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Ebay rep about managed payments and ebay scams
 

had an interesting discussion on phone this morning with ebay rep. Told me that she was not sure yet if SS# would be required for managed payments and that it may only apply to a certain $ limit, that it is still in discussion inside the company. She also told me that ebay had increased efforts to stop scams on the site. I dont see how there can really be an scams today unless the buyer is really ignorant and does not read the MBG Guarantee which is overwhelming in buyers favor. All the buyer has to do on ebay is complain and they will get their money back. I started to wonder what are the common scams on ebay if this is really true in todays time and how do the sellers make any money off of it

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Seems you found a rep who was prepared to discuss confidential internal company business with a complete stranger. I wonder how long they will last?

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Is this what you are here to find out?

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It's invite only in the US, and the only people being invited in are established sellers who have already gone way past the threshold for providing a tax ID. So everyone they've let in so far was obligated to give a tax ID anyway.

I assume the rep is talking about when managed payments is for everyone in the US, and it's the default when you make new accounts. eBay is probably weighing the pros/cons of requiring a tax ID on signup vs. requiring one at the 200 sales point like Paypal does. Tons of people in the US who only use eBay to sell a few items around the house every year aren't going to want to be obligated to give eBay their SSN for selling 5 items/year. BUT, by requiring the SSN at signup they eliminate most of their "stealth" problem in one swoop. So I understand why it's being discussed internally, lol.

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You believe him? You believe an Ebay rep would discuss Ebay policy and scams with a stranger?

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There's no reason to think OP is lying. eBay reps commonly talk about those kind of things. All OP said the rep said was eBay is beefing up security to stop scams on the site, and that they're still discussing at what point SSN's will be required in managed payments once it's implemented for everyone. The rep didn't give out any confidential insider information. Everything after the 3rd sentence were the OP's thoughts on what the rep said.

I'll buy the bridge for $5,000 but I can't go any higher. Do you take Western Union?

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I'm robbing myself -but it's yours:uk:

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So ebays call centers are opened again?

And the ebay money back guarantee is the exact thing they are trying to prevent. If ebay cannot retrieve the funds from the seller then ebay has to take it out of their own pocket, which is what they are really trying to prevent.

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Sounds like he got a US representative and the guy was high or something. They are random $12/hr call center workers. If they knew how to use eBay they wouldn't be working there.

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Welcome to the forum - all the best as you master stealth :thumb:

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Lol, I agree eBay isn't going to give useful info to their frontline pawns.