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:) Just absorbing more info my friend. I guess another reason why I'm being reluctant to test stuff out at my house even using dial up is that there are other people in the house who have ebay accounts and I don't want to jeapordise their accounts in any way. BTW that post you showed me was very informative, the one where imjustme organises his windows accounts. I was thinking, if he's creating an IP log file for each ebay account only, how would he know if an IP used on ebay account1 is not being used on ebay account2, as he won't have access to both log files at the same time?

A prominent UK member here uses one log file listing all ip addresses used with all ebay ids.

lolz silversurfer ... hey man cant u just save the excel file and close it and then open it from within other window account??? whats problem with that.. i think its time to create me a step by step guide lolz

lol I was trying to understand it exactly the way imjustme does it so it kinda got me confused. BTW what you do with your ip address/modem, apparantly thats supposed to be incredibly rare to work as an ISP alway asigns IP addresses randomly :)

HI, Powerbid:
Yes, Maybe we need a UK "Advantage Section"? Because I know some of the rules are different, the cards diff, the phone procedures are even diff..
--That would be most appreciated if you could come up with something to help our friends from the U.K... :)

I think that's a great idea ebayhateluv! The U.K. users have a lot to offer each other!

i totally agree with you ebayhateluv, most of the things discussed here are for US ebayers... we the UK members sometimes feel very frustrated as some core principles regarding paypal and ebay are entirely different.. maybe we should ask aspkin for a seperate UK disscussion area as you have proposed ... and all threads/postings related to UK issues moved there..

silver surfer i m doing very well with my ip managment.. u donot have to guess an ip to work.. first let it generate a random ip by logging into your isp normally note it down.. next time u put the same ip manually in your dialup setting.. (dialup to adsl i mean) got it?? simple aint?

Yea I understand how you're doing it mate, but what I mean is that normally we can't have control of the IP that is assigned to us, because its assigned by the ISP's server and selected randomly. I use AOL but I'm not sure if you're method will work. I'll give it a shot though. Yes the UK section is a great idea, I think we have got enough info to help UK members out.

i dont know if you have a background in IT.. anyway just to brief you out a little... when you dial to an ISP you are first authenticated and then DHCP server assigns you an ip address, if you give it an ip address it will ask the DHCP server if this is ip is in use if its not DHCP will it OK if it is already in use DHCP will reject it.. so yes but every ISP behaves differently so u have to try your luck on that if you do succeed it really makes ip managment very easy.. so anyway goodluck and all the best

Oh I didn't know that the DHCP actually checks the manually assigned IP address and gives it the OK if its not in use :) You've been a great help mate and look forward to learning from users such as yourself. All the best to you too :)

I was going to suggest a category for UK members, but didn't know how leanient Aspkin was to forum suggestions :p

Mantis:
Aspkins Very Easy Going.. His MAIN interest is in helping US succeed.
I dont think he has any children, so Maybe we're his children??? :))

Well, that's always good news.
Anyway, Aspkin, I have some dirty laundry hanging around, now come along will you...

That's really cool details!.i will give it a try.thanks for sharing!

And i see you talked about us bank accounts.what if we don't open us paypal but other country's which don't need to veirfy with bank accounts?

hi im tryin to sign up to ebay i got my card but dont av house phone i tryed to sign up with UK VoIP Internet Phone Service - VoIP PBX Switchboard and Telephony services,but my email address aint no good i dont have a isp inbox account is ther any other kind of email address i could use to get signed up to get a uk dialing code

Tim, try an AOL email address, that might work.
If you're still having issues, PM me.

no aol dont work i aint got a landline but i got my mastercard i can buy no probs but want to sell can you help

Mantis:
can you help me with this 1 plz i got your message would be great if we can do what you said

I cannot find the right post anymore:
Someone (mantisinc?) mentioned that you can open several halifax bank accounts online under one roof.
but i cannot find the option to open a bank account online anywhere on the halifax website, also not when i'm logged in into online banking with my account...
how exactly does it work ?

Steve, I believe it was with RBS wasn't it? Or maybe Halifax had it as well.
I got told this by another forum member, haven't used them myself.

Scouse12345 said that RBS is OK. where if you havea check account, you can have other accounts.
Pity is that ING in the UK does not work the same.

RBS and Halifax is one and the same bank, isn't it !?
I've got a normal bank account with them now, but no idea how to get several accounts under this one. probably have to ask them directly...

Hi all,

Delighted to have found this thread. I too have been "suspended" despite their insistence on questions of authenticity... not true, but as I am a bit fed up with the customer service - i.e. I pay them an amount each month for the priviledge of using the service yet they boot me off without giving me a chance to prove their claim was wrong.

Anyway, I'm in a fix for 2 reasons, apart from loads of merchandise to sell off;

1. They've asked me to send a copy of passport/drivers licence/ltr from tax office AND copy of a utility bill --faxed to them in Eire.

