You are correct, but they are going to be hiding the addresses all the time, not only asking a question, but amazingly, even when buying!
Bruce On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 5:53 PM, James Richard <[email protected]>wrote: > Aw, c'mon guys... of course Ebay wants to control everything about its > auction site. If any of us owned Ebay we would want to do the same -- > business is business. The things people are complaining about are hardly > "latest changes" -- this was all old news back in 1998 when I first started > selling on Ebay. Even at that point they would not allow a new username to > be registered with a .dot com in it and it was *always* against Ebay policy > guidelines for Ebay bidders and buyers to contact each other to try and do a > deal off outside of the Ebay system. Back then, their system was so > transparent (accidentally, not by design or intent) that they didn't really > have any way of preventing it, and so it happened a lot. And I mean a lot. I > did it, so did most others who were around back then. Ebay finally started > actively campaigning against off-site transactions in 2000 and by 2003 had > made it much more difficult for bidders and buyers to get together outside > of the Ebay system. But you can still do it today: All you have to do is > send the seller a question using the Ebay mail system -- and don't check the > "hide my address from the seller" box -- and indicate in the message that > you want to talk about something and that the seller is "welcome" to reply > to you "personally". If seller is so inclined he will get what you mean and > send you a reply to your private address with his private address and then > you reply to him -- viola, you're both doing business off the Ebay site. > > -- JR > > > Bruce Hershenson wrote: > > It's worse than you know! They not only are trying to move *ALL*communication > (even after-sale communication) to being forced through their > own system, but they want to make it a "crime" to contact biders or buyers > any other way than through their system! > > I *USED* to think having a dotcom user ID (emovieposter.com) meant > something, but now it really doesn't. And it is just a matter of time before > they take those away too. > > It is like living in a ghetto 100 years ago. First the authorities take one > "right" away from the ghetto dwellers, and they say, "well, we can deal with > that" and then they take away another, and another, and another, until > finally no one has any rights left at all, > > Bruce > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I second Kirby on this one. I used to throw in bids for good measure, just >> to have my user-id show. Fortunately, I registered back in '99, when >> filmposter(dot!!!)net was still allowed... I stopped doing this since they >> are hiding the bidder names. >> >> Did you notice, that at some point eBay has made it completely impossible >> to contact a seller directly after you won an item? No more seller's email >> address, and even retracking >> contact data from eBay will give you the address and (sometimes) a phone >> number, but no email contact. >> Nowadays, Big Brother eBay wants to monitor ANYTHING. >> >> Maybe it's just me, but I find this extremely annoying. >> >> Helmut >> >> Am 23.08.2009 um 17:42 schrieb Kirby McDaniel: >> >> Not missing a thing. And bring back the transparency of the entire system >>> - where you can see the buyers, contact them etc. See who is bidding >>> against you etc. Sure, it might bring some communication between the >>> members, result in more than a few off-site deals, but it would be >>> better and probably more remunerative for ebay than the present morass. >>> >>> K. >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
