Where has he gone

[defwax7]

Is James North still on the forum, can't find anything on here or contact details? I've been away from the forum a while!

[Nimble]

He has been banned from this forum due to some issues with his selling activities.

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by Nimble

He has been banned from this forum due to some issues with his selling activities.

some issues = serial fraud

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by defwax7

Is James North still on the forum, can't find anything on here or contact details? I've been away from the forum a while!

Well, welcome back then =)

[rsot]

Welcome back defwax7 he hasn't been seen on here in a long time

[defwax7]

Wow, that is a surprise to me. James started me back on ebay 10 years ago when i got banned, was very helpful, loads of successful accounts purchased at the time. Shame!. Thanks for the welcome rsot, SaiJin and all the replies.

[murdered_by_ebay]

JN derailed after ebay tightened the screws so that he could not get proper accounts anymore and started conning people to keep the money flowing

[defwax7]

Shame how the mighty has fallen.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by defwax7

Shame how the mighty has fallen.

Lot of ppl asking about him...sadly

[james_112233]

In all fairness he's helped a lot of people, myself included despite going rogue in the end.

[murdered_by_ebay]

this is how the stupid rise and fall

[sax4]

He’s gone north....where men grow beards not from fashion, but from negotiations with the wind.

[murdered_by_ebay]

beard rather from poverty and wind is now the main content of his pockets

[Nimble]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

this is how the stupid rise and fall

I wouldn't say stupid, he made his money, and that was what he set out to do.
I did learn a few things from him.

[dsdominators]

Good example of what happens when greed takes over.

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by Nimble

I wouldn't say stupid, he made his money, and that was what he set out to do.
I did learn a few things from him.

stupid because he never learned how to make accounts , he was just buying and reselling them. there were many people here who wondered why he had so many accounts that had already been suspended on delivery or where it was impossible to log in. this is the answer , he was never an account maker but he was just buying them cheaply elsewhere and had no idea who and how had made them

[Nimble]

I think you are making assumptions, there positive reviews of his service too, in the end all account sellers were gone from this forum when eBay brought in some changes, but now sellers are selling successfully here again.

[murdered_by_ebay]

positive reviews don't matter as he was mass blocking people when he was a moderator deleting all complaints. his downfall started when he lost ability to silence people

[rsot]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

stupid because he never learned how to make accounts , he was just buying and reselling them. there were many people here who wondered why he had so many accounts that had already been suspended on delivery or where it was impossible to log in. this is the answer , he was never an account maker but he was just buying them cheaply elsewhere and had no idea who and how had made them

Nice problem identification.

[Nimble]

I have to disagree on this rsot, zero problem recognition.

I create accounts. Sometimes when I have left accounts idle for a few months from creation, even though they passed initial first listing, when I log back in to check/sell, they have been suspended.

On one occasion early last year, accounts that were created over different time periods, were all suspended on the same date, possibly due to eBay bringing in AI or a system change.

I think something similar happened to him therefore all his accounts were wiped out which is why he couldn't replace them.
Also he couldn't create new accounts as eBay tightened their security.

Now I start selling the same day/within few days of creating accounts as that is what a normal new eBay seller would do, so far it's been working for me.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by Nimble

I think something similar happened to him therefore all his accounts were wiped out which is why he couldn't replace them.
Also he couldn't create new accounts as eBay tightened their security.

It's fine to disagree - I did some service purchases from him and he delivered although it was frequently quite late.

[defwax7]

If your lurking James.

I asked James many times in the past about manage payments account creation. His advise was, "this will work" or "that won't work". When i research the advise given from this forum or other sources, he was spot on and advised me against many of my ideas at the time. I found James responded well to good communication and patience, rather then a bull in a China shop attitude, which was pointed out at the time. Yes sometimes i got the account late and it took a while to respond to messages, but happy with the service all the same. That was my personal experience. I always thought his roots were firmly set in the forum for many years to come.