A lot of people, including myself, like to check out how many bids an item has. I creates excitement. I makes me curious as to why it has a bid. It makes me want to bid. As a seller being able to see if an item has a bid, as I page through, lets me know weather I should bother listing an item. It may help me to determine a price for the item. It helps me determine, when I go to an outside auction, if I should bother buying a certain item to resell in my store. I only listed in the auction format before I moved to this site, never fixed price or BIN. To me, an item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. If others see someone is willing they will be willing too. Please, please I want to see the bids.