I agree with you, Reba. I love Auctive, too. But I did not hear about this until I read about it on Ebay's discussion boards. If I didn't read the boards, I would have found out from disgruntled (is there such a thing as "gruntled"?) bidders getting even more spam in their inboxes. I do have notices from Auctive turned on.
I also think a good thing would have been to allow us to opt in rather than having to wait to opt out. Marking my calendar for 9/2/08.