SSN/ITIN and address

Sprutehode · #1 04-09-2022

Hi.

Does Ebay care if the ITIN/SSN you provide them with is registered under the same address as an old Ebay account you are banned on, or if it does not match with the address you used on your new Ebay account? Can they even find out what address your ITIN/SSN is rgeistered under? I have an American ITIN, but it is registered with the same address as my suspended eBay account. Not sure if thats a problem or not.

yankee · #2 04-09-2022

It seems address must match the tax number. They are doing extensive data base verification. Maybe core-logic etc..

Sprutehode · #3 04-09-2022

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It seems address must match the tax number. They are doing extensive data base verification. Maybe core-logic etc..

Ok, thats interesting. So I should probably change the address of my ITIN before I create my account?

I noticed by browsing the forums that a year ago you answered this to a similar question "In the USA where we do have SSN numbers, the address is irrelevant. But the name must match the tax number."

But I guess eBay changed their policy since then, and now the address matters?

yankee · #4 04-09-2022

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Ok, thats interesting. So I should probably change the address of my ITIN before I create my account?

How would you go about doing that?

Typically data base gathers information from your credit reports. Credit cards, auto loans, insurance, recent change of address mail forwarding, etc...

So if you change those things address, wait a few weeks minimum, you should be good to go.

Or just use the old address.

Sprutehode · #5 04-09-2022

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How would you go about doing that?

Typically data base gathers information from your credit reports. Credit cards, auto loans, insurance, recent change of address mail forwarding, etc...

So if you change those things address, wait a few weeks minimum, you should be good to go.

Or just use the old address.

Oh, ok. I was thinking I had to file IRS form 8822 and request an address change on my ITIN, but based on what you are telling me that might not be neccessary? I don't have any insurance, auto loans etc, but I do have a credit card. Do you think if I change the address I use in my American bank account I'm good to go? And won't eBay ban me if I use my old address?

SilentHill · #6 04-09-2022

People move all the time you should be okay with address change.

Sprutehode · #7 04-09-2022

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People move all the time you should be okay with address change.

Are you saying I do not have to worry about my eBay address not matching the one on my ITIN?

yankee · #8 04-09-2022

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Originally Posted by Sprutehode

Are you saying I do not have to worry about my eBay address not matching the one on my ITIN?

You might have to call in, tell them you just moved, then pass data base questions from last know address.

Or you could just use your old address like most people who switched to MP.

Sprutehode · #9 04-09-2022

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You might have to call in, tell them you just moved, then pass data base questions from last know address.

Or you could just use your old address like most people who switched to MP.

So using an old, banned address should not be a problem now that eBay switched to managed payments?

yankee · #10 04-09-2022

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So using an old, banned address should not be a problem now that eBay switched to managed payments?

Was it banned on MP? Basically everything started fresh on ebay back in 2019. after that, very fee people know what happens myself included.

Sprutehode · #11 04-09-2022

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Was it banned on MP? Basically everything started fresh on ebay back in 2019. after that, very fee people know what happens myself included.

It got banned last year, but I had not sold anything on the account yet, and not activated managed payments on the account. I probably got banned because I listed something on the VERO list without knowing, but I have sinced learned my lesson. Now I am about to create an account together with my brother using his info, but I want to do everything right. Do you think I can use the address I used on the banned account, since I had not activated MP on the banned account?

SilentHill · #12 04-09-2022

never use banned address common sense

Sprutehode · #13 04-09-2022

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never use banned address common sense

Ok, I'll use another address. You don't think eBay minds or can find out that the address registered on my ITIN is the same address that I used on my suspended eBay account, and won't match the new address I'll use on my new eBay account?

yankee · #14 04-09-2022

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Originally Posted by Sprutehode

Ok, I'll use another address. You don't think eBay minds or can find out that the address registered on my ITIN is the same address that I used on my suspended eBay account, and won't match the new address I'll use on my new eBay account?

Nobody knows this answer and every situation is different.

yankee · #15 04-09-2022

I would consider fixing your old account too. If you dont know why you were suspended odds are it is not a major fix.

Sprutehode · #16 04-09-2022

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I would consider fixing your old account too. If you dont know why you were suspended odds are it is not a major fix.

I have contacted them and they give me the same scripted answer everytime. That I am permanently suspended from buying and selling, and any new account that I create will be suspended too, and that there is no use in appealing. I even contacted a so called expert in the field to help get my account back, and he told me it was nothing he could do.