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Originally Posted by aspkin (Post 3043)

Wow that sucks! That guy has nothing better to do then to mess with you? The next time you create an account, make sure it looks nothing like your current one. Different everything, especially your auctions. You don't want that guy finding you again.

As for your current auctions; I would definitely send them notice that the goods are on the way, and maybe a little side note of what happened. You don't want to stiff anyone and have them come back later to bite you. It's never good to scam people.

Originally Posted by Jonas (Post 3051)

What was the official reasonf or the suspension? Linked account, vague "abusing ebay", or specific violation.

Also you should try to get information from this buyer and see how they found out it was you.

Since it was over a year and not a month or so, that's odd. Odder is how would they find you only on your second day of selling and not like your second month. Further is if they're after you for a year, why would they even bid? If they bid to try to find some contact info, did they request for your phone number, you get an email if they did?

Since the person filed a paypal claim exposing themselves as the one who turned you in, it's obvious it's not ebay who suspended you based on a random bot action.

You said you "changed the name of my paypal business account". Well somehow paypal either gave them the same old name or some kind of info indicating it was you. So based on their paypal claim, obviously they must have done paypal to find your information and paypal gave it. I wonder what info paypal gave them?

Did they file a not received or not as described claim? If not received, then you can mail them anything with a tracking number.

Originally Posted by Jonas (Post 3058)

Maybe paypal was still sending your old business name or some old info? Or maybe your real physical mailing address was in paypal and paypal transmitted it to him -- that might be it. That person must really be after you to remember stuff after a year.

I hope you mail the guy an empty box with tracking numbers on it. Maybe a note saying "Thanks for getting me suspended from ebay". Find out of you're protected by the seller protection policy against chargebacks if he used a credit card.

Originally Posted by Jonas (Post 3090)

You haven't read the old threads.

Yeah, that's their abusing ebay or whatever they call it now. It hits like 90% of all accounts that sell when they're new and hits them at random.

Try making your first auction a test auction with like just test as its subject and content. I'm thinking that once ebay lets the account get past its first auction this crap is gone and I think listing a test auction is kind of ignored by its bot. There seems to be a point where once you hit it, the auto-suspend bot just ignores you and that first listing is the largest hurdle.

Just try and report back what happens.

Originally Posted by whome (Post 3089)

Signed up for another one yesterday and immediately posted a couple of listings. Took almost a full day but got suspended again. Message was a bit different than the first one a few days ago (being linked to my previously suspended account). Here is what I received today:

***DearXXX

Your eBay account has been suspended. eBay took this action after determining that your account was acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.

You are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes using another existing account or registering a new account.

Any seller fees that are still owed are due to eBay immediately. eBay will charge any amounts that you have not previously disputed to the billing method that is currently on file.


Sincerely,

eBay Trust & Safety***

So what does this mean? Did I try to list too soon? No bids had even closed. Should I bid on something first? Used all different stuff than before...pp credit card, dial up, the whole nine.

I'm getting real sick of this crap.

Originally Posted by Jonas (Post 3102)

What browsings of things does ebay check you on and how do you know it does this and it's not just doing something else instead?

From one test, the bot is stupid. You can put the same address and phone as a mega seller so ebay would link you to them and say "oh it's a previous nonsuspended seller making a new account" but nope it suspends anyway and doesn't touch the mega seller account.

Originally Posted by Jack (Post 3259)

So how are you able to open up 10 new accounts one after the other and not have to provide credit cards? Even applying for gift cards would get old and expensive after a while. Using actual debit/credit cards would take a long time I would think as you have to wait for approval, shipping, etc. Is there a trick to not needing a credit card to sell? Even to just register? I'm curious how some of you do it.

Originally Posted by CPUGEEK (Post 3268)

well ever now and then they dont ask for a credit card. I buy precards anyway to pay bills and all and I just make sure I leave .20 cent on the card to use it to register with ebay.

Precards aren't expensive. They only cost about $1 or so?

Originally Posted by Modee (Post 3279)

I wonder if the gift cards you buy wherever can be used to verify address on EBAY. The reason I use the simon ones is they allow you to input and address which the EBAY AVS system then accesses.

Also I thought that the EBAY system requires a full dollar to verify. I know YHOO requires one dollar.

Originally Posted by CPUGEEK (Post 1510)

yeah it sucks. Paypal didnt even ask him to send the item back yet. He opened an item not as described and paypal is asking for my response regarding this. I want to beat this bad! He even laughed and taunted me on MSN messenger saying how he do this all the time and that he will win the paypal dispute. I found out his home address by his cell phone. I paid for a records search. I hate buyers like this. Im glad im not using paypal anymore. I have already been thinking that I'm going to wait tell he sell something and Im going to buy it and then do the same thing he did to me..What should I do.

Originally Posted by loOp (Post 3515)

if your able to Escalate the claim itll give you like 5 windows to select from and one of the selectable windows says

"Buyer has to return merchandise for a full refund"

which gives them 10 days to provide paypal a tracking number or they will just shut the claim down and you keep the money! You win.

Originally Posted by ifreewillie (Post 3520)

Uhhh, no loop, you newb.

They can send you an empty box and stick a tracking number on that, and they will get the refund and you'll end up with an empty box.

Always do a "disagree with claim", therefore you'll be able to fight back (which gives you a chance at winning), yet still capable of having the item returned to you if you lose.

Oh, and just incase you got jacked with the empty box scam, you'll need to contact PP right away and hopefully get it resolved.

Originally Posted by Jonas (Post 3538)

I had a not as described dispute once. The buyer was able to give a long speech. I put in that I disputed the dispute. It would not let me put in my side at all. I then had to wait 2 weeks for paypal to do anything. After that paypal sided with the buyer without letting me communicate my side at all.

So basically paypal always likes to side with the buyer no matter what.

Originally Posted by ifreewillie (Post 3542)

Jonas, that's your bad. Before esclating a dispute to a claim, input your side of the story before doing so. Nowadays, they give you a chance to explain whatever the dispute is for if you choose to disagree witht he claim. A small 300 word limit box for each issue (i.e. if dispute is opened for internal damage, counterfeit, incorrect item then it will have 3 different boxes for each).

I've encounted quite a few Paypal disputes, and out of 4 not as described cases, I've won two of them, which is a pretty good odds 50/50.

Originally Posted by Jonas (Post 3814)

What I really hate is I'll give a specific shipping discount for multiple items and maybe it's 10% and somebody will buy 10-20 items at 99 cents (when if it ends at 99 cents I have to have extra shipping or I lose money) and then the buyer will refuse to pay unless I ship to them for $10 or something, meaning I lose money.

ifreewillie, nigerian scammers will pay by western union money transfer or money gram wire????

Originally Posted by CPUGEEK (Post 3828)

Ey what do you think about this.. Should I ship a product to belgum europe if the customer is willing to pay western union???