12-31-2006, 01:13 AM
BeenThere,
Since that incident with WP, I have been using personal email. Prior to that time, I didn't even keep customer's personal emails. I simply felt that was an invasion of privacy and I didn't want them to think I had a personal email address that could be used for spamming or other purposes. I always used the site forwarding system and kept everything totally professional and above board. I would only use a client's personal email address if THE CLIENT specifically requested that I do so.
With eBay, my emails were never spied upon. It never even occured to me that anyone at Admin would be so rule as to invade my or my client's privacy without our knowledge or consent. I can't even imagine why eBay would unless law enforcement were trying to track down a scamming operation or international terrorist. I was absolutely appalled when it happened on WP, and worse, when I brought it to the boards, all the cheerleaders seem to applaud it. I was outraged. In my mind it was the same as wire tapping, and for NO REASON WHATSOEVER! Despite how the TOS reads, I am convinced that such activity is unconstitutional without having tangible evidence that the email system is being used for criminal activity.Â
Since that time, I have kept emails basically for one purpose -- so I can email my clients and let them know where to find me, as I'm shopping around to open another store. I don't know if I'm prepared for my own site, but I've been looking a lot at eCrater and ShopPals for the past few months, weighing one against the other and which might work best for me.Â
Since that incident with WP, I have been using personal email. Prior to that time, I didn't even keep customer's personal emails. I simply felt that was an invasion of privacy and I didn't want them to think I had a personal email address that could be used for spamming or other purposes. I always used the site forwarding system and kept everything totally professional and above board. I would only use a client's personal email address if THE CLIENT specifically requested that I do so.
With eBay, my emails were never spied upon. It never even occured to me that anyone at Admin would be so rule as to invade my or my client's privacy without our knowledge or consent. I can't even imagine why eBay would unless law enforcement were trying to track down a scamming operation or international terrorist. I was absolutely appalled when it happened on WP, and worse, when I brought it to the boards, all the cheerleaders seem to applaud it. I was outraged. In my mind it was the same as wire tapping, and for NO REASON WHATSOEVER! Despite how the TOS reads, I am convinced that such activity is unconstitutional without having tangible evidence that the email system is being used for criminal activity.Â
Since that time, I have kept emails basically for one purpose -- so I can email my clients and let them know where to find me, as I'm shopping around to open another store. I don't know if I'm prepared for my own site, but I've been looking a lot at eCrater and ShopPals for the past few months, weighing one against the other and which might work best for me.Â