More horrible news from eBay

cortex · #1 03-30-2012

Aside from eb sending out a pincode to lift selling limits they are now requesting to have a uk postal address and a landline telephone number in addition to having a bank that accepts DDebit if you want to make your eb account into a eb business account.

Here's what it says:

"We ask for your postal address and landline telephone number so we can contact you and confirm your information."

NoneOther · #2 03-30-2012

Thought that was always the case for UK accounts

cortex · #3 03-30-2012

Nope. first ive ever seen it. All my older accounts are business accounts...never seen this before..ever.

imjustme · #4 03-30-2012

Is this happening only on accounts you've never sold on? Or all accounts.

sax4 · #5 03-30-2012

Don't quite understand....they want to make sure you have an address and a phone number, or they want to contact you at that address, ie send you a letter?

cortex · #6 03-30-2012

Ive never sold on this account before.
They wanted to send me a letter but there was also an option to call so i clicked on that and I got a unique code which I had to punch in when i rang the number.
So i called them and I explained to them im a buiness seller and i was converted to a business seller just now.

crazy stuff!

I can still list only 10 items though.
I thought maybe if i made it into a business account it will change but no.
Still wants to send me a pincode.

It is fully verified with bank, VCC and with address check. Nothing more to verify on ppal. All limits lifted.

NoneOther · #7 03-30-2012

I think the moral of the story is not to try and raise limits on a new account that has had no buying activity.

THis seems to be the overriding theme on most reports of this so far

cortex · #8 03-30-2012

no buying activity? Or no selling activity?

NoneOther · #9 03-30-2012

No buying activity but probably both in reality.

The reason I say that is because most reports of pin codes being sent are on brand new accounts with no buying activity therefore the address is 'unconfirmed' for want of a better expression.

Where as accounts that have had a few purchases made and f/b left for sellers seem to avoid the letter issue.

I always buy a few bits over a period of time before selling and never had the pin code problem

cortex · #10 03-30-2012

im going to try this on another account i just setup and ill report back.

This will be the first thing ill have bought off eb@y in about 7 years lol

NoneOther · #11 03-30-2012

I wouldn't advise buying and then trying to raise limits immediately, bit obvious

Thankful · #12 03-30-2012

I wonder if they ask for that info now on all new accounts? or it's just random for now hmm. Interesting

NoneOther · #13 03-30-2012

I think its just random in conjunction with the pin code thing

cortex · #14 03-30-2012

Might be random for now...but im sure this will become the norm very soon.

"new game..new rules"

Imakemoney · #15 03-30-2012

Buying activity has no relation to this.

NoneOther · #16 03-30-2012

No one knows for sure right now what triggers it but I can only speak from my own experience when there's been buying on the new account then no pin code, That on 3 accounts this month

Imakemoney · #17 03-30-2012

Ive done it on quite a number of accounts now...

tried it on brand new ones, ones with buying, ones with selling, ones with selling & buying....seems to be random

GreenBean · #18 03-30-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by cortex

Aside from eb sending out a pincode to lift selling limits they are now requesting to have a uk postal address and a landline telephone number in addition to having a bank that accepts DDebit if you want to make your eb account into a eb business account.

Here's what it says:

"We ask for your postal address and landline telephone number so we can contact you and confirm your information."

I've seen this for the past years. Used be a argument to not go business because the address/phone number was needed on the listings page.

It's not new per se.

It's new to your stealth usage.

It raises the point of re-generating sleepers. Due care must be taken if ebay wants to play ball this way

cortex · #19 03-30-2012

does seem a bit uncorrelated doesnt it IM£.

plus its a hassle to buy things on new accounts - have to upload funds lol

GreenBean · #20 03-30-2012

The broke student of life, our very own Cortex

GTB · #21 03-30-2012

hehe....such is life eh!

JomJarr · #22 03-30-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by cortex

does seem a bit uncorrelated doesnt it IM£.

plus its a hassle to buy things on new accounts - have to upload funds lol

Buy something you can pick up in person!

With some personal contact you'll get nicer feedback too.

Many people are all too aware at least of the fee pitfalls of PP so would rather avoid it too, especially these days.