I was trying to write an ebay bidder (non-phonograph
related) about an item they were bidding on that was
incomplete, but the seller didn't mention this.
I clicked on the bidder's name, which took me to his
feedback page. I clicked on contact the member. I
wrote a message. When I tried to send the message I
got a reply saying in effect that ebay SOMETIMES
blocks emails when you have not done business with a
member.
This is that ebay message I got:
(ebay message)
----------------------------
<<< "Attention!
We have determined you are trying to contact an eBay
member with whom you are not currently involved in an
open transaction. For the protection of the eBay
community, we sometimes block these types of
communication. To prevent this occurrence from
happening in the future, we recommend the following:
*
If you are a seller, respond to all bidder
questions before the auction ends.
*
If you are trying to contact the seller of an
item that has not yet ended go to the item page and
click the ?Ask seller a question? link.
*
If you are the winning buyer of an item go to
your My eBay page under the items I?ve Won section.
Click the action drop down menu and choose the
?contact seller? action.
*
If you are a seller trying to contact your
wining buyer, go to My eBay and under the Items I?ve
Sold section, click the action drop down menu. Choose
the ?contact buyer? action.
*
Reply to seller/bidder through personal email
provider (if the sender has not hidden their email
address).
Thank you for your understanding." >>>>
--------------------------------
(end ebay blurb)
So now ebay will not even let you contact someone else
to warn them about problems!!!! I realize they are
probably doing this to prevent people from writing
others saying they have the same item for sale, only
cheaper.
I tried this about a month ago, so this is not new.
Has anyone else had this problem and if so, is there
some other way to contact a member?
It appears that we (unsuspecting ebay buyers) are now
even MORE trouble, and it is REALLY "buyer beware"
with no help from the honest ebay community.
Dennis
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From [email protected] Sun Feb 18 10:28:36 2007
From: [email protected] (Loran T. Hughes)
Date: Sun Feb 18 10:28:49 2007
Subject: [Phono-L] shipping phonographs
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Like everything, I imagine that the devil is in the details. Anyone
care to volunteer to go down to UPS, FedEx, and USPS to get copies of
the insurance agreements? I'll bet you find limits to liability on
antiques... but I'm just guessing.
Loran
From [email protected] Sun Feb 18 10:55:53 2007
From: [email protected] (Peter Fraser)
Date: Sun Feb 18 10:56:17 2007
Subject: [Phono-L] shipping phonographs
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
uh, "go down to..."? why not "surf to the sites of..."?
On Feb 18, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Loran T. Hughes wrote:
> Like everything, I imagine that the devil is in the details. Anyone
> care to volunteer to go down to UPS, FedEx, and USPS to get copies
> of the insurance agreements? I'll bet you find limits to liability
> on antiques... but I'm just guessing.
>
> Loran
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