Is eBay lying to me?

kswilfong · #1 02-09-2011

My ebay account was indefinately suspended because it was linked to my son's account and he was selling some VERO. We each had our own separate EB/PP accounts but he lives with me and pays his rent to me through our paypal accounts. Apparently that is why we were linked (I managed to sweet talk the eBay rep into agreeing that was most likely the problem).

I've called eBay on several occasions trying to get my account back to no avail. I called tonight one more time and spoke to the Safety and Trust group (or something like that..) and asked them ever so kindly ... that since my paypal account has never been limited over this, if I could simply open another eBay account without getting suspended. She said no, it would definitely get suspended because it would be linked to my old PP account which is linked forever to my son's account.

Sooo, then I asked her if I opened a brand new PP acct and NEVER transferred money between the accounts .. PLUS never transferred money between MY old and new PP accts ... could I then used this NEW PP acct for a NEW eBay acct .. and would that one get suspended eventually? She said NO, it would NOT get suspended under those conditions provided I didn't break any eBay policies with my new account, etc.

Does this sound possible? Here I am poised and ready to go completely stealth but hating the idea of switching out IP's every time I want to log into PayPal (my son is still using another old PP acct for non-eBay related business so I don't want him logging in with my stealth IP).

This sounds just too good to be true. Any opinions?

BlackberryGuy · #2 02-10-2011

You have to go stealth, other than that it will be link

kswilfong · #3 02-10-2011

I think you are probably right. But I was very specific with the eBay rep. I asked "will my account be suspended because of my last name and IP address?" And she said no, that ebay knows that family members live in the same house with the same IP but have different accounts.

My account was suspended because it had a "hard link" which is because I transferred money between paypal accts. But she said IP and cookies are not hard links. Maybe they make exceptions?

BlackberryGuy · #4 02-10-2011

No, no exception. They follow their rules very good. Once you linked it is done. Even you provided everything they need they still limit your account or closed for good.