Don't know how to deal with this

[atreyuu2003]

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?

[ilcarletto]

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

[MM78]

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.

[empirestate]

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

[atreyuu2003]

Originally Posted by MM78

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.

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.