my brother gave me his 8yr old account -- advice plz

trig · #1 07-20-2008

as the titel says, my brother gave me his ebay account from the year 2000.
I have yet to log into it w/o asking some advice from you all first.

he said he recently logged into it from his house (same town as me) and said it had zero feedback even though he remembers buying about 10 items with it years ago. he said he never sold anything with it.

what do you think I should do with this account?
i use aol on seperate windows user accts for all 5 of my newer accts.

tia

TRIG

philly387 · #2 07-20-2008

Because this account is older and you want to be 100% sure you won't get it linked, I suggest speaking with Modee and asking for his help.

trig · #3 07-20-2008

ty pal --I'll wait n see if he reads this thread.

myIonU · #4 07-20-2008

just make sure not to link them. You should be fine.

trig · #5 07-20-2008

what kind of perks do i have with this acct?

**aspkin** · #6 07-20-2008

Right, just take it easy with the account, make sure you cover your cookies and your IP address is changed before you log in. You should be fine.

Perks? Sadly, probably not much.

trig · #7 07-20-2008

i figured it could take more 'hits' than newer accts.

what about optional payment options?

philly387 · #8 07-20-2008

I think you can use a merchant account and not have to fax anything over to them.

**aspkin** · #9 07-20-2008

Older accounts used to be able to take more... but I have a feeling eBay is getting rid of those 'grandfathered' eBay account perks.

greg2414 · #10 07-20-2008

Quote:

i figured it could take more 'hits' than newer accts.

Sadly because there is no feedback i dont think the account is worth anything more than a new account created today? Maybe im wrong?

If you start getting feedback and keep it in good standing im sure in time because of it's age already you will find it well worth it! (Perks wise)

greg2414 · #11 07-20-2008

Thats interesting

trig · #12 08-20-2008

i just looked into this account of my brothers and it is from 2/2000.
( i opened a new user acct. on my computer for it and clear everything like we're supposed to do )
(( I also use AOL broadband))

it has 11 feedback -- all 100% positive.

the only issue i see is that it uses an old email address, and I'd like to change it.
think theres a problem with this?

also, I REALLY want to use this account.
I will not use paypal with it and will send the buyer an invoice thru ccnow.
( this will mean I'll have 6 ebay accts going thru my single ccnow account)

Any other suggestions?

pm'ing me may be a good thing if you want.

jerkyboy1 · #13 08-20-2008

unless you know what you're doing if you're doing anything vero or high risk you're still going to be nailed. Don't think just because you have an old account you're in the clear, now if that account had a 1,000 feedback then I would say pretty much everything would go as long as you didn't do something really stupid but be cautious.

newguy121 · #14 09-09-2008

Now what about 300-400 feedbacks since 2004?

GreenBean · #15 09-09-2008

What is the significance of this post? Care to tell more?

trig · #16 09-12-2008

GB --huh?

one other thing.
I will have to add a dif. email address to the account -- thoughts?
Also, the ebay id name on the acct is not very appealing and I'd like to change that too -- thoughts? The ebay id is something like "runnydiaper" :(

trig · #17 09-16-2008

please reply to the above question.

philly387 · #18 09-16-2008

haha, runnydiaper...that is funny. You can change your information but just be ready to provide ebay with some information if they do ask for it.

trig · #19 09-23-2008

i didn't change the ebay id name. (yet. I may. who knows)

I have listed on it and it's so cool seeing the options available to older accts.

things like how long you can run auctions: (1 day, 3 day, etc)
one option is "run until canceled" LOL

theres also other things available -- so cool!