How different does an address have to be in order for it to be a different address?

[ebayanarchy]

Having multiple accounts obviously requires having multiple addresses.

For security reasons, I don't like using using physical (geographical) addresses for shipping or returns. Asking every single one of my friends to use their address seems a little to dodgy for me. Hence why I use PO Boxes.

The only problem is that with post office boxes costing in excess of $120 per year, the cost of having multiple PO Boxes can quickly add up.

I used to have an PO Box within a suburb called TORRENSVILLE but the actual post office was in a shopping center complex called TORRENSVILLE PLAZA.

What I did was used the address for two separate stealth accounts, but for one stealth account I listed the address as TORRENSVILLE and for the other account I listed the address as TORRENSVILLE PLAZA. This seemed to work well as I received both lots of mail from each account and the two stealth accounts didn't seem to link.

Do you think I might be on to something here?

My question is how different does an address have to be in order to qualify as a different address? Will unique variations of the same address be classified as different addresses in eBay's eyes?

[Payelectronica]

Answered the question with your first statement. Having multiple stealth accounts requires multiple addresses. Multiple PO boxes can be affordable. Just make sure each account attached to a PO box makes enough profit to cover the box.

[GreenBean]

On a manual review, you might be linked.

Domino effect comes to play.

Depends on your country as well where the accounts are based.

[ryujin jakka]

Yes as commented by senior members beware of the domino effect. You have to be creative in this thing.

[n100b]

Same question I have, but it's this - I live in a house, but what if I call every single room in my house a flat?

Than my "addresses" would like this:

Flat 23
4248 blahblah road
blahblah postcode
simply blahblah

Flat 57
4248 blahblah road
blahblah postcode
simply blahblah

I mean, there are multi floor buildings, with over 100 of flats in them, and at least few of them must have amazon/ebay accs in the same building.

[n100b]

Of course, I can imagine, you would have to get creative with the time, pattern and manner of accessing each acc, applying full stealth and some more.

[idds]

Originally Posted by n100b

Same question I have, but it's this - I live in a house, but what if I call every single room in my house a flat?

Than my "addresses" would like this:

Flat 23
4248 blahblah road
blahblah postcode
simply blahblah

Flat 57
4248 blahblah road
blahblah postcode
simply blahblah

I mean, there are multi floor buildings, with over 100 of flats in them, and at least few of them must have amazon/ebay accs in the same building.

My feeling is that this will eventually fail