Ebay Bidding by Seller Reputation

[ruth-gehrig]

When bidding/buying on eBay, are you willing or do you bid more on items if they are being put up by ebay sellers you know or who have stellar reputations? Say 2 sellers are auctioning identical items with the same number of positive feedbacks, etc. Everything else being equal, will you bid more on a item if you've already had a positive transaction with said seller or you know through others that the seller has an outstanding reputation??

[thekingofclout]

Absolutely. Henry Yee, Scott Gaynor, & Bob McCann immediately come to mind.

[bobmccann]

Hello Guys,
Thank you out there for the kind words. Take care, Bob McCann (Bthoven14) on ebay.

[Wymers Auction]

Absolutely it just makes good business sense.

[Bilko G]

yep i sure will. I will throw up higher bids on items from ebay sellers i know, trust and/or have done prior business with.

Reputation means a ton when buying/selling especially even more on Ebay.

[ruth-gehrig]

So when at least 2 people throw higher bids towards a more trusted seller's items does that make that item more "valuable"? Something is worth what someone is willing to pay correct? So then the trusted seller's item is worth more, at least to the 2 bidders, than an identical item from an unknown ebay seller?