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How did my buyer know my name?

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How did my buyer know my name?
Jul 18, 2012 04:43 PM

I just sold an item to a buyer in Australia. When he paid though paypal he sent me a short message. The odd thing is that he addressed me as "Hi Alison."  I'm really curious as to how he knew my real name at that stage of the transaction. I'm so curious that I just went and bought a small item myself to see if the seller's identity was shown when I paid; it wasn't. Any ideas, anybody?

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How did my buyer know my name?
Jul 18, 2012 04:43 PM

I just sold an item to a buyer in Australia. When he paid though paypal he sent me a short message. The odd thing is that he addressed me as "Hi Alison."  I'm really curious as to how he knew my real name at that stage of the transaction. I'm so curious that I just went and bought a small item myself to see if the seller's identity was shown when I paid; it wasn't. Any ideas, anybody?

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Re: How did my buyer know my name?
Jul 18, 2012 04:48 PM

Sellers identity is shown to the buyer.

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Re: How did my buyer know my name?
Jul 18, 2012 05:08 PM

Hi,

 

you can have a look at the copy of the email your buyer will have received from eBay when he bought the item.

 

It should have your name and email address mentioned.

 

This might not be the case if you buy from a relatively big business seller.

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Re: How did my buyer know my name?
Jul 18, 2012 05:35 PM

Thanks Luise.

I knew it had to be somewhere ....

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