Sharing a tip on cheap way to start STEALTH account

[cardfelon]

Since I am new on the forum I thought I would share my technique when starting up a Stealth account. Now this will only work for people in the US and in most states. To get a phone number I will go to Big Lots and get a tracphone that comes with 20 minutes for $8. Then I will go to US Bank and purchase a gift card. The gift card costs $3.95 and the minimum load on the card is $25. You can go to the US Bank website and register the card with whatever name and address you want on the card. Once that is done when you are doing the Paypal set up and you link the debit card and they charge the $1.95 to the card right away you can go to the US Bank website and it will show the 4 digit code that Paypal requires. No waiting around for 3 days like a VCC. Usually the cards have a 2 year expiration date on them. These cards also work on Amazon. Once I register the card I will spend $20 off of the card so I am only out the $3.95 for the cost of the card and $5 for when Paypal/Amazon validate the card. So the total cost for a phone and credit card that doesn't expire like a VCC card is $16.95. Hope this helps someone!

[corleone]

Yep, or use the card balance to buy some cheap items for feedback.

[philly387]

If you have multiple accounts, use Vumber. Call forwarding services are cheaper if you have multiple numbers.

[cardfelon]

Originally Posted by corleone

Yep, or use the card balance to buy some cheap items for feedback.

In my experience with a brand new account buying a bunch of cheap trivial items is a red flag to Ebay. When I would open new accounts I would buy a few cheap things over the course of a week or so and I kept finding that those Ebay accounts would get suspended pretty easily. Then I decided to try a new account and just sell with no feedback and earn every single one of them as a seller or if I bought something it wasn't a .99 pen. Something over $20. I would sell things that I would buy at a thrift shop and most of the time break even but if I lost a little money it was no big deal because buying feedback is basically losing money. BUT I was getting feedback as a seller not as a buyer and it seems to go further with Ebay. But that is just how I do things now. I have not had a account suspended by Ebay in 8 months now.

[GreenBean]

Always like to get a new slant with ideas to 'use' ebay. Careful planing works to get accounts going. Nice one,'felon