Gregg,
Did you post any translation of another Ebay user pairing their contact
info and Ebay ID on this list?
I see from the archives searched from Google that there was a thread
entitled: Subject: Re: [OM] on ebay - post ebay nicknames? on May 2, 2000
that you participated in where you posted a translation of several OM list
members' Ebay and email addresses. I bet this is the source of the
punitive strike from Ebay. Their search bot probably turned up a hit on
Ebay and Nickname. Look here for that
thread:: http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/archives/2000/msg09996.html. It
seems like a stretch to ding you for a posting to a private list that is
publically archived.
Is this Ebay tactic a NEW rule? It would seem so, given their new
hidden-email policy. But to make it retroactive would be ludicrous,
besides illegal. It doesn't seem right to prevent the posting of
translations during the time when they were freely available from any Ebay
user by just asking.
Skip
At 05:02 PM 3/27/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>> giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 14:09:21 03/27/2001 >>>
Well, now they've done it! I replied to their last message asking for
what the specifics were to my infraction of posting information on another
individual to the web. They replied with a generic form refering to the
faqs. When I asked for more details they replied with this message:
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:04:41 PST
Dear golftooter (giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx),
We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to
the violation of our site policy below:
* Publishing the contact information of another user on ANY online public
area.
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a
new account.
Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon
obligation to pay any fees you may owe to eBay.
Respectfully,
Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc.
I still don't know what I am supposed to have done, and really don't know
that I did anything.
Gregg
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