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eBay is now calling new account holders!
 

Guess what new and "exciting" thing eBay is up to today. So I opened a brand new account today. I was asked to verify my phone number, which I did. Then within half an hour later I receive a phone call from eBay! A woman asked me if this was my name, if I opened this account. She said they are doing random checks of new accounts. She asked me if I had posted any auctions yet. I told her I did. She then asked me what the auctions are for. I had to briefly describe the product. She said "that's perfect, that's exactly what I'm looking at right now." That was the end of our conversation. I open new accounts all the time. I wonder how random this really is. I don't want them to call me every single time.

They can't call every single account holder :)

Sounds like a lot more overhead for eBay..

1 minute after her call my auctions show up on ebay . hmm
yesterday i did same thing and didn't get a phone call and got suspended.. It looks like new ebay accounts need to be approved by person?? Every one of them??

No way. You were just lucky :)

ok here you go again. Another account same thing...
maybe it is just today Saturday. But maybe it's a new rule that comes with new ebay note. Any one else want to confirm.. Some one open new account and post something.
i guess they are really pissed that 1000s of people list actions and then don't pay them .

What ebay should do is call every seller after they put an auction so if you put up 20 they call you each time to approve it before it goes up.

ebay is like trying to get into the secret service, all these security checks and for what, to just have your account suspended for some bs reason a few weeks or months down the track.

i just listed one item now at 11h 20pm ET after i read your post with a new Ebay account (less then one day) . i passed the verification pin code phone using (AIM Phone) . after one minute. the item was there. i don't have a PayPal account yet , i just checked on PayPal check button and also offer merchant account besides paypal.
tomorrow i will list another item and i will see. my item is between $300 and $400.

i guess it is random...
is your AIM Phone on all the time or you just use it to verify ebay.. they may call later...

You can receive incoming calls with aim?

hmm i posted about this in the phone verfaction secetion i had the same problem i made a new account then used auctiva to start off listing with and it wouldnt let me list untill i verfiy my phone so then i open another account on a id i made back in nov 07 same dam thing so now i have 2 ids i got to verfiy the phone number one :mad: im going to open a new id useing dial up and see what happens

if a representative from ebay called me to verify my account i would just ask her what colour panties shes wearing.

If she's that 58 year old senior account manager I had last time, I already know the answer. She ain't wearing any. :D

Lmao, eh please spare me, and i was thinking of something sexy.

I was really scared when i read what you said that ebay calls every new account holders!

If so,how could we keep handling mutiple accounts one time.that really sucks.

Is this just for Accounts in the USA? Or everywhere? Random or not.

she did have sexy voice and very polite.
I wonder if you used the suspended phone number will they link you?
I will know tomorrow if it is random or not %100

You should have buttered her up a bit.

3rd account made today needed to verfiy the dam phone i used a giftcard that had a address attched with it used a name and address from the same town and opened a paypal accout and still had to verfiy phone before i cold sell :mad:

I really hope Ballsack was being sarcastic.

did you get a phone call from are nice sexy lady? Is your auction up and running with no problem... all of new accounts need phone ver but the question is will that sexy stripper call you?