After reading a little further I would totally have to agree with you ISP geek.
"eBay strongly encourages you to keep your member profile public. In other words, everyone should be able to view the feedback other eBay users have left about you. A private profile means that others can't view your feedback.
Your member profile is a valuable asset on eBay. Making your member profile public generates trust and increases the likelihood that other eBay members will do business with you. After all, you'd probably want to see another user's member profile before you bought from them."
http://pages.ebay.com/help/feedback/reputation-public-feedback.html