Reading the Fine Print

[Alex]

Here is the message that appears when you email an eBay seller during an auction...

# .... will receive an email from eBay with your email address displayed as the return address so that he/she can contact you.

# ....You should never respond to offers made by the seller to sell their item off eBay. Transactions that take place through eBay provide you access to valuable safety-related services including Feedback, free buyer protection, integrated payment, escrow, and dispute resolution.

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Here is the message that appears when an ebay member contacts a member during an auction...

# ... will receive an email from eBay with your email address displayed as the return address so that he/she can contact you.

# ... A note from eBay will be attached at the bottom of your email.

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[Alex]

If somebody would like to take a stab at rewriting the ebay "warning", how would you rewrite it?