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Can eBay US access driver license information details like height?

I was asked what was my height on my driver license on the phone with ebay yesterday.

I thought it was really odd that they would have access to information like that.

Is it a trick?

thx
J.

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Not a trick....

Read their T&S....

They can more or less ask what they want to ask.

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Thats not one of the oddest questions that they have asked.

They are known to be sneaky to try to trip people up.

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eB is known to make up questions to throw people off and justify a 'Request for documentation'. You have to play their game - when in doubt? No or none of the above - keeps them quiet and happy.

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Stop this please.

Sore ribs from paintball. Dont want to laugh.

What is your height, rsot? asks ebay.

None of the above or no height says rsot.

(Maybe rsot is a midget?)

LOL.

:grin:

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Taller than you know - I am also above time and space... /big finger point at GB.... :eek:

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Dont be cruel.

I dont want to laugh.

:boink:

:FF:

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Sore ribs from paintball - be careful :) lots of laughs this week will be coming

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I see your name.

The howls start.

And I start sweeting

:pound:

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Hokey Pokey time - that should help with the pain :welcome;

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:focus:


Be careful of dealings with eBay..


They will throw a curve ball at any chance


:nono:

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Thx. It was really strange from a privacy standpoint. No US company has access to personal information on your DL, but they make it sound like they have access to it. "We are checking your answer against a public database".

I am guessing they ask you first what your height is and they verify what you said against what you sent on your DL.

Before I talked to T&S, the first rep asked my if I was latino !? I never knew I sounded latino. Friendly chichat or first curve ball?

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Some states sell their driver's license data to private companies and some don't. In order to buy such a database you need what is called "permissible purpose". Fraud prevention and identity verification qualifies. To find out more about this, check out the following:

Driver's Privacy Protection Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So, YES, it is entirely possible that eBay DOES have this information.

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Well if it's stealth, it's a bluff obviously.

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Nothing should be strange from a privacy standpoint and ebay.

All companies that have need to 'know' info of the ID of customers employ these tactics.

Learn to operate on that basis or continue being surprised.

:heh:

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And that's why if they ask questions around stealth, the agent is just trying to find a way to fail you and ask documentation. Somewhat easy to play that make-up info game

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Got it.

It is just the way the reps say it "ask questions based on public record database".
DL are not public record, even if ebay might have the right to access the DL data.

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John,

Starting thinking outside of the box.

Likes of ebay/paypal have unlimited {public record} database access to information....

read that carefully, my friend.

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Agents can make up stuff to seem important - not everything needs to be cited

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So they need a right type of day?

Gotcha ya!!!!

:FF:

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Right type of day, right attitude, right mood - many agents handle situations differently :FF:

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whoooooooooooooooossssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhh


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