Multiple accounts

[shave.india]

hi im reading a lot of posts and people are saying they are running multiple accounts 

I wonder how many people are running more than one 

Is this what ebay want ?

lots of cloak and dagger ? multiple accounts 

One singer one Song .

if all the multiple accounts were removed? one passport one account 

I wonder how many people are actually here 

I bloody hate the cyber world it just allows people to try and be smarter than the average bear .

this is a reason why HMRC want involved as i suspect some sellers have found some kind of dodge (or did for a short time ) 

multiple accounts multiple emails and probally multiple bank accounts too 

always a few wastes things for others 

[*vyolla*]

There's nothing cloak and dagger about it. Some sellers run multiple accounts, it depends on what kind of items they're listing.

If, for example, they have one business selling plants and another business selling kitchen items then they'd have two selling accounts. 

They'll have a buying account too.

There is no HMRC 'dodge' there. I don't know why you think that would be possible?

[**peaseblossom**]

In the old days, when community boards were a little more boisterous, it was quite risky to use your selling ID.   Very occasionally if people didn't like an opinion they'd wreck that person's auctions (bidding to leave neg feedback).   So some of us started posting IDs and have carried on using them.

[*devils.advocate*]

If you had found the (then) old Boards when you joined, you’d understand why.

For many, it’s a throwback - and for others, wise.

[shave.india]

thank you so much its all i needed to know 

good clear answer no attitude 

very well done thank you 

someone of sence 

so can you expand on having a selling and a buying account ?

[shave.india]

yea i tryed the forms before and they were a barrel of monkeys 

ive been having problems WELL still am 

thought id try again to se if they were better 

just the same . same people responding within minutes with shirty responces 

we know better than you attitude 

just cant be bothered with the typing 

better just to not ask anymore 

Im waiting on a call back from ebay depending on the outcome 

ill be deleting account on principal 

[*devils.advocate*]

ill be deleting account on principal

Many have said that in the heat of the moment.

They (in the cold light of day) eventually have decided against it.

[plpmr · Accepted solution]

adding to the advice already given -

Some very, very old advice, never buy and sell on the same account [as you do] because you leave yourself open to retaliatory buying complete with bad feedback.

[shave.india]

no 

im in limbo at the moment 

waiting for a responce from ebay not just on the accounts issue 

if you see my other posts 

im going backwards at the moment so 

what to do just end listings ive payed for ? 

im in the throws to removing all auto relists to let the listings run out 

it dosent make sence money wise be better just dumping. that way no costs exept for the fuel to the tip 

ill keep my nice stuff but everything elese smashed and dumped lol no dump picked listings for others 

53 not good health Ebay was a good wee hussle but too much hassle now i feel beter to dump and regret than spending money to sell . maybe give gumtree a go until the HMRC catches up with that too . i dont minde paying a fee on a sale but paying to list just dosnt work for me 

[roger_roger_over_and_nowt]

Some overseas sellers have 1,000's of accounts.

Ebay themselves have many other businessess as do many high street ,erm,"chains".

Ebay members can have up to 6 active selling accounts per person to sell on and as many others as they wish to buy on only.

So,a family of 4 adults,all over 18 can have 24 accounts at same address.

[shave.india]

Disalousioned with people again 

ebay can log every key stroke i make on the site (and everyone else )

it worries me that a listing i look at once follows we around the site for weeks but ebay cannot identify this type of situation yet 

i do know this from way back but thought the site would have sorted this by now 

the AI is quick enough to dig you up automatically for other things 

[habacstudio]

Do you know if multiple accounts can have the same telephone number?

[*vyolla*]

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@habacstudio wrote:

Do you know if multiple accounts can have the same telephone number?

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They can.

The only thing they can't share is an email address, each eBay account needs its own unique email address.