Anyone else having this ebay issue?

[Detsports72]

Hey guys, I tried to send a message to a repeat buyer of mine, but when I went to hit contact ebay member, a big attention message came up and said since I am not currently in transaction with that person, I can not contact them. This is insane, anyone else having the same problem?

[wheeler281]

nope only if you are trying to obtain contact information deos hat come up. You have to have a recent transaction with him. If you go under his "ebay" id it will allow you to message him you just type in the code.

[Detsports72]

That's what I did, I just went to contact member and then this pops up...



Attention!We have determined you are trying to contact an eBay member with whom you are not currently involved in an open transaction. For the protection of the eBay community, we sometimes block these types of communication. To prevent this occurrence from happening in the future, we recommend the following:

• If you are a seller, respond to all bidder questions before the auction ends.

• If you are trying to contact the seller of an item that has not yet ended go to the item page and click the “Ask seller a question” link.

• If you are the winning buyer of an item go to your My eBay page under the items I’ve Won section. Click the action drop down menu and choose the “contact seller” action.

• If you are a seller trying to contact your winning buyer, go to My eBay and under the Items I’ve Sold section, click the action drop down menu. Choose the “contact buyer” action.

• Reply to seller/bidder through personal email provider (if the sender has not hidden their email address).

Thank you for your understanding