If they suspended you for that, I would send a certified letter asking for a
detailed explanation on why they suspended you. It sound ridiculous in my
opinion.
Sam..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] eBay suspension (violation found)
> 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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