Seller called on my cell phone, my after I placed a bid

[soh.maryl]

And . . .? 

[pargran3]

How?

[mtgraves7984]

I didn't know that information was available to the seller simply by making a bid. Hmmm...

[ittybitnot]

@mrleatherman 

What did they want to talk about? 

[fab_finds4u]

It is.

There used to be a member hot link for member contact information. Either party could ask and eBay would automatically send both parties their trading partner's contact info.

They streamlined the site and removed it but it's still available if you search around.

The phone better not be disconnected because that would be invalid contact information. 

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/resolving-buyer-issues/contacting-buyer-bidder?id=4083

[kathiec]

Wow, that seems like a hole eBay should fix. 😯

[titipeo]

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@fab_finds4u wrote:

It is.

There used to be a member hot link for member contact information. Either party could ask and eBay would automatically send both parties their trading partner's contact info.

Whoa, seems to me that there should be consent for this. 

[itscalledapostingid]

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@fab_finds4u wrote:

It is.

There used to be a member hot link for member contact information. Either party could ask and eBay would automatically send both parties their trading partner's contact info.

They streamlined the site and removed it but it's still available if you search around.

The phone better not be disconnected because that would be invalid contact information. 

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/resolving-buyer-issues/contacting-buyer-bidder?id=4083

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This is on that link:

How to contact a bidder who hasn't yet won your auction

If you need to get in touch with a bidder while an auction's still under way, we won't be able to give you their contact details, but you can send them a message.