WELL DONE Ebay - Your eBay account has been restricted

You are not the first and you will certainly not be the last to,fall foul of this draconian interpretation of selling outside eBay. I got a warning, no restriction or ban though on Jan 1st as someone sent me a message basically saying if they bought something could they collect it the same day. I just said yes that was fine, i would take the immediate payment required off so they could buy and then I'd send my full address- and at that point just gave part of my address, just enough so buyer knew how far they would have to travel.

If you look at the community boards people are being restricted and suspended on a daily basis , some on some very tenuous grounds, apparently even sending your address details after auction ends is enough to get a warning on eBay. If people don't believe me, go read some of the community board posts yourself. It seems that eBay don't even read the messages, nor make sure the sale has already occurred, and just react when any address appears to be exchanged.

The absolute worst thing though is that some sellers have been restricted when buyers have emailed them via eBay to make a deal , even though we as sellers can't stop buyers sending messages. On one of the other forums I read there is even a discussion about whether not sellers should block all buyers from messaging, just in case.