PM
Do you want to hide your purchases from friends and family?
Don't tell anyone your eBay ID.
If some already know it, change your eBay ID. Don't tell them. (This fools most but not all busybodies).
Open a new buying account. Don't tell anybody.
If someone has access to your account, change the password. Don't tell anybody.
You will need a different credit card for this, but you can use the same Paypal account.
If the busybody has access to your Paypal account, open a new one.
Don't leave feedback.
Ask sellers not to leave feedback BEFORE BIDDING and and remind them when you pay.
Outside of friends and family, no one much cares what you are buying. There are over 125,000,000 members here.
01-20-2016 05:43 PM
If you take your feedback private on this account, you will no longer be allowed to use it to sell.