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[Tango34uk]

Would we have a legal right in the UK to ask eBay for all the information it holds on us under the Data Protection Act....

What im thinking is that I send in my standard £10.00 and ask for all information that eBay holds about me and my account?

This would mean that:-

1. It would annoy eBay!
2. They would have to print out hundreds if not thousands of pages and send them to me!
3. I would then know which sellers have reported me! for selling items I shouldn't and then had my auctions stopped (they were allowed, but as per normal eBay is on the side of the buyer not the seller).
4. It would annoy eBay even more!

What do other sellers think, could this be a new way of having revenge on eBay - as in get as many sellers as possible to request all their data within the required timeframe, and if they don't then report them for breaching the Data Protection Act?

[geosamm]

They would probably turn it around and make it compulsory for sellers to send the 10Gbp to cover possible requests and make even more money. They would probably send it on a disk, unencrypted, which would then get lost or left on a train. They wouldnt send buyer details for fear of the data protection act and would omit buyer names etc. They would suspend your trading while searches and investigations were carried out. All the above are possibilities [looking at the question lightly]
If I thought it would work I would send my 10 quid today.

[hardwareheroes]

Yeah, if I know ebay, they will probably just come up with something that will annoy YOU even more than it annoys them.

I get a sense from earlier posts that you are pretty peaved with ebay but it isnt worth your energy. They are too big/too daft/too slow/couldn't care less - delete whichever is applicable.

Concentrate on moving on my friend - the sooner you start directing traffic towards ebid/your website the better - IMHO, thats the best thing you could do to annoy ebay. Prove that it can be done and watch others follow in your footsteps with a grin on yer face!

[Tango34uk]

Don't worry, it was just me thinking outside the box again, must stop doing that!

[geosamm]

Originally Posted by Tango34uk

Don't worry, it was just me thinking outside the box again, must stop doing that!

you should never stop thinking outside the box, its where most progressive ideas seem to emanate from. Thats not to say you should act on them all but thinking inside the box and only inside the box restricts you to other peoples limitations.