Am I Linked?

PatricioNut · #1 03-16-2010

Hi,
Today I logged into my Paypal account. Later on, I logged into my girlfriends PayPal account from the same IP. Neither one of us has been suspended before, but are these accounts now linked?

jbluntz · #2 03-16-2010

They very much could be so.

NZT · #3 03-16-2010

Most of the time the whole "linking" thing is relevent only when an account is suspended or limited at around that particular time.

I remember a time long ago when I had some family members round and they all logged into their separate ebay accounts. Well mine was suspended and it took their account with them for the association with me.

However I am not sure ebay has a "memory" and how effective that memory is.

I would doubt that another account would be suspended if you linked accounts say 4 months previously and now one gets suspended.

I am sure ebay would have considered this, but if they are too strict then they could easily wipe out 80% of their members and this will have a massive impact on their revenue.