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Ebay listing + email address
« on: 11 August 2006, 11:03:09 »
I have asked someone on Ebay to email me some further piccys of a car, basically the seller has listed the question along with my email address, I have contacted the seller to remove from the listing my email address but he says only ebay can do this.

Is this true?

Have emailed ebay but have not heard anything back from them.

I haven't used ebay alot but I dont really like my address being on full view.

Can anyone make any suggestions.

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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #1 on: 11 August 2006, 11:24:42 »
I think the only way to get the e-mail address removed is by ebay themselves of if the seller ends the auction and them relists it.
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« Reply #2 on: 11 August 2006, 11:32:28 »
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I think the only way to get the e-mail address removed is by ebay themselves of if the seller ends the auction and them relists it.

Cheers Elite Pete

I think I will have to change my email add over this, I have contacted Ebay twice now and nothing.

Lesson learned, wont be so quick to give my address out in future.
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #3 on: 11 August 2006, 11:36:04 »
In my small amount of dealings with Fleabay I have found their customer services very reasonable, although I don't think I have ever had a response within 24 hours, which is unfortunate, as you need something done a bit more urgently!
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« Reply #4 on: 11 August 2006, 11:44:01 »
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In my small amount of dealings with Fleabay I have found their customer services very reasonable, although I don't think I have ever had a response within 24 hours, which is unfortunate, as you need something done a bit more urgently!

Its been on there a day now and the listing is for 4 more days, my inbox last night was full of spam from sites I've never seen before hence the urgency but I think the damage has already been done.
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #5 on: 11 August 2006, 11:47:35 »
sorry to hear about your dilema and spam can be so fustrating especially if you got dial up, might be an idea to sign up for a hotmail free account for dealings like this.
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« Reply #6 on: 11 August 2006, 11:53:44 »
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sorry to hear about your dilema and spam can be so fustrating especially if you got dial up, might be an idea to sign up for a hotmail free account for dealings like this.

Thing is I have a hotmail account but I wasn't expecting the seller to post my question up with email address included or does ebay do it automatically.

I think in future I will be using another account for these situations.
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« Reply #7 on: 11 August 2006, 12:08:20 »
Have you got his email address? If so, put an advert on Ebay offereing one pube for 99p and put his email address on show asking people to spam him to death.

Ebay doesn't do this automatically, when he answered your question he had to click a box to get the answer and quetion to appear on the listing.

Anyway, I like spam. Spam and chips, Spam egg and chips. Spam, Spam and chips.......
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« Reply #8 on: 11 August 2006, 12:18:05 »
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Have you got his email address? If so, put an advert on Ebay offereing one pube for 99p and put his email address on show asking people to spam him to death.

Ebay doesn't do this automatically, when he answered your question he had to click a box to get the answer and quetion to appear on the listing.

Anyway, I like spam. Spam and chips, Spam egg and chips. Spam, Spam and chips.......

I like your style Ronnie  ;D

If this is the case when selecting questions you should be able to remove the aswell surely.

Unfortunately I dont have his email address otherwise I would be tempted to do as suggested.
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #9 on: 11 August 2006, 12:25:18 »
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Have you got his email address? If so, put an advert on Ebay offereing one pube for 99p and put his email address on show asking people to spam him to death.

Ebay doesn't do this automatically, when he answered your question he had to click a box to get the answer and quetion to appear on the listing.

Anyway, I like spam. Spam and chips, Spam egg and chips. Spam, Spam and chips.......
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #10 on: 11 August 2006, 12:33:37 »
If anyone needs some freebie email accounts, I have some Google Mail invites left. Hotmail sucks, frequently doesn't deliver mail properly, as the hotmail system autodeletes stuff if it doesn't meet certain criteria. Gmail is good. 2Gb (yes 2G) of mailbox storage, full POP3/SMTP (unlike the free hotmail), fast etc etc. Downside of Gmail, currently invite only...
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« Reply #11 on: 11 August 2006, 12:35:18 »
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If anyone needs some freebie email accounts, I have some Google Mail invites left. Hotmail sucks, frequently doesn't deliver mail properly, as the hotmail system autodeletes stuff if it doesn't meet certain criteria. Gmail is good. 2Gb (yes 2G) of mailbox storage, full POP3/SMTP (unlike the free hotmail), fast etc etc. Downside of Gmail, currently invite only...
I'll have one of those thanks.  ;)
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #12 on: 11 August 2006, 12:36:12 »
Kev, and anyone else wanting an invite - PM me an email address where I can send the invite to...
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #13 on: 11 August 2006, 12:38:37 »
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Kev, and anyone else wanting an invite - PM me an email address where I can send the invite to...

Cheers for the reminder

I forgot I had that account, can this account be setup for Outlook.
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« Reply #14 on: 11 August 2006, 12:42:35 »
Yup, set Outlook up as POP3/SMTP, and set up settings in Gmail settings for POP3.  IIRC, Gmail uses odd port numbers, but you should be able to bluff your way through...
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« Reply #15 on: 11 August 2006, 12:49:30 »
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Yup, set Outlook up as POP3/SMTP, and set up settings in Gmail settings for POP3.  IIRC, Gmail uses odd port numbers, but you should be able to bluff your way through...

