May have an opportunity to buy a colleague's (very) aged eBay account

rsot · #23 07-13-2017

You certain this account was selling until about 6 months ago? Any longer and it might not be as "gem-like" as you think - just keeping it real with you

iphone_seller · #24 07-13-2017

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Originally Posted by rsot

You certain this account was selling until about 6 months ago? Any longer and it might not be as "gem-like" as you think - just keeping it real with you

I've seen his last sale yes! Am I far wrong with my first 3 steps? I cannot be the first to have done this on here lol. How can I give myself the best chance poss of not getting caught out (please!).

Bunneh · #25 07-13-2017

How much you buying this account for?

Thats what you will lose, along with other kinds and sorts of drama.

All he has to do in the future is call ebay/paypal and say 'my account was hacked' and then he answers the questions, and they restore everything back to the original person.

Personally i wouldnt do this.

iphone_seller · #26 07-13-2017

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Originally Posted by Bunneh

How much you buying this account for?

Thats what you will lose, along with other kinds and sorts of drama.

All he has to do in the future is call ebay/paypal and say 'my account was hacked' and then he answers the questions, and they restore everything back to the original person.

Personally i wouldnt do this.

I don't understand why this is being met with an immediate presumption either myself or the seller of the account will cause damage to either the account or the other party. I've already said both of us have ran our respective accounts immaculately for over a decade - quite a vote of confidence. Where is the optimism guys?

Are we not allowed to be advised on this forum on paths that do not lead us directly to buying an account from the askpin approved seller's marketplace tab or something? I said I have already bought a stealth account from here yesterday and am following stealth principles to a tee on that one. I have purchased the stealth guide, I am supporting the community here in other words.

All I am asking here is to have a crack at this route, and asking for assistance from the forum in following that path as safely as poss. I thought this would be the prime place to ask what information do I need from the seller when he does pass ownership to me, and in what order I should change things etc.

The amount I am paying for it is an amount I would not care about losing put it that way. Its less than the amount I paid for a 6 month old 500/10,000 account yesterday. I have also agreed with the guy to pay half now, the other half in 3 months when we know if it has worked or not.

The reward of taking on such an account (160,000 feedback 2002 account) far outweighs this risk - surely I am not the only that would take a punt on this if presented with the opportunity?. Once again hoping for the forum's assistance in taking this risk as carefully as poss! (please, again!)

Bunneh · #27 07-13-2017

well since you are spending less than £500 on the account, then take the risk.

Im not sure why you came asking for advice and when told why it can go wrong it is now an issue. Not all sellers here are out to make a quick buck off of you, so its wrong to assume, especially since giving advice to members is one of the reasons why we are approved to sell on here.

I myself have always answered every question you asked, even BEFORE you mentioned this option and was asking how you could go about selling your iphones on a account.

We have been on this forum for many many years, and have been through and experienced a lot of good and bad scenarios, so when you post what you are going to do we give the advice according to what you tell us.

There is no point in going on and on trying to help you out with this, you are going to buy this account regardless of what is said on the forum, so go for it. Just follow the stealth methods as normal and hope for the best.

iphone_seller · #28 07-13-2017

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Originally Posted by Bunneh

well since you are spending less than £500 on the account, then take the risk.

Which are my thoughts ^

Apologies for over reacting, yep cannot argue with the help you and others have been to me so far - brilliant actually.

Just there are aspects that I will need from the seller that I may not be familiar, like would I need their secret answers to questions, will I need them to change their phone number. Should I get him to do all of these change these at his end under his own IP. Should I ask him to stagger these changes, not do everything at once - in which case, which order should I get him to change this info.

Aspects that are not detailed in the stealth guide, as far as I can see.

Thx again

Bunneh · #29 07-13-2017

you can change info without his help ( safer that way) the less he knows your new emails and passwords the better.
just dont do it all at once or you risk flagging the account up.

get the account, browse a few days and change things slowly.. then it should be fine.

when you withdraw from paypal or login to ebay the first time on your own pc/connection you may be asked to text a code to the original phone number.
paypal can also ask for this in future to.

iphone_seller · #30 07-14-2017

Today is the day! Due to buy this at lunchtime, I am sure you guys will be proved right in the end but gonna take a punt on this.

Process is gonna be I am going to call him and he is going to be at his computer logged into his eBay account.

Hypothetically if you were me and you trusted the seller, i.e. him changing passwords, email addresses etc himself during the sale:

Is there ANYTHING that you would advise at this point I should get him to change, at his end on his IP address? I figure if alarm bells are raised there and then, he can resolve this there and then, on his IP address.

Rather than make such changes on my own Fresh IP and it looking more fishy I mean. I understand if you have no alternative but to make account changes yourself on a Fresh IP you should do this gradually and in stages (not all changes at once as Bunneh pointed out). But again I DO have the seller on his own computer/IP today to use to make these changes.

I just want to potentially take advantage of this time, if poss!.

Only things I want to change are PP link on the EB account, registered email address, and ultimately password. Name and address etc I am happy to leave as his.

iphone_seller · #31 07-14-2017

Cancel that the seller has bailed on me

Probably for the best, looks like starting from scratch is the way to go for me!

Apologies for wasting everyone's time lol.