Posted By:
Frank WakefieldLet's consider this from a different perspective.
eBay has the "Email to a friend" link on the listings. Obviously, they contemplate 'outing', at least directed toward specific individuals.
I've had folks "Email to a friend" to me before, and I'm grateful EVERY time they did it, even if I didn't bid. I too have used "Email to a friend" myself, sending auction info to someone whom I thought would be seriously interested in an item, someone I wanted to help. Was that 'outing'???
Leon, have you EVER "Email to a friend"???
Any of you ever "Email to a friend"????
Maybe eBay should delete that "Email to a friend" if it is SO wrong. Or at least give a seller an option to opt out of that being shown. If I were the seller I'd like for folks to use that. But maybe when some of you guys who view 'outing' differently sell you could stand your moral high ground and opt out. At least, until eBay offers an opt out, you could put in your listings "Please do not convey the existence of this listing to others who might be interested in it until after the auction has closed."
To really make a hide and seek game out of it, why not list a T206 in women's apparel with no mention of T206 or baseball in the heading, just down in the auction. Now that would be fun!!! Ready or not, here I come!