Can a buyer know my first name without me having it mentioned?

[alfa12433]

How can a buyer know my first name without having it mentioned in messages through Ebay?

Thanks.

W. Arnold

[lady.stark · Accepted solution]

If you buy stuff, maybe the seller has many IDs and know your name that way from a previous transaction.

Or maybe your email address has your name in it? The whole email is not disclosed to persons you never bought from, but if they use their email provider to reply to a message, the first part of the email is shown followed by something like "maryebay@...."

[silverpinups]

By looking at the transaction they did with you in their PayPal account.