I have a selling account, had it for 20 years, ..eBay now want Photo ID? | Seller Central

j-r-hartley · 2024-05-25T23:16:59.567000Z

Had an selling account for 20 years (this isnt it) I'm a UK seller, haven't sold a great deal, feedback is still under 1000, last year after about a year of not using the account I started to sell again, not a lot but eBay first treated me like I hadn't been a member for 20 years and insisted on holding some of the sales (low value s/h items) until I confirmed my bank account (which i'd done a couple of years prior). they wanted to send me a certain amount and I was to confirm etc, they also restricted the value of the items I could sell so I had to ask them via live chat to up the limits or a car I was selling would not list etc, in the end after a few sales things seemed to correct themselves and I was paid straight away for items>Roll on to may 2024, I've sold a few items over the months, in the last 2 weeks i've sold an item at £225 and one at £125, both collection only, both items have had no problems and i have a couple more items listed. Not electrical goods or high value items etc. just normal stuff, some new and unused, most second hand and used etcSo today I logged on, I get a pop up stating they wanted me to ID myself, this would be in the form of a driving licence, passport or govt ID...and oh by the way any transactions are held until I comply? I don't sell high value / high risk items, I have 100% feedback, I've had zero returns , my bank account is verified, they have my email address (verified with them some time ago, they send me emails re items listed or sold, email has notnot changed) they send me texts to my phone re delivery notices if i've bought something to collect, my physical address has not changed in all the time i've had the selling account.and now they want the ID from me, no warning, no time schedule to complete but simply comply and until I do any funds are to be held over.Furthermore, they want the ID but don't actually tell me where it will be stored, who will have access to it and such like all of which seems very wrong.Anyone else had this?

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