Selling on eBay

[dollarman]

When you sell an item on eBay, does the buyer have any way of figuring out your address or email if you don't ship the item (transaction done thorugh internet)?

Thanks

 

[Woof]

If someone "wins" the auction then yes. They can request your contact information from ebay but only if they are actually involved in a transaction with you.

 

[dollarman]

If someone "wins" the auction then yes. They can request your contact information from ebay but only if they are actually involved in a transaction with you.

Is there a way to not be able to show any contact information? I don't want the buyer knowing my whole address.

 

[Woof]

I don't think that there is any way to not have contact info. If your info is not correct and accurate and someone tells ebay, you will have your account suspended until you update the info.

We got a PO Box to use for our ebay business so that people would only know the city and state we are in. The phone number we use goes into a voicemail.

 

[Gene]

I don't think that there is any way to not have contact info. If your info is not correct and accurate and someone tells ebay, you will have your account suspended until you update the info.

We got a PO Box to use for our ebay business so that people would only know the city and state we are in. The phone number we use goes into a voicemail.

Note: Even if using just a PO box, they can easily request your real address from the post office.

 

[Woof]

For us our physical address is not a huge issue but we don't have mail delivery at the physical address. I didn't know that the post office would give out that info. Kind of funny because I have gone to pick up my mail without my PO box key a few times and they won't give me any mail without ID that has the PO Box address on it.

 

[Gene]

For us our physical address is not a huge issue but we don't have mail delivery at the physical address. I didn't know that the post office would give out that info. Kind of funny because I have gone to pick up my mail without my PO box key a few times and they won't give me any mail without ID that has the PO Box address on it.

Naturally they won't give your mail to you unless they can verify you are the owner, but a PO Box owner's real address is publicly available information under the FOIA.

 

[Chris]

When you sell an item on eBay, does the buyer have any way of figuring out your address or email if you don't ship the item (transaction done thorugh internet)?

Thanks

When you have an eBay auction, then the winner receives an email notifying them that they have won and also includes the seller's contact details. The seller also receives an email along with the contact details of the buyer. Both parties receive each other's contact info.

But there are literally millions and millions of addresses on the internet. You can have someone's address on the screen in a matter of seconds or minutes, so it's far from private information. You have a greater chance of being in a car accident than having some stranger show up at your doorstep to mug you.