Ebay and a Warning about having Accounts!
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:54 am
I woke up this morning to find my account suspended, along with my wife's account as well.
According to ebay they suspended our accounts because it was suspicious that there was two accounts registered to the same address and being used to bid on other sellers auctions, though the names of the account owners were different.
My account:
kb0nly 100% positive feedback, 269.
My wife's account:
Proud_momma1 100% positive feedback, 40.
I contacted them via email and also dug up a customer service phone number that i had saved from a previous problem with them. They told me that due to suspicious activity our accounts were suspended for a period of 7 days while they investigate.
I asked what the activity was. According to them me and my wife bid on an item for sale by another seller a while back and they suspected Shill Bidding. Whoa.. Back up a minute. If someone is selling something on ebay and we both placed a bid trying to get it then how does that make it Shill Bidding? Now if the seller was someone else in the household, or a family member, ok i understand, but this was a totally random seller in another state that neither of us know at all, other than their feedback that is!
So now i have to wait a week before i can do anything more. They cancelled my auctions, cancelled my bids, and just generally pissed me off.
According to ebay they suspended our accounts because it was suspicious that there was two accounts registered to the same address and being used to bid on other sellers auctions, though the names of the account owners were different.
My account:
kb0nly 100% positive feedback, 269.
My wife's account:
Proud_momma1 100% positive feedback, 40.
I contacted them via email and also dug up a customer service phone number that i had saved from a previous problem with them. They told me that due to suspicious activity our accounts were suspended for a period of 7 days while they investigate.
I asked what the activity was. According to them me and my wife bid on an item for sale by another seller a while back and they suspected Shill Bidding. Whoa.. Back up a minute. If someone is selling something on ebay and we both placed a bid trying to get it then how does that make it Shill Bidding? Now if the seller was someone else in the household, or a family member, ok i understand, but this was a totally random seller in another state that neither of us know at all, other than their feedback that is!
So now i have to wait a week before i can do anything more. They cancelled my auctions, cancelled my bids, and just generally pissed me off.