posted on May 6, 2003 03:05:25 PM new
I recently bid in two separate auctions on a CD that was recently released. I lost both times. When I checked my email, I had two emails from people wanting me to bid on their CD or wanting to me to bid on the same CD that is up for auction but is a CD-R! I want to know how people are getting my email to write me about this? I thought eBay made it so that you couldn't do that? I delete them without a second thought. I've thought about turning them in via the message at the bottom of the emails from Ebay saying to do so, but I usually get a response saying that they see no evidence..yadda..yadda, yadda. In other words, nothing is ever done when I do it.
Also, what happened in Ebay's search to using an item # to do a search by? Did they get rid of that method?
posted on May 6, 2003 03:41:36 PM new
Did the emails come through Ebay? (question from ebay member)
Anyone can email any ebay member that way. They won't know your email address unless you reply to them.
posted on May 6, 2003 05:26:15 PM new
I haven't sold anything since last August so they couldn't have used "ask the seller" as a way to email me. Right?
Yes, the emails came through Ebay. I didn't know that you could do that? I thought they stopped that process because they didn't want people emailing under-bidders or sellers/bidders making deals off eBay (so they miss out on the fees) or sending Spam. Since I haven't been selling since August, I dont keep up with what has changed or hasn't changed. I just recall Ebay making it harder to email people.
posted on May 7, 2003 07:10:34 AM new
These people are probably getting your e-mail address through a new software program now available (for a price). If one searches for "XXXXX" s/he can pull up all items matching that search for the last 30 days (including current auctions), with seller's and buyer's info (ID and e-mail address).
I ran across the program about a month ago when searching for auction tools, and have also received e-mails using that particular program several times. One of my customers received such a note from a seller of a similar item I was selling before my auction ended. She turned them into eBay for spam and bottom-feeding, then was nice enough to notify me about this seller.
Privacy? Not much when you're on eBay, I'm afraid.
