Many people it seems are not aware that any 2 people involved in a transaction can obtain one anothers contact information. That includes you home address and personal phone number you have listed with ebay. I see this as being potential for disaster. I would strongly recomend using a post office box if you are a seller and I myself have discovered a free way to obtain a phone number local for the area you live in that would be perfect to include as a contact number for ebay purposes. Here's how. Go to the privatephone website and sign up it is simple, safe, easy and free. It is powered by NetZero a well known company. I myself have had this service since it came out and I love it. You get a real phone number, you can set up a personalized voice message, you can check your messages by calling the number or have them delivered directly to your email inbox. No spam, no spyware and nothing to download. People will never know that it was not an answering machine that picked up and it has caller ID. It tells you the exact number a call came in from. What more could you want. Try it out!