Tracked down like a dog due to common email domain address -- Ebay got me I used up 2 days and 4 user id's but I finally figured out how sneaky ebay is on email address domain tracking. I had created 10 accounts all using an email addy with a domain that I had created and was using just for ebay accounts. It was soooooo easy with email forwarding using a catchall, I could create email addresses on the fly.
Yesterday I converted one of the user id's to a seller account and listed 5 auctions as a test, I usually run several hundred auctions at a time. Within 20 minutes, the auctions were canceled and the account was NARU. I scratched my head thinking I must have messed up on deleting cooki9es or changing IP address so I carefully did that work and converted another account to a seller account. I then listed 5 more auctions and was again busted .. within 20 minutes auctions canceled and I was NARU. I really scratched my head, cussed out ebay and thought now is the time to dump eBay Blackthorne that I had been using for years without a problem. This afternoon I set up an account at inkFrog - eBay auction management and image hosting I created 5 auctions using inkFrog - eBay auction management and image hosting carefully cleared my cookies and changed IP. The auctions were canceled after 23 minutes and the account was NARU.
After crying for an hour, I decided it must be the email addresses I was using. I went to one of my accounts and did a change of email address. I never received the email change verification from ebay. I tried again, and they again didn't send the verification email. I tried to change emails on a different account and again never received the verification email to change it. It's like I was stuck with that email address on the accounts that I created using that domain name. Ebay wont let you change an email address if the domain is on their list then they bust you for listing using an email from a blacklisted domain. I created a brand new account using a comcast email address, made it a seller account and started the same 5 auctions using inkFrog - eBay auction management and image hosting , they have been running for 2 hours and 14 minutes now. tomorrow I will test Blackthorne again.
Has anyone else noticed that for the last 1-2 weeks ebay is soooo fast at busting you, usually within 20-30 minutes. They must have people assigned to terminals with these updated tracking tools they seem to have implemented. The bottom line, use caution with domain names in your email addresses. |