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@justkidzbiz wrote:

The problem is that when you send an invoice, eBay automatically puts the seller's  name and address in the bottom left of the invoice page saying

 

If you send your payment (e.g. cheque) by post, add a copy of this e-mail and send everything to the following address. Please note that eBay does not permit sellers to accept cash payments sent by post.

 

Jane Doe

123 Smith St, Whereever 3456

 

I have raised concerns about this with eBay months ago, the fact that invoices are including seller's address which could be a safety issue, obviously they don't give a hoot as nothing has changed, not all sellers want their address printed on an invoice and you cannot delete it from the invoice.

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I believe it only shows your address like that if you accept cheques or money orders as payment.  I took those off my accepted payment methods long ago because nobody used them anyway, and my address no longer shows.

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@utebns wrote:
In my eyes 20 bucks is 20 bucks lol.

He can easily get your details via lodging a inr claim, sending a large letter had no tracking (unless u paid for it) so an easy inr case. Thus requesting returns addresses.
If not a returns address should be on all parcels / envalopes anyway.
If you have used a name with the address, run it over facebook as well as your subburb / town and your found.
All info that can be gainrd with an inr, or paypal dispute.
Its happened to me. Innocent transactions gone wrong, but ive lso dont it to buyers who have purchased but given wrong post details and ive had to try and track them down to refung hundreds of dollars of goods because theybpaid cash over the counter at a bank, i couldnt just return the money whrn itrms returned back to me via the post. They wernt replying to ebay messages so good old facebook and google of their names and subburbs gained me a means of communication to refund their money.
Everyones easty to find these days.

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Using your ebay id as your name in the return address and a post box instead of a sreet address is a good start to protecting yourself from sleazy buyers. If you dont give ebay your phone number, that provides another layer of protection.

If you dont have facebook or twitter accounts even better. When I google my name, nothing comes up to identify me. There are a few people in the world with my name and a couple of them fill quite a few pages of google searches.

There are a lot of things people can do to retain some privacy. Its just that most people dont bother.

I don't accept cheques or money orders and it still shows my address on the invoice.

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@utebns wrote:
In my eyes 20 bucks is 20 bucks lol.

 ......They wernt replying to ebay messages so good old facebook and google of their names and subburbs gained me a means of communication to refund their money.
Everyones easty to find these days.

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I agree that any parcel sent without tracking is a sitting duck for an item not received claim if a buyer is unscrupulous * this one could very well be!

As for how easy it is to trace someone. Normally a return address would be on most parcels but not necessarily the person's real name. I haven't paid a lot of attention but I seem to recall a couple of parcels I received had pre printed labels with the seller's ebay name, which makes sense.

I know a lot of people assume you can trace anyone on FB but that isn't necessarily so. Many of my friends & relatives have accounts under eg their first 2 names but not surname or else a shortened or made up surname. Police, prison officers, teachers etc don't necessarily want to be easily found.