Brendaleigh | 06-01-2009 01:57 PM | Why I got suspended - over and over I think that I know what has linked my accounts - or at least put me in the cross-hairs of eBay T&S dept. I was listing the same items. They then put my accounts under a microscope and saw that they were all from a similar area. I do use separate User Accounts (I have a Mac computer) and I always use a new IP when I access different accounts. Another thing that I might have done to red flag my accounts is that I accessed them back to back - even with different IP's. I think that it is a combination of suspicious behavior - primarily the selling of the same merchandise -which by the way is on their HOT LIST - is what got them to really watch for me. I have since taken a month off from Selling - only buying on some new accounts, and I re-read the Stealth book, set up new accounts in different states, with good call forwarded phone numbers, Credit cards registered to the name on the eBay and PAYPAL account, and new bank accounts from a variety of different banks. I have even gone so far as to set up Seller accounts with a few of my new accounts but I am going to spread this activity out so that they don't see me doing this all in one day. Am I paranoid? You bet! I will start by Selling stuff around the house and buying on these new accounts. Eventually, I will slowly start listing my old inventory trying to change the design of my listings. I will probably wait until Fall for my really HOT items. I think that eBay is watching for me.
One question though: When I buy on eBay with these Stealth accounts, how do I have my merchandise shipped to my home address when I have a different address registered for the account I am using. For the one account I have been using to buy stuff lately, I have just edited the shipping address when I check out to my own address, with no problems -but all I have done on this account is buy. Most Seller's (including me) will not ship to an Un-Confirmed address. The only way to have it show up as Confirmed with the payment is to change it when you are checking out. How do people get around that? I can't buy stuff and have it shipped to some address that I just looked up. If I ask the Seller to ship to a different address they will most likely say no (I would) and might even turn me in because I am using a new account. How do I buy stuff and get it shipped to me without giving away personal information that is linked to a suspended account? |