Can someone get my email address from ebay?

tinkerbelle

I listed an item for sale and was asked a question. I responded to this question and waited for the person to get back to me. They did by sending my an email to my email address that i have listed with ebay. I was under the impression that ebay did not give out my email address and if this is correct i wondered if anybody had any ideas on how they got my email address as i didnt give it out. Many thanks

knightsimon

How did you respond? Did you just press reply using your e-mail client or did you use the yellow reply button provided by ebay? If using the ebay yellow reply button then your e-mail address is not shared, but if you replied using your e-mail client then you are essentially cutting out ebay and responding directly and therefore sharing your e-mail address.

tinkerbelle

I replied in my messages in my ebay and then i went into my email account about four hours later i had an email from them.

knightsimon

The person you are talking to does not have your email, its just ebay send your messages to your e-mail address.

fuzzgun19

When you replied, did you tick the box saying 'Hide my email address'?

If not they can see the email this way.

knightsimon

Either way, from 7 years of ebay trading my e-mail has never been abused from a buyer or seller. So you have nothing to worry about.

tinkerbelle

I responded in my messages with the yellow button which says respond now. I may be being thick here but i cannot see a box which says hide my email address. All that i saw was a box saying did i want to send a copy to my email address.

tinkerbelle

I think i may have been slightly too paranoid! Many thanks for all your answers.

geo555

You can find out the email addresses when someone asks or responds to a question.
Right click on the message.
Click "properties"
Click on "Details"
Click on "Message source"
You can look and you will find thier email address