forgot to disable broadband

[stevebills]

i logged in to a stealth ebay account for 20 mins and forgot to disable broadband will they spot it?

[Johnson1]

Originally Posted by stevebills

i logged in to a stealth ebay account for 20 mins and forgot to disable broadband will they spot it?

It will have been noted. I assume the broadband is a Static IP and linked to a suspended account.

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by Johnson1

It will have been noted. I assume the broadband is a Static IP and linked to a suspended account.

its static but not linked to a suspended account only my real eBay account which is still being used

[Johnson1]

Originally Posted by stevebills

its static but not linked to a suspended account only my real eBay account which is still being used

As it is not a suspended account and it doesn't happen again I would think everything should be OK. The two accounts will have been linked though.

[BiN4RY]

Originally Posted by Johnson1

The two accounts will have been linked though.

Not necessarily. Logging in once or maybe twice is okay, but just don't make the same mistake again

[rsot]

Once is unlikely to cause issues - dont repeat. I have done this mistake before without issues

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by rsot

Once is unlikely to cause issues - dont repeat. I have done this mistake before without issues

I glad Im not the only dozy sod on here

[JomJarr]

Hopefully you then went to immediately change your broadband IP?

I would have tried to make it look like the IP was released and was allocated to some other guy (who happened to be your stealth nemesis).

Might be more of a potential problem if you then used your real account with that same IP address again.

[JomJarr]

Good idea to have a whole different stealth PC with no connections active other than the dongle..

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by JomJarr

Good idea to have a whole different stealth PC with no connections active other than the dongle..

yes well I have another pc just need to fix it the motherboard is busted
but might just do that a run 2 pc's good thinking batman

[oompaloompa]

no I did it too recently.

actually it depends which connection takes precedence, as usually it is the home broadband. I forgot to press the blue/orange button to switch off wireless and so wireless was left still able to connect but I also had dongle plugged in and connected too, when I realised I checked on ip burgerand I was on the dongle ip ( the one I wanted), BUT I then checked the map on another ip site, the map was for my broadband ie near my area..but it still said my dongle ip?????..I assume that ebay got my dongle ip but weird...

[bruceuk]

I do this on a regular basis.
Too busy thinking of other things related to a day to day running of businesses.
Or im just forgetfull but i prefer the prior.
No doubt it will come to bite me in the arse one day but my learnings have now put me in a posistion where they may take a few but never all .
Everytime i suspect i have dropped a bo11ock i create 5 more accounts.
Even if nothing happens it makes me feel better.

[JomJarr]

Originally Posted by stevebills

yes well I have another pc just need to fix it the motherboard is busted
but might just do that a run 2 pc's good thinking batman

I'm in that mindset because I'm likely to get confused otherwise and make mistakes. Also frees up your main pc for friends to use when they come round etc.

And because it's only for ebay, the odd bit of photoshop elements perhaps, it can be an old laptop. Mine is a 1.7Ghz P4... found in recycling here and I stuck in a HD from a 80Gb portable drive I also found in recycling previously. I've installed a cut down version of XP and all is ok, although can't find a wireless driver that works which is fine cos I won't need it.

Easier obviously to get something already working from freecycle, gumtree free section or cheap off ebay.

Have it set up in a pretend home office area for your ebay "business" - get into a serious frame of mind.