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hi all.
have been suspended by ebay recently even though have been trading on ebay since 2002 and with 100% feedback!
anyway, was looking at buying a pre-paid ebay account, until it was pointed out by someone that even these accounts are not safe from closure by ebay, as their rules are evolving virtually every day!
apparently many have already been closed down. and there are other problems with pre-paid accounts, such as whoever is selling them, whether here or elsewhere, that person has access to the account and could feasibly access it at any time.
second, some of these pre-paid accounts require payment via western union, and we all know about the problems with using western union to send money....!
and as for using pre-paid credit cards, IP hiding software, proxies--forget it!
none of these work and ebay will track you down and close you down within a matter of weeks at the most.
conclusion? well, i tend to agree with many past ebayers that the only thing to do is either create your own website and start from scratch again, and/or open an account with ebid, who at the moment are the best alternative to the thieves at ebay. and after all, customers helped ebay to get where it is, and it will be customers leaving in droves that will bring them down again.
i have been on ebid since my kicking out from ebay last year, and ok, it is a little slow, but good thing is its coming up fast and is absolutely light years ahead of ebay in terms of fees and customer service.
another ebidder even tells me that it is such a friendly community, they even send get well cards to each other if one is found to be ill etc.
so all in all, its ebid for me, in tandem with my own website as well.
and needless to tsay, i do not ever use paypal for my payments either -- nochex, pppay or google checkout everytime.
just my opinion......
have been suspended by ebay recently even though have been trading on ebay since 2002 and with 100% feedback!
anyway, was looking at buying a pre-paid ebay account, until it was pointed out by someone that even these accounts are not safe from closure by ebay, as their rules are evolving virtually every day!
apparently many have already been closed down. and there are other problems with pre-paid accounts, such as whoever is selling them, whether here or elsewhere, that person has access to the account and could feasibly access it at any time.
second, some of these pre-paid accounts require payment via western union, and we all know about the problems with using western union to send money....!
and as for using pre-paid credit cards, IP hiding software, proxies--forget it!
none of these work and ebay will track you down and close you down within a matter of weeks at the most.
conclusion? well, i tend to agree with many past ebayers that the only thing to do is either create your own website and start from scratch again, and/or open an account with ebid, who at the moment are the best alternative to the thieves at ebay. and after all, customers helped ebay to get where it is, and it will be customers leaving in droves that will bring them down again.
i have been on ebid since my kicking out from ebay last year, and ok, it is a little slow, but good thing is its coming up fast and is absolutely light years ahead of ebay in terms of fees and customer service.
another ebidder even tells me that it is such a friendly community, they even send get well cards to each other if one is found to be ill etc.
so all in all, its ebid for me, in tandem with my own website as well.
and needless to tsay, i do not ever use paypal for my payments either -- nochex, pppay or google checkout everytime.
just my opinion......
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