posted on November 4, 2003 06:17:55 AM new
This may sound dumb but its really got my curosity. Yesterday I receive an email from a seller. A survey "how are we doing" so thinks to self,..hmm..this is innovative, but I cant remember buying anything from this seller so start looking at them on ebay and deeper it gets is this:
1st - Sent email to my NON-EBAY email account.
2nd -- Lives within a 50 mile radius of me.
3rd -- Has very similar ebay User ID to mine, (ie, mine is hotshot and theirs is biglittle hotshot) but they have been selling since 1998 and big time PS. Pure coincidence?
4th. They sell mostly wholesale lots which...I've been thinking about getting into, but it seems too weird to just "happen" like this.
Anyway, I emailed them and said roughly, look not trying to be a bit** here, (i didnt say I do ebay too) but this is email spamming because I have never purchased anything from you so how did you get my email address that is not even connected to EBAY?
They emailed back this am; send us a copy of the email name and mail and we will research it.
Okay, so question for you pros out there:
Why do I feel funny doing what they requested???
posted on November 4, 2003 07:11:35 AM new
I'd feel funny, too. I'm pretty sure that's SPAM and Ebay doesn't allow it. If they want to know how they are doing, they should send an email after they've mailed your product asking you how you liked it. Then again, they should know that if they receive feedback. I'd never bother my bidders in that way. Like you, I don't think I would have complied.
posted on November 4, 2003 09:47:18 AM new
Sounds like spam from a seller. The seller probably had enough sense to use another email address than their ebay email. With all the Viagra and other spam that I get these types of spam aren't too annoying and they are very infrequent and I just delete them.
I'm sure ebay will try to use these types of spam emails as another shallow reason to prohibit email addresses in auction descriptions in the future. ( real reason is all the off-site dealings )
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posted on November 4, 2003 02:01:16 PM new
I just love the spam I get for Vicodin (available WITHOUT a prescription). I'd like to know how they are getting away with selling that and Valume without scripts.
posted on November 4, 2003 02:37:06 PM new
Okay Fluffy, here's the email with xxx's out of it. (Some days I feel like I am trying to make a living at this too so do I really want to report them for spam? -- just wondering how they got my email that I shelter from ebay.
Subject :
Thank you for your purchase - How are we doing?
Date :
Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:37:39 -0800 (PST)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: from cron2.andale.com ([209.11.131.248]) by mc11-f39.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:37:38 -0800
Received: from cron2 (localhost [127.0.0.1])by cron2.andale.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA16254for xxxxxxxx; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:37:40 -0800 (PST)
X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jE1NB2wLC4Wl5vF9PY0NB1d
Message-ID: <3433248.1067794659977.JavaMail.root@cron2>
Return-Path: [email protected]
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Nov 2003 17:37:38.0815 (UTC) FILETIME=[028FB8F0:01C3A168]
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Content-Type: text/html
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Thank you for your purchase! We would love to hear your comments. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey below. After you have completed it click the submit button found on the bottom right.(Sometimes it hides just off the page but it's there!)
1. How would you rate the speed in which you received your order(s)?
1 2 3 4 5 (5 is best)
2. How would you rate the packaging of your item(s)?
1 2 3 4 5 (5 is best)
3. How would you rate our customer service department?
1 2 3 4 5 (5 is best)
4. How would you rate your overall purchasing experience from 1 to 5?
1 2 3 4 5 (5 is best)
5. Will you buy from us again?
Yes No
6. What do you feel could be improved? (Don't be shy this is the only way for us to know where we need to improve our service)
This email was sent from a seller using Andale Auction Management Services. Andale respects your privacy and we require our sellers to respect your privacy as well. Please let us know if you don't want to receive future promotional emails by Clicking here.
posted on November 4, 2003 02:41:51 PM new
Ace, Normally I would have thought it just spam. But did purchase a few things here and there in the last month or so. It got the better of me because I thought...is this what this seller is doing to keep the customers remembering them. But I didnt buy anything from this seller. Guess it is just spam. Bet they got that email from when I tried out Andale!
