Need Help Finding An Ebay Member???

[suave1477]

So I take it there is no way to decode the encrypted userids.

Sportscentury not that it is an exact science. But I do believe as BoneRubbed mentioned that they pull 2 letters or maybe a letter and a number from your actual ebay name and make it as as the ebay private name.

[BoneRubbedBat]

Glad to help.

[BoneRubbedBat]

Yes, the letters/numbers at the beginning and end of the hidden ID are both random characters from their actual user ID.

[sportscentury]

Sportscentury not that it is an exact science. But I do believe as BoneRubbed mentioned that they pull 2 letters or maybe a letter and a number from your actual ebay name and make it as as the ebay private name.

Yes, of course. I thought everyone already knew this. Based on your original post, I thought you were saying that some individuals had a way to decode encrypted ebay userids.

[suave1477]

Yes, of course. I thought everyone already knew this. Based on your original post, I thought you were saying that some individuals had a way to decode encrypted ebay userids.

Sportscentury well I did not know this for one. Also I thought someone had mentioned in the past that there was a way.

That is why I asked.

[sportscentury]

Sportscentury well I did not know this for one. Also I thought someone had mentioned in the past that there was a way.

That is why I asked.

No problem. It's a very odd system they have. eBay gives you enough information to figure out some folk's encrypted userids, but not others. But then again, I understand little about eBay's business judgment and decision-making.

[TNTtoys]

One thing I picked up on the whole encrypted user ID system...

Although ebay states that they randomly take 2 characters out of the ebay ID and then adds the *** to the middle, what they don't tell you is that sometimes the 2 characters are the same.

Hence, a user by the name of "SUAVE" might appear as follows:

U***E

OR

U***U

[sportscentury]

One thing I picked up on the whole encrypted user ID system...

Although ebay states that they randomly take 2 characters out of the ebay ID and then adds the *** to the middle, what they don't tell you is that sometimes the 2 characters are the same.

Hence, a user by the name of "SUAVE" might appear as follows:

U***E

OR

U***U

Are you sure? I had never noticed this.

[TNTtoys]

Are you sure? I had never noticed this.

100% positive. Here is an example, from a recent sale of mine:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=160395709653

If you go to the bid history, you will see the high bidder is listed as "m***m"

The high bidder; however, only has 1 "m" in their ebay ID.

[sportscentury]

100% positive. Here is an example, from a recent sale of mine:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=160395709653

If you go to the bid history, you will see the high bidder is listed as "m***m"

The high bidder; however, only has 1 "m" in their ebay ID.

The link did not come up for me, but I'll take your word for it. Very strange. Thanks for the information.