posted on December 2, 2000 02:38:36 AM
I know eBay has been working on getting the system so that people can't find eBay users' email addys. However I discovered today that once an auction ends only the seller can get the email addys.
EDITED TO SAY: I have since found out that this encludes active auctions too! Sellers' addys are excessible though. Apparently we sellers will still get the spam emails.
Which is ok I think my valued customers need to be able to email me questions even though I do get an awful lot of spams selling junk to help me to increase my sales.
posted on December 2, 2000 04:29:49 AM
Email addresses will STILL be accessible, but you will have to ask for them one at a time by clicking on the name.
This will slow the spammers who were opening feedback profiles or seller lists and scavenging email addersses. If there is a pattern of a user requesting excessive numbers of addresses (and even the clicking could be automated with a script), eBay will have a record of it.
posted on December 2, 2000 02:44:07 PM
I was watching an unsuccessful auction close the other day, as a test. The "mail this auction to a friend" no longer appears on auctions that received no bids, and auctions where the reserve wasn't met.
