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Maybe someone can give me some insight on this. Is it possible to set up an Ebay account either with a bogus phone number (e.g. (555) 555-5555) or no phone number at all with the knowledge of adding a line at a later date? These accounts would not be for selling on, just to mature and/or have for backup when needed.
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you need a phone number that you can access to verify the ebay & paypal as your creating them
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That's a good question, I'd like to find out to. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I would think it's OK if you just need to let it age. You only need to actually verify the number when you start selling.
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I agree. You only need to verify Ebay/Paypal when you list your first item. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
On the other hand, does it really age if it sits without any purchasing or selling? I'm sure it ages in some way, shape or form.
Also,
Do you need a phone number to purchase items?
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as far as I know you don't need a telephone number when you sign up and yes only for selling you will be asked. but if you read the stealth guide you will learn that you should have everything in place when you sign up because if you change anything later it may raise a red flag.
phone number is sometimes requested by the seller for international shipping.
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Ebay users change personal info, phone numbers/carriers all the time. I see this as the same thing as using dial up and having your IP change every time you log in. Does anyone out there think an account sitting for 30 days followed by a phone number change would raise a red flag?
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Originally Posted by TRIALnERROR Ebay users change personal info, phone numbers/carriers all the time. I see this as the same thing as using dial up and having your IP change every time you log in. Does anyone out there think an account sitting for 30 days followed by a phone number change would raise a red flag? | Yes, it very well could.
But it depends.
Many people get tripped up not by ONE single mistake, but a COMBINATION of mistakes. The goal here is to not give them ANY REASON to scrutinize your account.
Yes, people DO change their phone numbers, of course and the account may survive it, but why take the chance? Tracfones are dirt cheap.
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Originally Posted by TRIALnERROR Maybe someone can give me some insight on this. Is it possible to set up an Ebay account either with a bogus phone number (e.g. (555) 555-5555) or no phone number at all with the knowledge of adding a line at a later date? These accounts would not be for selling on, just to mature and/or have for backup when needed.
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The phone number you set up first, needs to have a correct CSA, or GSA. Area code/pre fix.... this is known as a coverage service area, or geographic service area. Most companies pick up on if the number is bogus based on the CSA's registered with the FCC. Phone companies purchase the rights in blocks of 10,000....
You don't need an active line to make an account, just to register as a seller. Although I don't like talking about this in the open, what's ebay gonna do? Start calling every account that lays dormant? no..... And, although my opinion is a tad biased, you could purchase an account from one of our professional account sellers as well |
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I haven't been required to set-up a phone call on any of my accounts that I created in the last 12 months in order to start selling.
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Is that just in North Korea?
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Originally Posted by jeffweico Yes, it very well could.
But it depends.
Many people get tripped up not by ONE single mistake, but a COMBINATION of mistakes. The goal here is to not give them ANY REASON to scrutinize your account.
Yes, people DO change their phone numbers, of course and the account may survive it, but why take the chance? Tracfones are dirt cheap. | True True True...
Why give them a reason, and Tracfones are dirt cheap.
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Originally Posted by First Edition Is that just in North Korea? | I'm not in North Korea I have accounts in Japan, Singapore, Thailand and also the United States and I haven't been hit with any phone verification for almost a year now. When I list the first item, I get the choice between either telephone PIN or an email PIN.
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you have to first phone verify the account in order to list......
(I just assumed your pic of Kim Jong-Healthy and country flag....) |
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Originally Posted by First Edition you have to first phone verify the account in order to list......
(I just assumed your pic of Kim Jong-Healthy and country flag....) | Not me and none of my US accounts.
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WHAT??!?!
You don't have to phone verify to make a seller account? Surely you jest.....
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Nope, no joke. I even made a post about this in the VIP forum a few days ago asking if anyone else also got stopped being asked about phone verification. It actually gives me a choice to either phone verify or email verify, so I choose email and I get the PIN sent to my email, that's it.
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But I should add, I only get asked for the PIN verify over email or phone like 50% of new accounts, when I don't log into them for a while I guess or when eBay doesn't recognize the cookies.
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Originally Posted by imjustme Nope, no joke. I even made a post about this in the VIP forum a few days ago asking if anyone else also got stopped being asked about phone verification. It actually gives me a choice to either phone verify or email verify, so I choose email and I get the PIN sent to my email, that's it. |
That's when it doesn't recognize the computer, not to actually make a sellers account.
How are you making a sellers account without phone verification? Maybe you need to start a thread in the more secure area.....
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Originally Posted by First Edition That's when it doesn't recognize the computer, not to actually make a sellers account.
How are you making a sellers account without phone verification? Maybe you need to start a thread in the more secure area..... | correct, I can confirm, many worldwide sites do not require phone call to make seller account...they have alternate verifications, eg credit card aand here are we, buying voip and virtual lines, like chumps.....
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Specifically for the USA how would you go about this?
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well thats what we are saying, USA and UK eb is phone verifcation for seller accs, so not possible to bypass. Although tbh, its no big deal really...
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Apparently imjustme doesn't have to with USA accounts.......
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