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Suspended after listing used picture frame:)
 

I wish I never have to open my laptop again, but since this is only source of income I am still in the game:)

So, created stealth acc, all by the book; didnt give them any ID or babk acc as they were not asking yet.

Was pretending to be a buyer, clicking on some links, bidding for items I know wouldnt win. All good.

After 5 or 6 days, I decided to list an item through auction with no intention to sell it. I declared it as used item.

I took a snapshot of the same item from some seller selling for less.

And then, bam, permanent suspension.

What could be the case for it?

Tryed to sell to quickly after account creation? I doubt, as before a month ago, I did the same sh*t, it all went good.

Copying another sellers pic? It was not copywrited for sure, he took kt with his own camera.

I didnt put my bank details, they said I can do it afterwards, so I didnt.

Any ideas?

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You used the same device to create account.

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Impossible to say but based upon your comments above, you clearly don't take stealth accounts seriously if you think using someone elses photo to sell a non-existent item is the way forward.

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New windows user account. That is not an issue for sure. Ip is clean too.

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The point was just to list something, low risk, I knew it wouldnt sell.
I do stealth for a long time, but didnt do it much recently, hence questions.

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running under window 11?

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You don’t need to bid on items or do any browsing eBay has changed so much since the old days. You can list an item straight away after seller account is created.

It could be because eBay saw you as a bot and not a human in terms of bidding, browsing and using another photo which does not belong to you.

However using another photo shouldn’t be an issue as on 3 accounts I created a week ago all photos were from sellers who sold the items.

What I did was go back to the back of the eBay sold pages and use photos which was like 3/4 months old.

Bank accounts doesn’t matter you can sell an item and then enter bank details after which is normally recommended so you don’t lose bank account

Also what item did you list don’t list books and 99p items it’s a red flag on new accounts.

Re: Suspended after listing used picture frame:)
 

It is still the same device. I believed there is a way to calculate based on your hardware the exact numerical number of your hardware device.

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There is no issue using the same device, either format it, create a new user or use virtual machines.

It's starting to creak a bit but I'm still on the same PC as I was a decade ago and have lost count of how many accounts its had through it.

Re: Suspended after listing used picture frame:)
 

@eusebio, high end item? Electronics? Branded item?