i have stuff for sale and was asked if person can look at item before bidding i tried phone bloked

how can people look at items for sale if i cant put my contact number am i better selling on gumtree

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Ebay intheir wisdom dont think it is a good idea to give this info out prior to sale.  They are afraid that peeps will do deals off ebay and they miss their fees.  There have been a few suggestions how to get around it.

i.e. Send a message using words instead of numbers eg: oh  four one oh etc etc.  Dont know if it works but worth the try