>>>> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Executives at eBay Inc. are touting security as their top priority in 2007 after an internal survey showed that online scammers may be denting the company's reputation.<<<<

"MAY BE denting"????? This thing's got so many dents it's beginning to look like a rearend collision.

They go on to tout their new policy about concealing bidder ID's when any auction exceeds $200! So now if I bid on a Porsche part for over $200, I have no idea who I'm bidding against. It's probably somebody I know and maybe somebody I don't want to snipe for $5. Or, it could be a shill bid with a 0-feedback rating - won't know that anymore. Won't know who won the auction either.

So on all eBay car auctions now, you will not know the ID of any bidder. The final sale price will appear but nobody will have any idea who made the bid or if it's legitimate ......

Hasn't the on-line auction business grown large enough to have a serious competitor to eBay?