Restricted Account message, due to a fraudulent Shared account!

After many months of inactivity on my account due to Covid Isolation, I discovered a message advising me that my account had been placed in Restriction. I was totally unaware of a possible shared account and made many attempts to communicate with their staff. I used Live Chat and was told to communicate with the "unknown user". Needless to say I was helpless trying to deal with this and the Staff simply told me, " to deal with it"! Eventually I telephone and was cutoff with no call back! I tried again and after wasting more time I requested to speak to a supervisor. I tried and tried to get EBay to deal with the matter, asking that they send it as a potential Fraud, for which I was then told I would hear back within three days - no reply after a week! I therefore went into a Live Chat once more, again wasting considerable time in explaining my circumstances. As I was getting nowhere once more I asked to speak to a Supervisor. I placed a number for them to call, but once more received the message that they couldn't telephone due to a problem on my line (that did NOT exist). I started the process once more and thelephoned EBay. The whole process is ridulous as the staff re-representative told me he had no authority to deal with the situation. Again advised this would not be resolved until I personally removed a shared Account holder, that I did not know the detail of. Needless to say as a private seller with a 100% Positive record, I am appalled how their staff do not take more responsibility for Customer Security. Meanwhile once more I await their finding and hopefully a full apology and explanation. I cannot believe there is no Regulation or other means to make a genuine complaint of mis-handling. 

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red_magpie
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It sounds as though your account may have been "associated" with another account that has been restricted. Typically this could be someone at your address or who may have logged in using your connected device.

 

I'm afraid that when a restriction is indefinite this means permanent. Other members to have told us that eBay will simply put the phone down. I don't think we have ever heard of an indefinite restriction being lifted, even years later.

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