My phone # is showing to sellers.Can I make it so that it does not show?

[leatherland1]

At present, my home phone number is showing to other sellers.

Can I alter a setting somewhere, so that my phone number does not show?

I this can be done,

can a member please tell me how to do that?

Regards,

               John.

[collect247]

Where is it showing?

I checked your listings and there isn't any phone #

[enigmabear]

I did not see it either

[*tippy*toes*]

There is nothing showing in your listings. Are you talking about when you buy something the sellers get your phone number? If so, I don't think you can hide it from sellers.

[twyngwyn]

buyers can get phone numbers & or emails....after purchasing

[leatherland1]

I made a purchase, and with the delivery,

came a printed receipt with all the purchase details ,

and my home phone number was included on that.

Most purchases I have made don't have such a detailed receipt,

so I don't know if those sellers were shown my phone number or not.

When I make sales,
probably about 25% of those buyers phone numbers are showing on the sales page.

[twyngwyn]

I have phoned buyers in the past as sometimes, what you're trying to explain becomes too convoluted in a text message, and you also have a max letter allowance....much easier to phone

[leatherland1]

Yep, I have also done that at times.

 but the seller included my number on their receipt,

and I don't think it was requested by them after my purchase,

as I was not notified by ebay that there was a request for it.

Regards,

         John.

[twyngwyn]

are you talking about this?:

http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/buy/questions/contact-seller.html

[leatherland1]

Thanks for that, but no.

At present, my home phone number is showing to other sellers, and in this case,

they did not request it from ebay, as I was not advised of it by ebay.

I vaguely recall when I first joined ebay, that there was a question similar to

       "Make your phone # visible to buyers or sellers" .

Is there still such an option?
I can,t find it now.

Regards,

              John.