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Don't know how to deal with this
 

About a year ago, someone lied to eBay about me, and without asking me, they suspended my selling capabilities indefinitely with over 12,000 feedbacks and a history of 98% feedback since 2005. Nice, huh?

Anyhow, I purchased an eBay/PayPal account from someone here on aspkin, and after selling a few items, PayPal wanted me to provide proof that I was who I was claiming to be. They wanted a bill with my registered address with my name on it and a copy of a driver's license, among other things. Well, I still had (and still have) my old eBay account, which I use for purchasing, so I got an IP address device, so when I logged on, eBay wouldn't know it was me, and they didn't.

However, I was never able to get past PayPal's ridiculous, "prove who you are" questions. What do other people do in this instance? I was using a different name, different bank account, and I would have never been able to show proof of who I was, because who I was being wasn't who I am. :(

Where to from here?

Re: Don't know how to deal with this
 

Did you try to get in touch with the seller who provided you the account? He might be able to help you in becoming who you are not ;)

Re: Don't know how to deal with this
 

Just a quick suggestion to anyone who buys accounts on this forum AND has an issue...Please Contact your Account Seller, They are the best people to help.

Re: Don't know how to deal with this
 

looks like that paypal is unusable for now, attaching a new one prolly the best option..

Re: Don't know how to deal with this
 

Yes, we spoke. Like I said, it was about a year ago. However, I do not have more than one address. I cannot make an entirely new entity with a social security card, a driver's license, etc., and I do not have computers in other parts of the world.

Quite simply, a new eBay account is all well and good, but I guess I was wondering more along the lines of this: Since eBay and PayPal have split ways, things might have changed. Now, does PayPal know that my selling privileges have been suspended? For instance, if I use a new PayPal account linked to a new bank account, but I still have all the same personal information, will they know that my selling capabilities have been stopped? Will they care that I have two eBay accounts? Some people have a business account AND a personal account. PayPal is aware of that, I am sure.

Also, it's a shame that people have come to be so reliant upon stupid PayPal. There are so many other methods of payment, but you're losing at least 80% to 85% of business by NOT accepting PayPal payments, and as deeply complicated as I have found it to be to maintain another eBay account, it seems that it isn't worth it.