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ebay has restricted my new account listings: MC999
 

Almost 2 1/2 weeks ago I purchased a stealth account from Lakeman here in the forums. (Both eBay and Paypal), after waiting a short while I decided to list two used household items (a microphone and a mixer).

Within an hour of the posting the listings both were removed and this is what I got from eBay:

MC999 Your eBay account is restricted -



Dear XXXXXX (XXXXXXX@aol.com),

Thanks for selling on eBay. It's important that we speak with you about recent activity on your account. Your listings have been removed until we can talk with you.

To prevent your account from being closed, please contact us within the next 48 hours using this link:

http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...s%20account%3F

Note: You may be asked to sign in. You can always sign in from the eBay home page before clicking the link above.

We appreciate your help verifying your account as quickly as possible and welcome you as a member of our community.

Thanks,

eBay

Please don't reply to this message. It was sent from an address that doesn't accept incoming email.

Now considering I also paid for a phone forwarding number, what will they ask me when I call them in the morning to check on this.
Exactly what information will they request ?
And most importantly... since my original real account was suspended by eBay with my real phone number attached, should I call them from my wifes cellphone when I respond to the message...or can I block my actual home number from eBay's prying eyes ?

Get your ducks in a row.

First off PM the seller and ask his opinion

I already have..so that duck is already lined up.
The purpose for the post however, is to see if any other forum members have shared this same experience yet and how they handled it.
One thing I've learned about this forum is quite often there are several differing courses of actions taken when problems like this occur.

And I was was basically reaching out for feedback from the entire community as well as awaiting a response from the account seller.

Got that

Sorry I can't help further as I have never had this. I would say though have all the info in front of you when you call. Personally I would call from a SIM that has never been used before. I don't see what else you can do as doing nothing does not appear to be an option.

My guess is that they may ask for some ID docs - that's not an insurmountable problem

LOL I was kinda hopin you wouldn't say they want ID Docs

I don't know - it just seems the most likely scenario - let us know how it goes

Who or what was FEEBAY :doh:

ebay for the win

MC999 can go well or go poorly. Questions vary per account call. Exaclty as you said, users have different experiences.

Ideally you should call from the number on record. (Not always possible I do understand). Be aware ebay might notice the number differs if it's not blocked.

Do those ducks in a row include all details of the account? Do you know as much as you can about the 'stealth you' ;) If you appear confident when talking that often helps to get the account restored.
:pop2:

I don't buy accounts. Period. They NEVER worked out. And I know why. No offense to any of the account sellers. Everyone needs the stealth guide, mix in a little common sense, and you're good to go.

If you browse around and build feedback first that won't happen, I've sold on purchased accounts in the past without any problems. Alot of people that buy accounts are too eager to jump on and start selling without doing anything else to get the account established first, that doesn't work too well.

I have been selling accounts for around 2 years now, with very few people who have encountered problems. I know what I'm doing when it comes to making accounts and getting back onto ebay/pp.

One of the first things you should do, is add a phone number you have access to, to your account. All it takes is one missed call from ebay/pp and they will suspend you. Luckily, it's not that hard to get back on when they do, but it's ALMOST completely preventable.

Underbites you used a VPN to login... :faint:

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Lakeman's ability to make accounts is NOT pertinent to this user's problems.

By ASSUMING you made yourself look.....:doh:


Rest assured as soon as ANY sellers name is mentioned, I pm the poster to see what might be wrong. The OP and I had a long convo earlier. We are waiting for resolution.

Never got a message from you about your alleged problem nor can I recall a thread.

A new account, be it purchased or made, needs to be used in a certain manner.
Simple as :pop2:

I wasn't mad or disappointed with his service nor was i able to pin point what i did wrong. It was my fault i lost my account. But ive seen other posts saying they lost a lakeman account.

Do not take this thread off topic, thanks.

I completely agree

That is NOT the issue of this thread.

The issue is the MC999.

I have stated the OP and I have discussed the problem. Seller of the account, buyer of the account and I have all exchanged messages.

An explanation should be forthcoming.

You jumped in and want to take the thread off topic. It is not happening.

Respect that NOW.

Ok, well here's the update.

I called eBay this evening from a previously un-associated cell phone.
They never called me... I was told by the service rep (so as far as me providing them a forwarding number that wasn't the problem either...because it is listed on both eBay and PayPal).

The problem is they are randomly confirming identity's of new accounts.

The rep I spoke with informed me that they use a series of randomly generated questions that only the actual account owner should be able to answer.
These questions are DIRECTLY related to the account owners' County and City, so this indicative of a credit bureau report of somesort.

In addition after a short wait while she attempted to generate the questions, she informed me she was unable to acquire any questions due to the lack of information associated with the stealth user name that I purchased.

I was told that because there wasn't enough information associated with my account, I would have to fax in 2 of the following documents.

1) Drivers License or ID
2) Credit Card statement
3) Or a Utility Bill

So it seems that unless I can provide documentation, not sure what to do

OK so what now, because I'm literally going broke.

Same exact thing happen to me they told me they couldn't generate any questions and i had to fax documents in. I didn't get documents in time but if i did i bet the account would be fine! Im sure someone will pm and help you with documents.

