Replying to eBay Messages via hotmail...

[mattytman]

Hi guys,

I was looking for the thread when stealthers were discussing responding to eBay messages via their personal email (as opposed to repsonding via 'my messages' in eBay).

How much of a link does this give to IP?

Reason is, I was truly stuck yesterday. I had an appointment that I could not miss and I had an eBay member kicking up a stink that I could not make wait until I returned home.

So, sat in hospital waiting room, (like a dufus by the looks of it), I logged into my hotmail emails via a local wifi and noticed the idiot eBay had left me FIVE messages. It was only regarding postage and I had already given him the tracking number.

Now he wanted the link to check the delivery (yup! He couldn't even figure that out on Royal Mail Website). So I sent him the tracking link by clicking 'reply' in my hotmail. This then sends it to some address like kilokmember78865478**hyup@ebay.com I'm assuming this then lands in his 'My messages' box on ebay.

When I got home (about five hours later), all my auctions have been removed (MC067)and I've been slammed with MC999 suspension.

Did the wifi reply play a role in this? The account was set up using a T-mobile dongle and the wifi I logged into was a local one about 50 miles away from where the account was 'supposed' to be located.

Cheers

[oompaloompa]

you did not log in, so do not see how wifi is a factor. I mean your ip may get recorded in the long code you see under properties of email, so must be the same if going from email to the member@ebay, but I cannot see how their system would note that in a similar way to log on.

the public wifi is big no no because if may be Static IP and has been used by suspended account holders and it is suspicious this happened but I cannot see how without log on....you sure you were not background logged in?

[mattytman]

Cheers ump. Defo not logged in to eBay.

Outside chance I was logged into a suspended paypal from yesteryear (was using my Kindle and have a few dead paypals that I've cashed out from). Paypal linked to that ebay is fine though?!

[oompaloompa]

outside chance? cannot say without definate facts, but regardless time will tell, often it is ok....

[moneyhustler88]

I always resist replying via hotmail on a stealth and log in and do it..just a risk i dont want to take tbf..