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Heads-up: eBay Preferences Page
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 04:51:15 GMT
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Hi all,
I'm posting this in .market.auction so that it reaches the most
auctioneers.
Sneaky wabbits, they are. I just got an email from eBay about
"reviewing my options and preferences"--to ensure that they're right,
because something hairy apparently happened in November. I have a
feeling eBay is hoping lots of people won't check or will put it off,
because when I went to the page, all the "yes" marks for accepting
solicitous email, snail mail, and *shudder* telemarketing were ticked!
Any eBay LUGNETter who doesn't want these things, check your preferences
now:
http://pages.ebay.com/services/myebay/optin-login.html
They're saying that "past settings may no longer be reflected," and boy
are they correct. At least they're notifying us, anyhow. I'll forward
the whole email to any interested parties. Unfortunately it does say
that it might take "14 days for changes to take effect."
(And I got my first eBay-related spam today, in fact.)
(BTW, I know all about eBay being paid for in part by this advertising,
and if you really feel like it's your *duty* to accept it, go right
ahead--but I get enough spam from other places, and enough telemarketers
when I'm trying to sleep, so any chance I can get to minimise the
number...go ahead, raise the fees!)
best
Lindsay
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Heads-up: eBay Preferences Page
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| (...) Thanks for the heads-up....I got the same message at 1 or 2pm est today and didn't bother to check it out til now.......A quick perusal of my Discard shows 14 unsolicited or SPAM-mails in the last 10 days. I have corrected that now I hope? (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Heads-up: eBay Preferences Page
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| Convienient how the notify about changes in the terms of use adn the privacy statement boxes were checked "no" as well.... Troy ----- Original Message ----- From: Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> Newsgroups: lugnet.market.auction Sent: Monday, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Heads-up: eBay Preferences Page
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| This is SO duff... I noticed an increase in credit card processing spam, and I bet this is why. What is most galling is the second order effect. Because my addy was available, for however briefly, some enterprising enterpreneur could have harvested (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Heads-up: eBay Preferences Page
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| On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 04:51:15 GMT, Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote: [...] (...) [...] I clicked on the "TRUSTe" logo and found information on how to contact eBay regarding their privacy policy, and how to escalate to TRUSTe if not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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