posted on February 19, 2003 07:32:40 AM new
I was shocked to discover that ebay blocked my registration because of bad contact information and ended all my auctions last night. The only thing I can think of because our area code changed a while back and I forgot to change it on ebay.
I responded to their email and filled out safe harbor forms.
Any ideas on how long this is going to take to clear up? I have good feedback and I keep up with my ebay payments.
I wish they would have at least emailed me and told me to fix!!!
posted on February 19, 2003 07:46:47 AM new
Did you have you contact info pulled by anyone recently. If so they probably tried to call you and could not so they turned you in to e-bay and they axed you for the bad contact info. Just change your info and reply to the safe harbor e-mail "as you already did" and it should get cleared up in a couple days. Good Luck !
posted on February 20, 2003 01:59:29 PM new
Not long ago, I received a FAKE notiification claiming a problem with ebaY registration phone number. If you receive such do not accept the link provided.
posted on February 20, 2003 03:10:11 PM new
A friend of mine who also sells on ebay just received an email wanting all kinds of personal information, SS#, Account Password, Credit Card info...etc.
I told him to forward it to eBay and not to answer... man it takes all kinds out there.
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
posted on February 20, 2003 03:23:01 PM new
Fake email sample ::::
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: ***********
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:00 PM
Subject: NOTICE: eBay Obligatory Verifying - Invalid User Information
Dear ebay user,
We regret to inform you that your home phone number is not valid.
To provide us your phone number, just click the link below and click on
"Update my registration information":
http************** Bogus site url *************** .html
We use your phone number for your identification only. Please complete this thing.
If you will not provide us your valid phone number then we will regret to inform you
that your eBay account will be suspended due to the violation of our site policy below:
* Invalid User Information - Our records show that there are some discrepancies
with the information that you registered with on our service. Due to this
violation your account will be suspended indefinitely from the site until valid
information can be provided.
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from
using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new account.
Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon
obligation to pay any fees you may owe to eBay.
posted on February 20, 2003 03:40:46 PM new
camodog
tomyou is most likly right about that someone pulled your info and turned you in. Would not think that it would be too long before your back on.
Too many people are now abusing that contact info I feel. It was never meant to be pulled for just any simple old reason. It should be used as a last resort only.
There is no reason someone could not email you first if they needed to know something.
