 Should I go reinstate or not?
I read through most of this forum and dont think my questions are covered. ASPKIN, Modee,and EBHL, please help.
I have multiple ebay accounts but wasnt aware that Ebay was using IP address and cookies but not only registration information to trace down every account for the possible linkage between one and the other until some of all accounts got suspended.
The first one was suspended because of VERO listings and the others are suspended for linkage of suspended account. I had two violations in 2 months. I used real name and old address for registration. Some of those 7 accounts have current address with others names and the rest accounts have virtual address and other names.
Now, should I go for the reinstatement process? Will those linked account be reinstated automatically(I dont think so, but need your confirmation)? What is the worst scenario that I dont go for the reinstatement? Any penalty or legal action will be brought up to against me other than suspending my account indefinitely? I saw some treads not in this forum talking about someone has to pay hefty fine to clear his/her ebay account and never got an idea what it is. If anyone knows about it, please let me know. I'd really appreciate it.
Also, what should I do about the rest two accounts. Does Ebay save all cookies and log on histories to match one account with another? Does Ebay find two accounts linked just by providing the same IP address only once or they have to figure this out through the level of similarity? I assume they dont keep all histories and there should be a session (time period) that they keep the records for this purpose, but I need your assurance. If so, should I clean the cookie and use a different IP address to log on those accounts and refresh the log on history to make they are unlikely linked? Or I should just forget it and move on to ebay stealthy accounts. The big concern is I have total around 10 accounts and if Ebay will get serious on this if Ebay discovered all of them are linked and provided unreal informations. Again, if that is the case, any penalty or legal actions they might bring up?
The last question is if Ebay is able to physically locate me if they have my IP address? I'd appreciate anyone's help with this topic. Thank you very much.
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