What to do immediately once you realize you may have linked 2 stealth accounts

[jrandleww]

I had an ip address mistake today. Logged in to an account today using the ip address that I used to log in to a different stealth account last week. What are the immediate steps that should be taken to try to prevent losing access to the available funds on both PP accounts?

Should I immediately transfer as much as possible to my banks on both accounts?

1 account is at it's PP monthly transfer limit. Should I send the money to a friends PP account?

I know PP can reverse transfers so what have you experienced when you have ****ed up and linked accounts?

[yankee]

I am trying not to keep much of a balance in paypal these days.

I would not get paranoid over a one time IP share. Keep in mind pretty much all IPs have been used at one time on ebay and paypal already. It is regular or consecutive IP shares that are the major issue.

[yankee]

To be clear, TRY NOT to cross IPs again especially the same IPs

Just because you have shared an ip doesnt mean the accounts are suddenly in peril.

A link is only bad if one of the accounts becomes suspended. Then all linked accounts can be closed by association.

Try not to worry over a one time ip link. Just be sure to be more careful going forward.

[solefoodbk]

Originally Posted by just_smile

Just because you have shared an ip doesnt mean the accounts are suddenly in peril.

A link is only bad if one of the accounts becomes suspended. Then all linked accounts can be closed by association.

Try not to worry over a one time ip link. Just be sure to be more careful going forward.

This is somewhat true.

I've linked my accounts by accident and they're still okay.

1 IP mishap is usually not strong enough to create link IF your for instance tethering and ALWAYS have a different IP when you log in. But if your using a static and say that is the IP you log in with, chances are more likely you just created a link.

If ALL accounts got linked by ONE IP link then anyone who goes to a coffee shop would be out of business. There are plenty of people who do business in public areas and those IP's more than likely have some bad account associated BUT it depends on the AGE of your account and how you use your internet.

Again if its a static that you ONLY used for the account that got banned then yes its a link but if that account used a different IP every log in and the account good account does also then chances are your safe. Just don't make it a habit.

And its always good to leave a small amount in your paypal but withdrew regularly, like yankee said.

[oompaloompa]

its all about that balance....

Originally Posted by solefoodbk

This is somewhat true.

I've linked my accounts by accident and they're still okay.

1 IP mishap is usually not strong enough to create link IF your for instance tethering and ALWAYS have a different IP when you log in. But if your using a static and say that is the IP you log in with, chances are more likely you just created a link.

If ALL accounts got linked by ONE IP link then anyone who goes to a coffee shop would be out of business. There are plenty of people who do business in public areas and those IP's more than likely have some bad account associated BUT it depends on the AGE of your account and how you use your internet.

Again if its a static that you ONLY used for the account that got banned then yes its a link but if that account used a different IP every log in and the account good account does also then chances are your safe. Just don't make it a habit.

And its always good to leave a small amount in your paypal but withdrew regularly, like yankee said.

Absolutely. For a definitive link you need more than a one time ip link.

[ody12]

Are the 2 accounts selling the same products?

[ilcarletto]

Originally Posted by jrandleww

What to do immediately once you realize you may have linked 2 stealth accounts

all the above plus: create others account for backup

[xxrange]

Make the homepage for your browser a ip checking site to prevent this from happening.

[jrandleww]

Originally Posted by ody12

Are the 2 accounts selling the same products?

no different products. I use a different ip address each time i log in to both accounts.

[jrandleww]

Originally Posted by xxrange

Make the homepage for your browser a ip checking site to prevent this from happening.

i am using ip burger. the problem is that i use cell phone tethering. my cell phone provide (Sprint) remotely restarts my cell phone sometimes when it thinks i'm tethering because i do not pay for tethering. When it does this i get a new ip address that could have already been used and also when it does this my phones wifi gets turned on and it auto connects and gets used for the tether connection.

I got sloppy and did not make my cell phone forget my home wifi login and it auto connected when my cell phone was restarted. My computer then used my home wifi through my cell phone tether.

[solefoodbk]

Originally Posted by xxrange

Make the homepage for your browser a ip checking site to prevent this from happening.

Perfect.

[wtfebay]

Originally Posted by jrandleww

What are the immediate steps that should be taken to try to prevent losing access to the available funds on both PP accounts?

Sh!t your pants...then relax and don't do it again.

[dallis]

It's happened to me, and nothing really ever happened, just be more careful.

I think we have an idea that there's a huge, well lit command center with lots of consoles and huge screens showing the entire world and when IP duplicates happen sirens and red lights go off and the whole operation goes on full alert with thousands of men and women moving to stomp out the offender!

In reality, there's nothing but a big bunch of server banks saving data in a huge building, and the staff is one lonely janitor who sleeps instead of working, and unless somebody has a reason to look nobody ever knows jack, or cares.

[solefoodbk]

Originally Posted by dallis

In reality, there's nothing but a big bunch of server banks saving data in a huge building, and the staff is one lonely janitor who sleeps instead of working, and unless somebody has a reason to look nobody ever knows jack, or cares.

Those contain algorithms we can only guess at.

Your right one time USUALLY shouldn't flag the account but its possible. Again it really comes down to how you were using your ip to begin with AND the age of the account plays an enormous factor.

If you always had a static and switched it to the burned IP on accident compared to always having a changing IP and it accidentally switched to the burned IP...I'm sure we could all pick the better one out of the two.

Live & learn.

I did it and did it again and again in the beginning..

Now its so ingrained in me its almost impossible to screw up.