So Upper Deck called me today....

[pwskelly]

No. However, see the following:



Selling a product before the official street date is something that can land a vendor in legal hot water. Not always, but it can. eBay isn't directly selling the cards, but they are serving as a venue to do so. We have seen REPEATEDLY in recent months UD going after those who sells products prior to launch date. Stores have lost their CDD status for it. It's not a matter that they treat lightly. I again go back to the Apple-iPhone analogy--if an Apple product hit the streets prior to launch in an unauthorized fashion, Apple would make sure to correct the issue promptly. UD has done exactly the same thing here to protect the integrity of their intellectual property and to allow all of the licensed dealers (many of whom pay a lot of money for the privilege) an equal opportunity to receive and sell the product on the official release date.

Do you honestly believe that eBay would flippantly give out Adam's information to a corporate entity such as Upper Deck without ensuring that they were not violating their terms of service and requirements to retain private information? In all likelihood, Upper Deck probably didn't even NEED to contact eBay for anything other than verification that eBay seller adamslogik is the same individual that they have on their existing files. If he's ever entered a redemption (and let's face it, we've all been in the hobby long enough to have all entered a few in our day), UD has his information already.

The idea of telling someone to invest in a lawyer because he got a phone call from Upper Deck *asking* him (note: asking, not threatening in any way, shape or form) to take down the product from eBay, which shouldn't be on eBay, which shouldn't even be in his hands....it's absurd and a gross over-reaction. And one that would just cost him money and time on something that would be dismissed & debunked in about 30 seconds by an actual lawyer. He's already said that UD has followed up with him, thanked him for working with them, and offered to send him some product, so why would he go that route?

What if that lawyer was Matlock?

[jsokol1626]

So eBay has the right to take your personal information and give it to whomever they want? Theres no legality reasons here for them to provide upper deck with private information.

People need to learn to read the privacy statements and disclosure agreements that they accept as a condition of using a service. Here is what you accept when using Ebay

"There are times when we disclose your personal information to members of the eBay Inc. corporate family or other third parties. This disclosure may be required for us to operate or provide you access to our Services, comply with our legal obligations, enforce our policies, facilitate our advertising, or reduce or prevent fraud related to our Services. We minimize the amount of personal information we share to what is directly relevant and necessary to accomplish the specified purpose. As stated above, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing and advertising purposes without your explicit consent."

[andrewconnors9]

Yeah I think rich explained it already. Got it