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<p>[QUOTE="SanMiguel, post: 223190, member: 3379"]i guess i'm in the minority. i don't really care that others can see what i've purchased. i don't buy anything potentially embarrassing anyway, and like samjimmy says, <b>this info has been there all along</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>if a burgler is watching what i order, he doesn't know where i live anyway. the only people that can see my address are the people i buy from. since 2002, none of my dealers have ever hunted me down to rob back what i've bought from them or from other dealers. since it hasn't happened by now, i'm not too worried about it. if that time ever comes, i would use a post office box & set my feedback to private. i'm more of a buyer anyway...and i don't think a seller would mind that he can't read my private feedback, so long as i pay instantly and he can see i have a 99.7% positive rating. </p><p><br /></p><p>these updates aren't perfect, but it's a slight improvement. i can leave more accurate feedback to lousy sellers without the fear of a retaliatory neg. people that doctor banknotes can't use the same account to sell a gem note as easily, because everyone can see they bought it a week ago as a VF. and before getting into a bidding war, i can look at my competition and judge how much they might be willing to spend. </p><p><br /></p><p>what was once mostly impersonal transactions just became a little more transparent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SanMiguel, post: 223190, member: 3379"]i guess i'm in the minority. i don't really care that others can see what i've purchased. i don't buy anything potentially embarrassing anyway, and like samjimmy says, [B]this info has been there all along[/B]. if a burgler is watching what i order, he doesn't know where i live anyway. the only people that can see my address are the people i buy from. since 2002, none of my dealers have ever hunted me down to rob back what i've bought from them or from other dealers. since it hasn't happened by now, i'm not too worried about it. if that time ever comes, i would use a post office box & set my feedback to private. i'm more of a buyer anyway...and i don't think a seller would mind that he can't read my private feedback, so long as i pay instantly and he can see i have a 99.7% positive rating. these updates aren't perfect, but it's a slight improvement. i can leave more accurate feedback to lousy sellers without the fear of a retaliatory neg. people that doctor banknotes can't use the same account to sell a gem note as easily, because everyone can see they bought it a week ago as a VF. and before getting into a bidding war, i can look at my competition and judge how much they might be willing to spend. what was once mostly impersonal transactions just became a little more transparent.[/QUOTE]
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