Is it okay for a vendor to post that you bought cigars from them?

[CoventryCat86]

Well, many of you probably already know why I'm asking this question. TBSCigars PUBLICLY POSTED that I bought cigars from him (which actually was a lie in the first place as I never placed an order with him). He started a thread on his site trashing me and the subject came up regarding him posting his acknowledgement of the alleged sale. Someone stated that he should not have done this even if I DID INDEED buy cigars from him. He and his asswipers over on StogieChat are trying to say this is okay. Well so far, here are the poll results:

CigarPass:
NO: 44
YES: 0

ClubStogie:
NO: 35
YES: 0

CigarSmokers:
NO: 16
YES: 0

Gee, Eric, so far its

95 to 0

and the poll has only been running for 11 hours

Looks like ole Eric aka TBSCigars is DEAD WRONG once again!!!

[cockyhoskins]

Definitely not. If you want to post a thread saying "I got my cigars. Thanks", then they can respond. Otherwise, no.

[Dmitri]

Honestly, I think it should be a private matter but I do agree with some of you that if the buyer posts, praising the deal the seller should respond, or if the buyer were to give permission for the seller to post for whatever reason.

[Eshaw99]

(Hey look at that, two shiny pennies!)

I don't think a vendor should publicly disclose that someone bought from them. Say someone like CC, who is a respected member of several boards (not that I respect you, you old fart!) makes a purchase from an online vendor. Then that vendor makes a post saying something like "You can trust me, CoventryCat86 does!." In essence, that vendor is using the members name to advertise their business. It may not be worded that bluntly, but it's the same thing. I'm guessing that the member in question receives NO compensation, therefore it should not be done.

[Kenyth]

Absolutely not! Purchase information should be kept confidential except where prescribed differently by law. Even then, the information should be used only for the explicit purposes of that law, and seen only by government agents with a need to know. An example being firearms purchase records and investigating law enforcement officials.

[Island Epicurean]

It should be confidential.

[The Master]

Only a complete maggot would take a private transaction and make it public. If I ever saw someone use my name as some type of advertisement it would be the last time I did business with that company.