I've just been banned from eBid for no reason

[xboxessentials]

I just signed up this morning, paid a full years subs and uploaded my first advert.

Within 1 hr, my account was closed and a message pops up stating that I have been banned and that the ban will never be lifted.

What the fizz is going on!

I am wondering if eBid know that I have been banned from ebay and paypal.

Any advice here would be appreciated.

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[oompaloompa]

they wont know that, how could they and why would they care.....
maybe its your goods
ebid is pants anyway

[Ghost]

It says on ebid that a full year is $50. Did they at least give you your money back?? That really sucks dude.

[boondoggle]

Banned from Ebid- that's low, very low. Its a bit like being banned from winning the lottery except you have less chance of making any money on ebid.

[ksa1980]

me too banned after 15 minute of paying 3 months subscription , now i disputed the paypal deduction . when i call them via phone no body answer , no valid reason for banning me either . i am going to open my own store and purchase traffic .thats the only way .

[dibley69]

sorry to hear about this with regards to EBID i have just come onto the site today to get an idea about ebay alternatives and seen these posts. Will proceed with caution.

[Imakemoney]

ebids no good for volume selling. Doesnt get enough traffic.

[cubfan11]

ebid, pretty much useless... I joined months ago and stopped even checking it because there was no action.

Two days ago I got an email from ebid saying I had a question from a potential buyer. Thats one question in four - five months. Waist of time

[Imakemoney]

I wish they would take off though would be great to have a competitor for ebay :(

[bootedbyebay]

I signed up for Ebid about 3 weeks ago. Paid the $50 for lifetime membership. I have listed about 75 items with no issues, other that the fact that I have not sold a single thing yet...

Nice thing about Ebid is the fact that after you sign up for the membership it does not cost you a cent to list something, and the final value fee is only 2%. Cheap compared to the alternative.

Problem seems to be that they don't really get a whole lot of traffic on their site.

I also wish that they would take off though, would be really nice to see someone actually compete with ebay.

[cobber_gc]

You sure you signed up for ebid? or ebay?

Seriously though. That's disgusting. They're just as bad as ebay it seems. I hope they refund your money at least man.

I signed up the other day $50 for life. Just like booted. I regret it though. wonder if I could sell my ebid store on ebay? 5 stores long lease.

quicksales seems better than ebid.

[inthezone]

ebid sucks big time. They kept removing my listings after doing everything according to their standards. They never send you a removal notice either. I will NEVER go back there again.

[Em_x]

What was the outcome of this? Did you find out why you were suspended? Had you had an Ebid account before? Did you sign up using correct information?

[jeffweico]

To the OP... What did you list? You don't have to mention the specific product, but is it in a high-risk category? Is is something that is heavily counterfeited?

[jeffweico]

I just went to their site, and I noticed a few things.

First, ebid.com is a parked domain, you have to go to ebid.net - not a good thing!

Second, out of the 10 auctions featured on their front page, six of them are for merchandise with the ebid logo....

I clicked on Movies & DVD's, and prominently featured on the next page were Laserdiscs, VHS Tapes, Reels (35mm film) and Other. NO DVD's - the most popular sellers. So, anyway, I clicked on the DVD category and the FIRST LISTING that came up was from a new person (zero feedback) selling a box of Star Trek DVD's in packaging that was NEVER legitimately released by the studios. Followed by his or her listings for a bunch of other DVD's that were most likely counterfeit as well.

Also, the main category says they have 150,000+ listings - but there are far fewer actually listed - so the 150,000 figure must be worldwide.

The bottom line is, this looks to me like a half-a**sed attempt to compete with eBay that has NO CHANCE of ever coming close.