Is there a reason to have two or more ebay accounts

lakodaMember

I've bought over a 100 items on ebay and I consider myself a pretty good knowledgeable buyer. For all the experts out there what benifit can I as a ebay buyer get from having two different ebay accounts?? I know people do, so how can it help me? This probably gets into some "gray" areas but share with us poor mortials....
Thanks

7/12/0611:24 AM

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mrsmMember

If you have an account that you have a lot of positive feedbacks on for instance and you want to bid on something that you are not sure of for one reason or another, I suppose you could use the second in case you got hit with a negative.

7/12/0612:21 PM

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rickMember

Possible uses for a 2nd ID?

Kill a BIN without revealing your primary ID.
Test the reserve amount without revealing your primary ID.
Test another bidder’s proxy bid amount without revealing your primary ID.
Bid on an auction to prevent the seller from ending the auction without revealing your primary ID.
Post on ebay forum so you can flame someone without revealing your primary ID.
Win several auctions from a seller that you dislike and not pay them without revealing your primary ID.

7/12/062:44 PM

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mrsmMember

7/12/063:07 PM

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mikefromwestyorkshireMember

7. Use separate seller and buyer accounts in case you make a profit?

7/12/0611:27 PM

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region2Member

8. Set up two AS accounts so you can out-snipe yourself.

9. Place a nuclear bid and retract to find out another's max.

10. Earn free snipes from AS by recommending yourself.

R2

7/13/0612:25 AM

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mrsmMember

You are a hoot!