Stupid ebay/amazon question

[Dan Jenkins]

While there is a developer API for eBay, including Perl, PHP, Python, 
etc. interfaces, according to their web site:

> You cannot retrieve an email address for any user with whom you do not 
> have a transactional relationship, regardless of site.
>
> Email is only returned for applicable calls when you are retrieving 
> your own user data OR when you and the other user are in a 
> transactional relationship and the call is being executed within a 
> certain amount of time after the transaction is created. Based on 
> Trust and Safety policies, the time is unspecified and can vary by site.
> RegistrationAddress Privacy Policy
>
> eBay always returns complete RegistrationAddress details (including 
> Phone) when you retrieve your own user data. RegistrationAddress for 
> another user (except for Phone) is only returned if you have a 
> transactional relationship with that user AND that user is registered 
> on DE/AT/CH, regardless of your registration site and the site to 
> which you send the request.

So, unless you have a "transactional relationship" going on, no one 
ought to be able to retrieve your email address. If you do have an 
active relationship, then they can retrieve your email address.

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