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Meksilon
November 17th, 2007, 20:00
Come on, fess-up. I don't like eBay's support much - I've been ripped off 3 or 4 times, and every time I haven't been able to get eBay to do a damn thing. I've complained a number of times that unless they're able to start backing up their promises; completely the opposite is true when they say "transactions outside of ebay are more dangerous" - in my experience the opposite is true.

So I eventually came to the conclusion that the only way to make the whole system less frustrating for me was to separate selling and buying into two separate accounts. That way I could I deal with the problem faced with one in one account, and the others in the other account. Who else uses two accounts?
serverorigin
November 17th, 2007, 20:18
Just 1 account here. It is only ethical to hold one account.... Are you also bidding on your own sales with the other account?
[JSH]John
November 17th, 2007, 20:26
I only have 1 account, I don't really sell that much on eBay so I haven't had any problems with that yet.
Meksilon
November 17th, 2007, 20:36
Just 1 account here. It is only ethical to hold one account....And I suppose it's only ethical to hold one email account too? I happen to use my ISP account with my selling account, and before I stopped buying from it I've had sellers SPAM it (sign it up to porn, etc) I can't see any other way to protect against that then to buy from a hotmail account.
Are you also bidding on your own sales with the other account?Of course not! That's against eBay policy (http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/newtoebay/alreadyregistered.html), as much as anything else. It's also against eBay policy to bid with two accounts on the same auction.
Darknight
November 17th, 2007, 20:42
I have one banned ebay account.. Id never use ebay again. they semm to think I owe them money.
Johnson
November 17th, 2007, 21:17
I've never had a single problem with ebay. In fact, I've had only good experiences. Member since 2003.
serverorigin
November 18th, 2007, 02:52
Never any issues with eBay. Just Paypal sucks :P
iBrightDev
November 18th, 2007, 11:09
i used to have two, and i would use the second account to help push my auctions up sometimes, but, only have one now.
Johnson
November 18th, 2007, 11:21
i used to have two, and i would use the second account to help push my auctions up sometimes, but, only have one now.

I use english people for that.
iBrightDev
November 18th, 2007, 11:26
I use english people for that.

that is not a bad idea. :P
TSO
November 18th, 2007, 11:45
I have only one account, but I do understand the reasons for having two (or more!).
Jan
November 18th, 2007, 15:12
I don't have one at all.
themoose
November 18th, 2007, 15:27
I don't have one at all.

:eek2:

Even my mum has an eBay account.
Meksilon
November 18th, 2007, 17:05
Well, that's why I included the 3rd option...
stuffradio
November 18th, 2007, 17:52
I only have one ;)
Jan
November 18th, 2007, 21:19
:eek2:

Even my mum has an eBay account.
So? I have nothing to sell, nothing to scam and I don't have time to go browsing through a gazillion pages looking for a bargain (which may or not be a scam).
Meksilon
November 18th, 2007, 22:34
eBay used to be a lot better, that's for sure. Before every man, and his mum and his mum's beauty therapist had an account. Personally I believe a lot of what is sold on eBay now is from the grey market (ie probably stolen), which is concerning.

It's now much better to get things like DVD's or software from online stores, where once you've ordered from one you know they're honest and reliable and you don't have to take "hit and miss" chances buying from "Fred" on eBay. Online stores I've bought from and are reliable include: JPL (http://jpldisplays.com.au/) - handled replacements very professionally, VideoEzy DVD (http://videoezy.com.au/) however they no longer have an online store, EzyDVD (http://ezydvd.com.au/) though I placed the order by phone cause their online checkout system sucked, Amazon.ca (http://amazon.ca), Play Asia (http://www.play-asia.com/) (paid via DD), RetroZone (http://retrousb.com/) - although their checkout system didn't have ACT in the state (had to select NSW), which seemed usless as he just sent to the paypal address anyway! PCX (http://pcx.com.au/), Movie Dogpound (http://www.moviedogpound.com/) now defunct, GameHead (http://gamehead.com.au/) (I think, can't be sure now)... and probably more too.
DarkBlood
November 19th, 2007, 05:22
Just one, because anything else is weird. :P I'm not kidding.