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It might be that your mobile isn't producing the correct tone that is needed or it's not loud enough.

maybe but i put it on the loudest setting

only some phones with loud touch tone work...

instead of useing the phone box why not just use a virtual phone service that routes to your mobile.

zippy, this has been addressed many times before.
Google: site:aspkin.com +virtual +phone +UK
In most cases, it no longer works.

use the N95, great mobile and put it on loud speaker. I dunno why people dislike them :confused:

when i did used to do the callbox trick i used my nokia 8600 luna that wasn't even loud but it still worked without any problems

Just did it again twice, worked fine both times using my Iphone

mattcafc,

have your fleabay and paypal accounts lasted when useing phone box method?

also was the box in your general area?

also how are you doing it by laptop or a friend at other end.

Probably using 3G on his iPhone?

This is what I do

Sign up multiple accounts to ebay when I get time using a made up account.

Then when I get time I verify them one at a time over the weeks. I get to the phone call page to register to sell, I then go to the local phonebox, call my girlfriend through the number who changes the one on Ebay to the phone box. She then clicks submit so it calls the phonebox.

Im standing at the phonebox waiting, call comes through, Iphone on loudspeaker held up to the handset, when I have to click the number I do and I then get the verified Ebay number. Call back to girlfriend who puts it in and there we go new account.


I have lost a couple of accounts about a month ago for being linked, but that was from my own mistake. Have made around 18 accounts this way and still have 15 that work. The oldest one was registered in May 08 using this method and has 41 positives 100% feedback.

mattcafc, cheers for posting a explination mate. ;)

is this method still working?

as ive sucessfully created a sellers account with this method but 2 weeks ago i tried to list an item on ebay and it took me to the create a sellers account form and asked me to go through the procedure again, which i did. I entred the code and it said i created a sellers account sucessfully however when i tried to lis it took me to the create a sellers account form again.

is this still working for anyone else?

As the author of this post i can confirm that of today 15th oct
the phonebox verification system STILL works, some have complained
that their tones are not loud enough which is the problem, nothing
to do with ebay.

I use a N95 Nokia without any problems

Regards

Then what can you do to lift paypal limited?? You use ⊗⊗⊗⊗ address and Paypal asks you to provide the prove, photo id...and so on.

geographical address UK
 

Ive just set up an e-bay account with an address and phone number, 80 miles from each other, ie 2 counties away, and I am up and selling on this account, so obviously they dont look at matching number and address in this case. paypal is a bit different though, it flags you if not close enogh to ⊗⊗⊗⊗ address, so make sure you use address very close to number used, or slip will go out to address, happened to me with said account, fortunately i has access to address

Being the original author of this post i can tell you it still works
fine, just use ⊗⊗⊗⊗ address virtual address that exists along with
same dialing code for your area.

Same goes with paypal, play as close to the truth as possible.

I had had no problems with either for over six months, any problems
for anyone just PM me and i will be more than happy to help

Hi guys sorry if this question is silly, but I live in a block of flats, can i use the address of another flat on the same block?

Just an update; I tried this just 5 minutes ago and it didn't work, despite my mobile having quite a loud tone. Is anyone else still having luck with this method? The VOIP methods sounds hit and miss - not to mention complicated for technophobes like me!!

are you talking about the phonebox method? If so, nobody here has posted about it working here lately and I wouldnt bother with it. if you dont like voip just go for a number with Tamar or another virtual landline provider, hook it up to your landline phone. However i suggest your address is accessilbe, whatever method you use for phone eg voip etc, is liable to failure purely on closeness grounds.

Cheers oompaloompa. Yes, I was referring to the phonebox method. As for an accessible address, do you know if "mail accommodation" services (eg MBE) are OK, or does eBay have some kid of "blacklist" of these? It's just that I only really have access to my own home address and this is now linked to restricted accounts.

yes, mail forwarders arent blacklisted as such from the start, but if you are found to have one on closer inspection eg a limitation, you could have problems, they may ask you for your real home address, well thats what happended to me, luckily I had a back-up address, however the account went for nearly a year before that occurred. eg they say send your bank account statement in and you put that address on it and they look it up and find its a mailbox, if using one call it flat 101 not box. The other thing is alot of other suspended users will use that address and although you have a different flat number, it doesnt take a genius to see its the downside to having one.

another not foolproof tip , if you are really stuck, different name but try your home address but throw off post code by one letter at the end and put 39a instead of 39 for door number, its the door and postcode that the bot would notice. Again downside is upon closer inspection it isnt the real postcode for that road. if by chance you have a long road which has many postcodes on it, try another one for that road. Just phrase your address so you know a letter would get to you , at a push.