Oh...and I did browse around for 2 weeks, and these were my first initial listings...both were household used items (a microphone and a mixer), so it wasnt a VERO issue.
So how am I expected to build feedback and this was my first listing ?

The bottom line is as the rep said....Theres not enough information associated with the account owner to randomly generate questions that I could have answered.

So now what ?

Any 2 of the 3? Never heard of this. I would think anyone with these doc will be Ok

simple answer to this farse (by no fault of lakeman) i might add

is send in docs!!!

I just want to clarify something real quick.

In my opinion Lakeman, went above and beyond and created the accounts correctly.
He couldn't have foreseen this new policy whatsoever and I dismiss any notions of him being at fault.

He answered every question I threw at him and has pretty much guaranteed for himself my future business once this account is back afloat.

As far as GreenBean, I also believe the Admins here take a personal approach to insuring every one here who needs help resolving issues with eBay and PayPal are doing an outstanding job. If I had half the amount of their experience that they have I would still be an idiot (TRUST ME).

I didn't intend this thread to be a finger pointing post or a pissing contest.
This forum in my eyes is an extended family here to help everyone who has been beat up by Feebay and PayPunk.

The object is to find solutions around the menagerie of pits and traps that they constantly spring on us.
This is basically a think tank with everybody here sharing the common goal of making some money.

So with that being said and done...my apologies if this thread caused any hard feelings to anyone.

brilliant post right there^

finger pointing just makes yourself look bad,more or less

They generated a question for me on a stealth account and when I answered none of the above I still gave the wrong answer. It seems like no matter what they are going to start wanting things faxed in just to make things more difficult.

I Deleted my post that started all the finger pointing, because thats not my intentions by the post or why I exist on these forums. I understand this post is about a MC999. What i meant to say is The Lakeman account which i purchased(which he took care of me and was very helpful) had the same thing that happen. I got mc999 and needed documents faxed in. The Ebay customer service rep told me "The system is down if you could please fax in documents" All i meant by the post was that my account had the same similarities. On the behalf of Lakeman accounts not only did he give me a break on the price he was very helpful and gave me my account in a timely manner.

I got a MC999, I fax them the docs that they requested. The results was my account was up and going within 6 days. No big deal.

I had the same issue today with ebay and the MC999 email. I called them up as soon as I got the email. The ebay rep was actually pretty cool. He asked me to verify my account info (name address phone number etc.) He asked me if I had let anyone else use my computer recently. I said yes. He asked if I ever had an Ebay account I said yep but that was almost ten years ago when I was in the military. He said okay fine well who is Jeff Greeny (which was a name on an account that got banned before I found out about the Stealth Book and this forum)

I played dumb told the rep I did not know who he was talking about then he asked me about another aliases I used to make an account I said oh I have a cousin by that name. He then asked have I let my cousin use my computer I said yeah he may have checked his email on here a few times... Why? Then the rep told me that he has accounts under review or suspended ( the account was suspended almost two months ago) and not to let my cousin use my computer to check Ebay emails or log into his account from my computer.

I played dumb and asked the rep how that would effect me? He then kinda told me about linking accounts and similar information can cause my account to be subject to the same suspension as his accounts. I thanked the Ebay rep for the heads up and info and asked a very simple question that I already knew the answer to about shipping and payments. He talked for another five minutes then he said yeah looks like your account is okay im going to reinstate your listings it should take about 5 minutes. He said they will send me an email Nov 9th (month from today) to regarding my selling limits. I said great thanked him a few more times for the insight and hung up the phone.......

I copped the Stealth book for the account that got the MC999 email I did exactly as it said and the info if used correctly with a little common sense goes far. I was fortunate enough to be able to get a brand new computer (2 of them actually) and new IP address I got my DBA very similar to my actually name. Used a little common sense surfed around bought a few small things (not ebooks) 1.75 baseball cards, 3.00 dollar kids poster. I even looked at the Levi's!

I said all that to say this .... You can win just! lol =}

You handled it well but you were lucky. Since he CORRECTLY identified linked accounts - you were close to just being written off.

There is new techniques but nobody will talk about them, and rightfully so. The only oldschool stealth way is to get mc999d and send in docs the new way means you have to be legit 10000% of the time

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when sending in docs, are you sending in id too, or just utility/credit card bills?

got a MC999 today. I was in the 10 / $500 limit range.
Called them (I'm from Hungary, can't even speak english good, can only write), the guy was very helpful, asked me questions like what I sell, how fast I ship, what it the transaction amount, etc. After I answered the questions, he put me on hold, and then when he got back to me he was happy to tell me that my limits were raised to 100/$1500
I was afraid but I'm happy now:D

So mc999 was not bad for me after all...

Then stop talking about NOT talking about them.

Always with the doom and gloom.

Or tell aspkin you disagree with the way things are done instead of repeated barbed digs in nearly every post.
You never PROVE your point, just moan :rant:

I didnt see anywhere in the stealth book about mc999 and sending in docs what page?

When sending in the docs. I sent a photo ID and a address ID.

Point being when an account gets hit with mc 999 it isn't lost?

Is there a forum ignore? And can you add mods. I mean seriously ...

Relax

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everything in the stealth guide is legal... so.........

yeah

Well so your saying its not in the stealth book because of the Crimes Act 1958 - SECT 83A. I would say this topic is a grey area.

not a gre
y area..