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Account was just a few days old so I wanted to go ahead and list one item and after about an hour this is what I got.




Hello XXXXXX

The following listings have been removed because your account is currently restricted. All associated fees have been credited to your account.

xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx

We'll send you a separate notice about the action taken on your account.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

eBay Customer Support


H12540


Made sure IP and everything on this account didn't match any of my older accounts. Why would I get this for putting one item on, a used item at that.

Update- They sent me another message saying that they are limiting my account untill I can provide further information on my identity and want me to call them. Anybody have any experience on this and what to do? Should I just call and guess at some of the questions they ask?

Is this a stealth account?

That's what happens when you don't get the account established first by browsing or building feedback and also when you list a high risk item for your first item.

Yes it is a stealth account, if it wasn't I would have no problem calling them.

Thanks jbluntz, I think I will just ditch the account. Which sucks because its a waste of a new bank account I just got.

I would of bought a few things just to get some positive feedback going but how do I do that since I have my real name on the stealth paypal account? I don't want to deposit money from the bank account cause it would give away my real info. Would depositing with a gift card be the best idea?

I think ebay will view this as feedback manipulation but I am not positive. I am in the same situation, I want to build feedback fast!
P.S. How do you post a thread?

I look at people that have month old accounts and get 20-25 positive feedbacks and then start selling like crazy. I think they only view it as feedback manipulation if you buy a bunch of items that cost less than a dollar. There is a button at the top of the page that says post a thread.

You could still actually save it. I saved 18 out 21 in the last year. Go For It.


I love calling them and pretending to be someone esle....lol

they think but they have no idea (knock On Wood)

Just have a print out of the the info and be calm.

Yeah I will try it, might as well. Also I just checked on some people that are selling the same item as me. Account is one month old and has 25 positive buyers feedback and is selling like crazy. Already has sold 35 of the same item that I was trying to list. What would be the best way to deposit money on paypal to buy, since I don't want to use my bank account with my real name.

Moneypak is a pretty quick way to add money to paypal, there's a $4.95 activation fee though.

You can attach a credit/debit card or a gift card

Ok I will do that, thanks again jbluntz. On the moneypak cards do you have to give them your real info or do you just buy cards that already have a certain amount on them?
I don't want to be linked to a suspended account with my name.

Not unless you load more than $250, you just give the cashier however much cash you want to load then go back and enter the code in paypal.

If its an ID verify email just make the call. I don't buy into the idea that you have to build up feedback to sell anything. As long as your not selling high risk items.

I got it after I listed a couple of Football cards. WTF. I'm going to call and try to save it though because I've saved a couple in the past just by calling them.

well maybe you should buy into it coz this is what we call building strong foundations for a solid stealth account!

I'm also testing out the idea of not buying stuff but jumping right into selling on a new account. So far so good, but I only sold one thing :D

I got the idea when looking at guys like this: eBay My World - icesummer1988

Just over a month old, probably sold over 300 things, hasn't purchased a single item.

Now if you guys were talking about selling higher risk than random garbage for pennies, then yeah I would recommend building up feedback first one way or the other. I've had accounts sell $600 in the first 2 weeks of selling but they all went down quick-ish.

Way to contradict your bogus claims.

What do you mean? I was trying to say that it's probably safe to sell tons of low-risk stuff right off the bat but not higher risk/more $$ stuff.
Which is pretty obvious, but main point was that it's not necessary to buy stuff to raise feedback, you can just sell right away.

You can't sell right away period. Not with ebays new policys

i did with one account and have not had any problems except for 21 day holds. now i make new accounts and let them sit awhile before i list

Sometimes, depends on if you get 10/$500 limit. If you don't you can, if you do, well you can sell 10 items.

Ebay is rediculous
 

I listed a couple of Football cards with about 10 feedbacks on an account. I started them at .01 and a Buy It Now of $1.50....which I was going to use another Stealth account to buy and give 5 star feedback. But low and behold I could never find it and about an hour later got the MC067 message. I was pissed.

So I called them later that evening sbout the account at their request and answered an identifying question wrong on a made up person. The question was: Who have you had contact with recently; the guy gave me a list of names and I said none of these. Well that was the wrong answer. I said what are you talking about? I think I'd know who I've been in contact with or not.

It's just a game to get more information out of people. I'm about fed up with both Ebay and Paypal....it's unfortunante that they've got a monopoly going or I'd go somewhere else. Just me venting is all.