• tetris11@lemmy.ml
    4·
    12 days ago

    Semi-related:

    I am, as of last year, completely banned from Ebay. No I cannot make a new account, according to the help person on the phone, they will just ban that account. It is a permanent ban.

    It came as a complete shock to me since I hadn’t used Ebay in literally years. Apparently there was a strange login from somewhere up in Nottingham that flew under my radar, but other than that no info.

    I’ve called them asking for more information on how to re-instate the account, and more importantly – what exactly I am supposed to have done to have been banned so harshly. Nothing, no answers, they just repeat verbatim the strange login from Nottingam, and that’s it. Their records do not go back more than a year apparently

    There’s nothing I can do about it. It’s this weird Kafka-esque situation where I’m being punished for a crime done in my name that absolutely no one can tell me about.

    • logicbomb@lemmy.world
      5·
      12 days ago

      The good news is that if their records don’t go back more than a year, then you can just wait a year and create an account. They’ll have no idea who you are!

      • tetris11@lemmy.ml
        2·
        12 days ago

        Well no they know my name and address and phone number, just not any details relating to my account.

        I would have to switch number and probably address and be very careful with my name when using them in the future

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      12 days ago

      Ebay banned 5 of my accounts (most very likely for vpn). When contacted support they were like “you have been permanently banned, we won’t reinstate your account, we won’t tell you why, you cannot evade this ban”

  • hOrni@lemmy.world
    2·
    12 days ago

    Is this the moment You sign up for capitalism? Because I don’t remember ever agreeing to that.