whats with bidder names "a***3" Etc...?

[wally426ci]

I see items get bid multiple times from these "undercover" looking names (m***0, a***4) . What gives??


 

[backtobasics]

New ebay thing that protects you, by preventing someone from directly contacting your bidders, to try to lure them to buy their product instead of yours.

[sleepychallenger]

im glad that some one asked this. i havent done ebay in forever, and now the names just looked suspicious. Thanks

[JayBee]

I see items get bid multiple times from these "undercover" looking names (m***0, a***4) . What gives??


 

As an example m***0 might be mikes1970 or a***4 could aarclone74.

[sleepychallenger]

thank you. i was wondering if they were just names created by the seller to bump up the price that he was getting.