>A final word: don't be do dang suspicious. I've done over 1000 ebay
>transactions and only lost out a couple of times. Normal caution about
>seller ratings, too good to be true offers, etc, will usually suffice
>to prevent problems. The most important thing for test gear is to get
>the seller to pack it properly.
>
>Paul Mathews
I'm suspicious of the "watching items" feature because E*bay makes money from sellers and resellers. I think it's in E*bays best interest to provide resellers with buying tools(1). The more the resellers buy and resell, the more money E*bay makes. These tools can help resellers buy hot items to flip for more. If E*bay resellers are get granted access to detailed reports of "most watched" or "most searched" or "most viewed" then that spoils me from getting a good price on test equipment because I'm being "tracked" on the E*bay site.
(1) Most watched item reports, most common keywords searched reports, hit counter reports.
D from BC