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Need advice on using Ebay account on different computers.
 

Before I found this forum, I was suspended from Ebay/PayPal/Amazon, so I created new Ebay/PayPal account at school so they wouldn't link my ip address and anything else I thought they may have (I use to believe Ebay and PayPal could see everything such as all the sites you visit, real address, etc). I used my middle and last name, usps po box, and my father's information (with his permission, ssn and phone # which was in ATL, we have the same name), so I was able to phone and ssn verify the account through PayPal.

When spring semester was over, obviously I wasn't at school, but still being paranoid, I didn't log into my accounts from home but went to a friends house. BTW, I'm located in AZ. Ebay asked for phone verification again, when I attempted to create a listing, because I logged in from a different computer so I completed that. Now, after looking over the forum and reading the stealth book, I believe that I can just create another user name on my computer and change the ip address. Is this true or will I be linked to my old account somehow? This account is now four months old, but I've only sold a few things, been moving like a snail this time around.

Something else to point out is I have created another stealth account since then from home and it hasn't been linked but I also haven't begun to sell on it and it has been 1.5 months now aging on that, but also it isn't bank verified so I don't know if that counts when it comes to aging (it is only cc verified).

So my questions are 1. Will my account be linked if I create a new user and change ip address, and 2. Will I have to do phone verification again? If I have to do phone verification that may be a problem because my father has since moved from ATL to South Carolina, could I just get a prepaid phone and change the number?

I did take my laptop to school this semester already, created another user account at school and signed on and listed an item without a problem. Can I use that user name and change my ip address?

Overall I feel like I am in one complicated mess, please help!

a new user and ip is ok, but you may need to re-veirfy with phone. Is there a way to transfer cookies over to new computer, think there is..

Thanks. Can I use the user id I created on my laptop from school to log into the said account and change the ip or will it be safer to just create a brand new user account on my laptop to use will I'm at home? So in effect I would be using two user names for one account, one at school and one at home. But then again, the whole reason I am asking these questions is because I want to be able to use this account at home so I won't have to use it at school or drive 40 miles to my friends house. Maybe I can just delete the user account I created on my laptop for use at school and create a new user account now, at home.

Any thoughts on that?

Honestly, the way everything has been explained and how I understand it, I believe if I log into the user account I created on my laptop while at school and change the ip address, then it will be fine. But I want to clarify first, I've been working hard on this account, I don't want to mess it up over something that seems to be as simple as this if you know what I mean.

I'm assuming you know how to change IP addresses. All you gotta do is change your IP address, make a new user account and you're good to go. Do this at home and you'll no longer have to worry about logging into eBay at school. That's really it, a new user account and IP address is all you need. About the phone verification, I have no idea, I would think you're safe considering you've already confirmed it twice now and posted a listing after the confirmation.

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for the telephone numbers I use a call forward company (UTW) telecom. works really great and you can add numbers to it all the time too. and that for us in Canada WOW:welcome;
We normally never get any service here. but CCNOW and call forward now? WOW it is really great.
I am still paranoid too. dealing with ebay and paypal for as long as I have done you will get paranoid.:>

Just an update, created new user id and changed ip address. eBay did require another phone verification (unfamiliar computer) so I contacted them through live chat and passed it. Thanks for the help.