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Did i get luck?
 

So yesterday i was on craigslist and saw someone selling their ebay account for 3K

i had nothing to do so i replied to him and offered 1.5k

he said ok, so at first i thought it was a scam, because he mentioned he owed 335 in fees

told me it was unlimited limts account, so then i got more suspicous.
asked him y he is selling it, told me he needs money for his illness.

at then end i was like if i dont take this risk, someone else will. and i know paypal has buyer protection, so i felt a little relived

got the account, it really did have unlimited limts and had 12000 feedback from 2001

only downside was to pay the ebay fees of 335

personally i think it was a great deal, wanted to know what you guys think?

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Just know that the account could get limited at any moment, even from the first listing and then you'd be out near 2k for nothing. So overall its a very risky transaction, but wish you luck.

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Not a good idea IMO

Do you plan on offering PayPal as payment? If so you will not be able to add a new PayPal to the eBay account.

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Yep i agree with James, you never know if his paypal account is limited etc.. which makes your account pretty worthless as there will always be a link :(

Re: Did i get luck?
 

listed and sold my first item as well, and i paid him with paypal too, but if his paypal was limited, y would he want to accept paypal as payment?

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could be a different paypal account ?

Re: Did i get luck?
 

His PayPal could also get limited at any time in the future.

Either way you still cannot link a new PayPal in with the eBay.

Re: Did i get luck?
 

sorry i just read that i said yesterday, i meant to say last week,

and i can understand , where you guys are coming from.
just going to hope for the best,

the account didnt look like he sold any vero items either. or have bad dsr

Re: Did i get luck?
 

do you guys mean linking the paypal, by going into account settings and then manually linking it? because i never really do it that way
i usually put the paypal address at payment option only

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That is enough to link

Re: Did i get luck?
 

well i still got my buddy paypal for another 40 days to contact, if anything happens down the road

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Good Luck.

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Good luck! You may have to establish this as a business account to benefit from the limit.

All accounts can be limited or suspended including those bought from the forum. Use your stealth knowledge and you should be fine.

Until you change the passwords and security questions, the account is still uncertain.

Re: Did i get luck?
 

thanks everyone.

is there a big diffrence from a business and personal ebay though?

i know for paypal, business and personal makes a diffrent, not to sure about ebasy side

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Do the math, if your monthly fees for the business account is less than the insertion fees, then it saves a lot.

Re: Did i get luck?
 

isnt that the same as applying for an ebay store? lower fees on personal account

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Best of luck OP - know stealth well - make backup accounts because this account could either go down...or be taken back...be careful

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good buy i think

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Until the account goes belly up or he doesn't make his investment back.....

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Never ask a leading quesion like that unless you can deal with the truth of the replies.

:nono:

Re: Did i get luck?
 

It is a very risky buy.

There is no guarantee the account will be restored after the fees are paid.

It may even have been a hacked account.

These types of accounts sometimes get the fees paid, allowed to trade, then pulled for not well defined reason later.

There's no guarantee of buyer protection with paypal even for the OP.

No, it is not a good buy.

It's an easy way out to get an account that has too high a risk of backfiring.

:peace:

Re: Did i get luck?
 

Risky... especially since it is not a reputable market place for accounts??
Honestly.. you could get good accounts with good limits here...

Ask some of the sellers here around.. They could probably help if you need an account with more than usual limits.

You should not have to be paying someone elses debt or even worrying that your funds at one point will get held.

Good luck! Let us know how it goes