Forced eBay ID Change?

From: Curt vendel <curt_at_atarimuseum.com>
Date: Wed Feb 4 17:44:31 2004

I never saw any such thing, other then Ebay themselves spamming me with
their bull$%& promo crap that I never asked for, but for some reason I am
subscribed too all of a sudden and then last month the email about the
increase in prices starting Feb 1st.


Curt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: Forced eBay ID Change?


> > Actually, they gave ample warning that this was going to happen. It's
> > supposedly to prevent spammers and other nare-do-well's from culling
email
> > addresses from the member IDs.
> >
> > I changed mine before the deadline because I knew that I'd wind-up with
an
> > AOL-looking ID if I didn't (like "dorkus1277574")
> >
> > Rich
>
> OK, I'll bite, just where have these warnings been? Locked in a cabinet
> that is buried in cement, in the sub-basement of their office in Hong
Kong?
>
> Zane
Received on Wed Feb 04 2004 - 17:44:31 GMT

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