I apogize for somewhat hijacking this thread, but what is with Ebay's new policy to protect identities by hiding the username? I have bid on a few items recently, the bid jump drastically to a point above my highest bid, then I get an email from Ebay saying I have a last chance to get the item at my highest bid because the seller has more than one item or the high bidder backed out. Every case has ended up with an email to me by the end of the day or beginning of the next day after the auction ended. Is Ebay doing anything to protect buyers from sellers who bid on their own items? Only once did I go ahead and buy the item, because I really needed it.