Now call me touchy, but I find this a bit dodgy; sending my personal details to a fax number - wide open to fraud. Plus, they haven't verified themselves to me!

2. I have another account that hasn't been suspended but as I'm terrified to use it now, reading all these threads - not sure how I can ensure the Paypal account I use (used for both accounts) will not tip them off, its the same person.

Two other issues also come to mind, are they sending details back to the HM revenue??? If so, any ways around that?

My partner also does ebay & I'm afraid they may get suspended too.

Phew! My questions are really; whether to send the verfication info in or whether to start all over again???

Many thanks

Hallo
 

Not another Pom? Any help you might get is going to depend on what football
team you support. {joke,joke}. Just to let you know there are two UK forums
ebay & paypal that have information that is relevant to you.

You have to make a decision about suspension: how valuable is the account?
?fbs and age of account? Is it worthwhile for you to appeal the suspension.
Nearly all of the users here have faxed to ebay in different countries.... without problems except for the time it takes for replies. OK a
cheek but when you made the ebay account you accepted the requirements. You have to think about that. If your present info will pass then
you make the choice. BUT until you decide do not do these things:
use your other account on the same computer . Leave paypal alone for anything to do with ebay. Make sure that your partner does not use your computer.
Ebay will link and suspend. Now here's the good news:ebay will try to muck you around. They do not play fair. It may will be that your partner has nothing to do with your account but ebay will not accept that. Just to let you know that this is how they play. Think about this. Decide whatever and post again because you will get help.
cheers.

Which Bank
 

Steve I think Halifax and Bank of Scotland are joined not the Royal Bank of
Scotland. (geeze I hope so):)

After registering a new account, some new signup processes appeared. So I updated the main thread with my findings.

It seems, no matter what now (signed up with a UK IP, ISP email, UK address + phone number, UK bank, UK card, and then tried to list an item from the same IP), ebay are requiring the addition of a linked paypal account.

Thanks again,mantis. Concise post to help the forum.

Hi,
I have found that with Paypal when you use an online saver that does not support DD's as your bank account it still deposits the 2 amounts so you can become verified but after you cannot transfer money out into the account.

Hmm, are you SURE emmy? I can't see how that could be possibe, if the 2 deposits went through. Are you certain your account number/sort code/branch name/branch location were all correct?

Emmy And Mant, i do believe that is the case now, and can confirm that Halifax Savings accounts, although able to be verified initially, get removed from Paypal shortly after.. although this is a ballache, up to today, i 100% know that an RBS savings account, can be used as verification and withdraw funds.. as i use this daily with paypal and allow direct debits from the major utility suppliers.. and as i am now weary of tyoing out this same info, it's the last time.. should RBS develop a problem in the future, i shall obviously inform the UK forum..

Thanks scouse. I can also verify that Barclays and Abbey savings accounts can also be used.

I wonder why they are refusing halifax accounts?

Thats crap, I have just verified my paypal account with a halifax saver account.

Its getting SO hard these days, you really will need to start opening up a full new bank account soon.

Mants how easy is it to open Barclays saver accounts? I have a Barclays account, so can it just be done online, and can they be closed easierly aswell? Cheers mate

Not sure Matt. I opened mine back in 2005, and it's still open. It's like, my main bank account at this time.

Doesn't have online banking though, which was a pig.

Mattcaf, do you mean the a/c was verified & you could still use it for paypal?
scouse said that halifax accounts can be verified but then no use.
Can you advise what you have done,please.

Hi, yes the Halifax web savers work to get the initial deposits, but then you get an email from paypal in a couple of days to say that the mandate has been returned!
So they do not work for using as your bank account, am using scouces/mants info and opening accounts with those banks.

How absolutely strange. I'l update it on my guide!

The paypal is verified and working fully. They sent the money to my halifax saver and I verified my account. However a few days later I get an email saying there is a "mandate"

So the account is verified and can accept money from Ebay and I can send money, however I cant withdraw the money I have in the account to my halifax account

Thanks. So this is another change for UK.

So how can I withdraw my money from my paypal account now ?

Well Matt... a few posts before yours, you were warned.. i told you, that with Halifax savers, you could verify the paypal account, they would deposit the 2 small amounts etc.. ...but then they would shortly afterwards (remove the account from Paypal) I think your reply was somewhere along the lines of "That's Crap, I just verified etc"

For future reference, allow the system your trying to follow it's full course before posting info that is quite blatantly not correct... i wonder how many people opened Halifax savers as a result of your "Crap" findings.. :)

To reiterate, RBS,Barclay's Savings accounts, can be used to "Verify" and then subsequently "Withdraw"

Matt, my advice would be to open one of the above mentioned accounts, add it to your paypal, and withdraw your funds.. then delete the Halifax account from paypal, making the RBS or Barclays your preferential account..

scouse.

Good Work
 

Thanks for explaining clearly,scousexx. Just hope the UK- ites understand.