Cheers for that shall get it setup asap.
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #16 on: 11 August 2006, 12:54:16 »
Jaime,

If you could pop one of those in my direction it will be much appreciated. :)
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« Reply #17 on: 11 August 2006, 14:07:37 »
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Jaime,

If you could pop one of those in my direction it will be much appreciated. :)
Invite sent...
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« Reply #18 on: 11 August 2006, 14:09:01 »
Well it would be if it didn't just return as undeliverable  :-[ - I'll try it again to your proper address, not the mistypred one....
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« Reply #19 on: 11 August 2006, 14:42:15 »
I assumed you used the link 'ask the seller a question' and put your email address in there?

If this is the case then yes the seller can show the question revealing your email address when they reply to it.

The way i do it to avoid this...is to use the link 'contact member' and tick the box that says 'reveal your email address' if you want the seller to be able to email extra pics etc. Remember tho if you do it this way to mention which ad the question refers to as they have more than one ad going.

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« Reply #20 on: 11 August 2006, 14:45:59 »
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I assumed you used the link 'ask the seller a question' and put your email address in there?

If this is the case then yes the seller can show the question revealing your email address when they reply to it.

The way i do it to avoid this...is to use the link 'contact member' and tick the box that says 'reveal your email address' if you want the seller to be able to email extra pics etc. Remember tho if you do it this way to mention which ad the question refers to as they have more than one ad going.

Cheers


Yeah thats the way I did it, using ask seller a question button wish I hadn't now though.

Thing is I did the same thing (inc email address) to another member a few months back and he was able to remove it without any problems, whether Ebay have changed the way they do things I dont know.
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« Reply #21 on: 11 August 2006, 14:54:22 »
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I assumed you used the link 'ask the seller a question' and put your email address in there?

If this is the case then yes the seller can show the question revealing your email address when they reply to it.

The way i do it to avoid this...is to use the link 'contact member' and tick the box that says 'reveal your email address' if you want the seller to be able to email extra pics etc. Remember tho if you do it this way to mention which ad the question refers to as they have more than one ad going.

Cheers


Yeah thats the way I did it, using ask seller a question button wish I hadn't now though.

Thing is I did the same thing (inc email address) to another member a few months back and he was able to remove it without any problems, whether Ebay have changed the way they do things I dont know.

Im not sure, but i expect the seller has the chance to edit, during his reply. But once posted then i suspect its too late to do anything about it.
May be just a case of the seller not thinking what he was doing, until too late
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #22 on: 11 August 2006, 14:54:57 »
I use multiple 'free' mail accounts, mainly gmail, and redirect them all to my real email which only goes to family and friends. Then as soon as one gets compromised, I just take divert off and abandon it.
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« Reply #23 on: 11 August 2006, 14:57:26 »
Looks like I'm going to have to abandon my main account, I liked it as it had my name in which is why I am mainly concerned what with it being there for all to see.
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« Reply #24 on: 11 August 2006, 15:25:23 »
Well abit shocked :o just had an email from Ebay and from the message if needs be I can get the listing removed, but I think I will give the seller the benefit of the doubt to revise his listing shall see what he does.
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« Reply #25 on: 11 August 2006, 17:34:45 »
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Well abit shocked :o just had an email from Ebay and from the message if needs be I can get the listing removed, but I think I will give the seller the benefit of the doubt to revise his listing shall see what he does.
well done thats the gentlemanly thing to do lots of people out there just arnt as computer litterate as others and the benifits of ebay being so accesible to everyone far outway the downsides but i have the upmost sympathy for your inconvenience as ive had the odd bad experience but also the odd mega bargain swings and roudabouts i guess
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Re: Ebay listing + email address
« Reply #26 on: 11 August 2006, 18:09:43 »
the other thing to do is to always send the message to the seller via the ebay messaging system and select the option to hide YOUR email address. That way they won't have your address - plus when they reply all the relevant dialogue is stored on ebay, which is very handy should a dispute arise  ;)

I've also got some gmail invites available  :)
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« Reply #27 on: 14 August 2006, 15:13:11 »
All sorted I think
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« Reply #28 on: 14 August 2006, 17:52:55 »
Sumary of what has happened so far, basically when I first noticed my email address I emailed the seller as you do and asked for him/her to remove it, an email was received stating only Ebay can do this, and at this point I contacted Ebay and a second email was sent again asking for its removal and in the end I received a rather nasty email from the seller which I forwarded onto Ebay and I recieved an email today from ebay and it looks like the listing has been removed by Ebay themselves.

The email I recieved from the seller Implied I was harrassing him/her which was completely false.

So it looks like I had a result, but I dont think it will be the last I hear of the seller.
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« Reply #29 on: 14 August 2006, 20:25:55 »
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...... but I dont think it will be the last I hear of the seller.
As it's unlikely he/she'll turn up on the door step it's not something I'd lose sleep over.  ;)
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« Reply #30 on: 14 August 2006, 21:48:40 »
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...... but I dont think it will be the last I hear of the seller.
As it's unlikely he/she'll turn up on the door step it's not something I'd lose sleep over.  ;)

True.
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