EBay gives buyers phone numbers to the sellers ? WTF..

[voodooman]

Bad policy if you ask me. I cannot verify if Ebay does give out phone numbers, but I would think that they wouldnt.

Maybe the guy did do some investigating and just used Ebay as a scapegoat.

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by voodooman

Bad policy if you ask me. I cannot verify if Ebay does give out phone numbers, but I would think that they wouldnt.

Maybe the guy did do some investigating and just used Ebay as a scapegoat.

I went and looked at Ebays privacy policy and it looks like they feel free to give the phone number out. It pretty much states that the seller has access to the buyers contact information which makes some sense. I mean the seller is going to have to have the address to ship to and such.

But it is something that could be misused pretty fucking easy.

[voodooman]

Originally Posted by sarettah

I went and looked at Ebays privacy policy and it looks like they feel free to give the phone number out. It pretty much states that the seller has access to the buyers contact information which makes some sense. I mean the seller is going to have to have the address to ship to and such.

But it is something that could be misused pretty fucking easy.

I could understand if someone bought something and didnt pay for it, actually, that still would not be grounds to give some stranger a phone number, but it would make more sense than if I called up Ebay and asked for someones phone number because someone gave me a bad rating, and them giving the number to me.
I think as big as Ebay is, they should have an in house mediation service to deal with these matters.

[graphicsbytia]

They do give the numbers out to the buyers and sellers, I've been in contact with several people who I've either bought from or sold to, and I agree, it's a risky business, but I haven't had any trouble .... yet

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by graphicsbytia

They do give the numbers out to the buyers and sellers, I've been in contact with several people who I've either bought from or sold to, and I agree, it's a risky business, but I haven't had any trouble .... yet

With the "yet" being a key piece in there imho.

I think it is quite a risky proposition especially with the number of scammers on Ebay getiing higher and higher.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by voodooman

I could understand if someone bought something and didnt pay for it, actually, that still would not be grounds to give some stranger a phone number, but it would make more sense than if I called up Ebay and asked for someones phone number because someone gave me a bad rating, and them giving the number to me.
I think as big as Ebay is, they should have an in house mediation service to deal with these matters.

I'm not positive, but I do believe that eBay has an in house mediation service. The feedback rating is very serious to a seller.

eBay also has it's own "inbox" type thing to contact sellers and for sellers to contact buyers. It's useful...if you remember to check it.

[graphicsbytia]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

I'm not positive, but I do believe that eBay has an in house mediation service. The feedback rating is very serious to a seller.

eBay also has it's own "inbox" type thing to contact sellers and for sellers to contact buyers. It's useful...if you remember to check it.

yes they do, but the first step in that mediation process is to give the respective users each others contact information, I've never had to go beyond that, my next step is always to paypal to try to recover funds