New ebay rules put you at the mercy of telephone solicitors — even if you have to pay toll fees for their call:

September 16, 2012September 16, 2012 by Editor

The Fine Report has got your back:

WHAT is ebay thinking?

How’s this for getting annoyed by telephone solicitors — even if you get stuck paying for it:

Provisions relating to eBay’s contacts with its “members:”

Pursuant to the eBay User Agreement, you agree that eBay, its affiliates, agents, and independent contractors may contact you at any telephone number you provide to us or from which you place a call to us, or any telephone number at which we reasonably believe we may reach you, using any means of communication, including calls or text messages using an automatic telephone dialing system and/or prerecorded messages, even if you incur charges for receiving such communications.

Sincerely,

Braden Dong, Senior Counsel
Marcus Morissette, Privacy Counsel
eBay Inc.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/user-agreement.html?rt=nc

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