Hi Katieva
Yes, I had the same thing happen to me, just last night!! Grr! I am in Australia. I have two separate eBay accounts, nothing linking them as far as any information. They have separate Paypal accounts also, no information the same. However, I have not used separate Windows user accounts but I have slavishly used Objection (removes flash cookies) and cleared private data using Firefox as my browser each time. Now the interesting part. I have recorded my IP each time I log on to eBay. I use a different IP each time I log on. I have a Telstra 3G network Mobile Broadband USB dongle which connects as a different IP address each time I connect. Perhaps that is the problem - Section 9 suspensions talk about verification - "As per clause 9 of the eBay User Agreement, we may take this action if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide us." I have a gut feeling that using Objection to have no flash cookies may be the thing that brought me undone. I will go to separate user accounts next time, without getting rid of the flash cookies all the time. Given the careful use of different IP's on each of the 2 accounts, I am not sure how eBay could have linked them, other than some listings very similar re graphics and goods sold. The other thing is that both of my eBay accounts have an IP address not in my area. One is a different city on the eastern seaboard, and the other is actually Overseas! They were both suspended at the same time and with the same Section 9 quoted about verifying the information. Therefore, it is my belief that deleting flash cookies is probably not a good idea. However, if one is going to go down that road, one should use separate Windows User accounts for each ebay account, and then one will have flash cookies relative to each account. However, one of the things I was thinking is that if the IP address used is not "of the area" of the address information provided, would that be something that would be flagged by eBay's "verification" system?
All comments welcome! I am a new poster!
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