I too refuse to bid in bidder protection auctions. I also am very careful with "Live Auctions." Often the unseen costs for "Live Auctions" can be prohibitive. stan stanford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffry Young, D.O." <jeffryy at prevea.com> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:08 AM Subject: [Phono-L] Protected Bidding on ebay! Any experiences or comments on bidder identification protection on ebay?! I am always worried that the bidding is sham bidding in these auctions, artificially raising the price? I actually look for bidders whom I have bid against in the past. This lends towards legitimacy, but also confirms what I am bidding on, others that collect the same thing are also interested. Has anyone bid, or won anything with these bidder identification protected auctions? The seller of the Zonophone-A is doing that with that particular auction. Jeff Young Wisconsin _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org