My son lives with us and got suspended for selling some CD's he'd copied and basically ignoring eBay's warnings. Our accounts were linked from living in the same home, occasionally logging in with same computers (I guess?) but I had no idea he was doing any of this, I just woke up one day and my 10 year account in perfect standing (2k feedback) was suspended with no hope of getting it back. Needless to say I was stunned and pretty upset for awhile, then I found this forum and bought the book. There is still hope!
Anyway ... here is my plan. I thought I'd hash it out here before I make some fatal error and have to begin again.
1. Get an address at UPS about 2 miles from here.
2. Use my daughter's name and SSN (she's 22 and say's I'm trustworthy
3. Get a google voice acct with a local phone number that forwards to my old cell number.
4. Change my IP address
5. Create another user acct on my computer that I will use only for ebay/paypal.
6. Use my DBA business acct that has never been used with ebay/paypal (I had just opened it a week before this happened).
7. Use the visa/debit card that came with this account (which has my real name and the DBA name on it).
8. Open a paypal acct in my daughters name using the UPS address, brand new email, new phone number, etc.
9. Open an ebay acct with the same credentials as the paypal acct.
10. Add my bank account and the visa/debit card to paypal.
11. Verify my ebay account and link it to my paypal account.
That's basically it, right? The book is awesome and explains exactly how to do each of these steps which was a great help. I still do not understand one thing though: how do I make purchases from eBay? Can I just use these accounts the way I used to? Only trouble is then I'll have to pick up packages at UPS instead of having them delivered to my house.
And the visa/debit card will have my home address associated with it. Will that create any problems? The bank is the same bank as my old one (Wachovia) but it is a brand new account. Will that make a difference?
Thanks for any advise you can give! I mostly sell custom screened t-shirts, nothing risky at all. I have sold used iPods before on my old account and might like to sell a few here and there on this account too (I rebuild them and resell).