# Ebay........Go Away!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-go-away/316455>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 10, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-go-away/316455 "2005-08-10T16:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-go-away/316455/21 "2005-08-11T17:38:10Z")

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> [@Futile Gesture](#):
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> So I set up my _own_ forwarding. All emails from the list got automatically forwarded to the most important sounding person I could find on their company website, with a little explanation saying he’d stop getting this spam as soon as _they_ stopped sending me it. Worked like a charm. 😃

This is one of the most wonderful, ingenious actions I have heard of. ::applause::

You are brilliant!

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