eBay BID's .... how can i see them

[wown80]

As you know for 2 years eBay don't allow the bid's of the auctions to be public ... they are like this :

Member Id: k***o( 185) US $215.00 Jan-25-11 15:31:16 PST
Member Id: d***r( 128) US $210.00 Jan-25-11 10:37:40 PST
Member Id: o***a( 873) US $207.00 Jan-24-11 19:51:51 PST
Member Id: 0***c( 3 ) US $205.00 Jan-24-11 22:39:25 PST
Member Id: 0***c( 3 ) US $200.00 Jan-24-11 22:38:46 PST
Member Id: i***p( 150) US $181.50 Jan-24-11 19:52:05 PST

DO YOU KNOW a LINK or a SCRIPT that will allow me to see the eBay ID's of the bidders !!

[123]

Unless your the seller then there's no way to see it.

[jeffweico]

I used to HATE IT back in the day when they allowed this. I paid for listings, final value fees, etc. and then - inevitably - some punk kid a**hole would contact the bidder(s) and offer them the items cheaper. Usually didn't work too well for them, but it created a lot more work for ME.

Not that I am insinuating that this is why you want the information, but why DO you need it?

[Wikked Tikked]

I just got to this topic by following a link in a closed message. I like to do research on products I'm thinking of selling or seeing what customers and high bidders like to buy. One particular item I'm interested in is one that is causing me problems now. Because I'm the seller on the item I can see the bidder's addresses. I look at the feedback of the bidder by clicking on the number as in the example above {k***o( 185)}. In researching completed items I noticed that certain people are buying up the item I'm researching because the "anonymous" style of bidder name and feedback number are the same. I'm not sure if you can get this info until the auction ends, though and "private" auctions don't show anything. To me, this is what I think of as market research. If money was no object I could use this information to know what the bitch that's giving me trouble right now wants and snipe the Sheet out of her but I don't even know if I'll be continuing to sell once this issue is cleared.

Honestly, this is a good idea. I bet it ticks the competition off. They need to mind their own business anyway.