Idea... Risky or not ?

[humblebundle]

Hi,

I have an idea, that consists in contacting random ebay sellers (those with a few feedbacks but with old accounts) and ask them if they would like to sell their account.

I am wondering if it is risky because I would contact them from ebay messaging, so if ebay team read the message I'm sure to get the ban hammer falling on me

What do you think ?

[realdeals]

So, how much would you like to pay for these accounts?

[humblebundle]

Well, I think those people don't know about all the ebay business we are making, so I think I would pay around 50/80€ per account and they should be glad to get money from their useless account

[sax4]

Maybe you can do an Ebay search for "Ebay account"....

[sax4]

"they should be glad to get money from their useless account"

Sound like one of those "Cash for unwanted Gold" ads

[MM78]

That's a 100% bad idea.

[humblebundle]

sax4
Maybe you can do an Ebay search for "Ebay account"....

ebay accounts sold here don't have feedbacks as a seller, or are created less than 90 days ago (to sell on ebay US with a foreign account you need 10 feedbacks and to wait 90dys)

MM78
That's a 100% bad idea.

why?

[Retailer77]

Originally Posted by humblebundle

Hi,

I have an idea, that consists in contacting random ebay sellers (those with a few feedbacks but with old accounts) and ask them if they would like to sell their account.

I am wondering if it is risky because I would contact them from ebay messaging, so if ebay team read the message I'm sure to get the ban hammer falling on me

What do you think ?

Your idea doesn't even make sense....how are you just going to collect money as a seller if their bank account and paypal still belongs to them?

[humblebundle]

There shouldnt be any problem attaching another paypal or bank account.

[MM78]

Originally Posted by Retailer77

Your idea doesn't even make sense....how are you just going to collect money as a seller if their bank account and paypal still belongs to them?

He thinks adding another PayPal won't cause problems....which will, but the OP is smarter than the rest of us.

[humblebundle]

I've created this thread to discuss about the idea MM78, please don't start bashing and if you have some good arguments (which I didnt have the pleasure to read yet) please share. If not please sit down and keep quiet thanks

[TOOKNAPA]

I dont know if you can attach another paypal acccount to these Ebay accounts, but i know you can contact any ebay member you want by selecting "the message is not about an item" . You can contact 5 member/24h doing this way, and if they don't report you to ebay, it's almost sure ebay team won't read the message as I did it 200 times in the past 2 months

[dallis]

PP and EB account names and addresses must match and attaching another PP with different info won't last...

Creative idea, but there are so many practical problems with this it doesn't really even pass a casual examination...

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by sax4

Sound like one of those "Cash for unwanted Gold" ads

Cue the arrival of a certain North American associate offering consultations!

Hope we manage to convey to the OP this has been tried before & had a poor outcome.

[yankee]

Try it and see how it goes.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by humblebundle

There shouldnt be any problem attaching another paypal or bank account.

This was tried several years ago by a user no longer here.

They attempted this with due diligence.

A couple of accounts had been sold several times before and was flagged by ebay as hacked. The supposedly naive seller made no mention of that.

Another account got sold... & the seller promptly went to paypal/ebay and claimed they were hacked.

In these two cases, the user was out of funds.

Should you read around the forum, we make mention of the risks of using another person's info.

This would also be the case with your proposal.

Read what I wrote and ask questions

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by humblebundle

There shouldnt be any problem attaching another paypal or bank account.

Actually there are onoging AND major issues with this very topic.

In some cases, the outcome involves calling into paypal for a manual addition.
This means the account is flagged, which is risky.

[bluegrass1]

If i was the eby'er you contacted i would think you was selling something you didnt want to sell in your real name ,and i sure wouldnt want you sell it in my name . All Kinds Of Red Flags wud be going off in my head I am sure there would be those to even contact EB about your offer .. Just Saying

[RosieTosie]

Changing the 2 most vital details on accounts at the same time, instantly, is the road to ruin pure and simple op, even a casual read around of this forum would have made that very clear to you.

[humblebundle]

ok guys I got the lesson, and I'll forget about this

[rsot]

Plus - even if you buy the account - they could hack it and seize it back...avoid