It's pretty important to know who you're sharing your personal information with. This site keeps track of the following pieces of information:
Your name
Your email address
Your phone number
Your mailing address
Your location
We don't collect or store any sort of payment information at all. For the most part, your contact information isn't shared with anyone else on the site. Here are the only times your information is shared with other users:
Your email address is visible to all users on your contact page, unless you hide it in preferences. Only signed in users can see any of your info.
Your username is visible whenever you place a bid. You can uncheck Username Visible in preferences, which will hide your username when you bid. Even if this is unchecked, your username will always be shown when you sell a lot or make a chat message. (It's worth mentioning that when your username is hidden, you're still not completely anonymous. Auction admins can still see your username, and, behind the scenes, a unique identifier is used and visible in the page source to other bidders.)
If your username is an email address, that will be visible to non-logged-in users, and you'll probably get spam. You'll get an email recommending that you change your username, which is likely the reason you're reading this page.
When you confirm your pickup location for an auction, all of your contact information is made available to the organizer of the auction. This is visible to them even if you don't sell or buy any lots in the auction.
When you sell a lot that is part of an auction, your real name is given to the winner of that lot.
When you win a lot that is part of an auction, your real name is given to the seller of that lot.
When you sell a lot that is not part of an auction, all your contact information is given to the winner of that lot.
When you win a lot that is not part of an auction, all your contact information is given to the seller of that lot.
We have never had any personal information requests from law enforcement, and we'll remove this message if we receive one.
We take your privacy and security seriously. If you see something that doesn't seem right, reach out and we'll fix it.