OT-ebay

[Guest guest]

Dee, I don't think so. E-bay needs to establish a sellers credibility and

commitment - they had a real learning experience with that one. The

question that stopped me was the bank account question. I solved that by

setting up a separate account with very limited resources. I also used a

low limit charge card.

They have a responsibility to protect their business also. They use the

credibility/commitment approach to weed out a lot of the bogus and prank

sellers.

The other information they're asking for is readily available anyway - it

just makes it easier for them to track down the bogus sellers.

Arne

51 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

Alive and (mostly) well in Minnesota

-----Original Message-----

From: Deanna Vinovich

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I hope I haven't done a real dumb thing. I signed on to ebay to sell

some items, I heard from different, second hand of course, people who

are very successful at this and profitable with this at home service.

I had to go for verification to a site that walked me thru questions

to establish my credibility as a seller and real person. Some of the

things they asked me were VISA # and expiration date, SS#, drivers

license #, verify my car payment amount.

[Guest guest]

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I hope I haven't done a real dumb thing. I signed on to ebay to sell

some items, I heard from different, second hand of course, people who

are very successful at this and profitable with this at home service.

I had to go for verification to a site that walked me thru questions

to establish my credibility as a seller and real person. Some of the

things they asked me were VISA # and expiration date, SS#, drivers

license #, verify my car payment amount. This questions kept coming

up slowly and each time my screen would tell me this was a secure

site. What have I done and should I try and undo? If so how, I tried

to get to a real person, customer service and Help icon, but to no

avail. It only gave me Ex: Help= how to sell, buy, etc. Ex: Customer

Service= a list of books that were for sale. I did not sleep last

night worrying and we all have been told never to give out these #'s.

They even asked for my bank and routing # to make direct deposits for

anything I sell. There was a $5 fee that has been charged to my

account and they say they bill me by email. Whoa--have I opened a

can of worms or what?

Dee in Peoria, wife of Bob 60, uc, ileo, psc

[Guest guest]

Dee,

My oldest son has been selling and buying things

on e-Bay for 5 years, and hasn’t yet had a problem. To reassure yourself,

you should take advantage of any electronic access to your bank account and

credit card, that you have available (both the bank where I have my checking

account, and the institution that issued my Visa Card, offer on-line services

for free, and I check both each day to make sure there’s no unexplained

activity in them).

Steve

Rahn

L Tx

9/6 & 9/8 '85, Waiting for Re-Tx

The Senility

Prayer

God

grant me the senility to forget

the

people I never liked anyway,

the

good fortune to run into the ones that I do,

and

the eyesight to tell the difference "

OT-ebay

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I hope I haven't done a real dumb thing. I

signed on to ebay to sell

some items, I heard from different, second hand of

course, people who

are very successful at this and profitable with

this at home service.

I had to go for verification to a site that walked

me thru questions

to establish my credibility as a seller and real

person. Some of the

things they asked me were VISA # and expiration

date, SS#, drivers

license #, verify my car payment amount.

This questions kept coming

up slowly and each time my screen would tell me

this was a secure

site. What have I done and should I try and

undo? If so how, I tried

to get to a real person, customer service and Help

icon, but to no

avail. It only gave me Ex: Help= how to

sell, buy, etc. Ex: Customer

Service= a list of books that were for sale.

I did not sleep last

night worrying and we all have been told never to

give out these #'s.

They even asked for my bank and routing # to make

direct deposits for

anything I sell. There was a $5 fee that has

been charged to my

account and they say they bill me by email.

Whoa--have I opened a

can of worms or what?

Dee in Peoria, wife of Bob 60, uc,

ileo, psc

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[Guest guest]

Steve: By gollie we sure know who are the computer amatuers

and the pros. I am the first, scared silly by all you here.

I am not savy enough to pay on line accounts. My friends husband

passed away last year and he did all the on line banking, it was a

complete nightmare for her. The debits kept coming and the

credits stopped (pension, ss, etc.) it scare the beegeebies out

of me but I will call and see how I can at least check transactions on

checking and keep the balance low. Thanks so very much Dee

Dee,

My

oldest son has been selling and buying things on e-Bay for 5 years,

and hasn't yet had a problem. To reassure yourself, you should take

advantage of any electronic access to your bank account and credit

card, that you have available (both the bank where I have my checking

account, and the institution that issued my Visa Card, offer on-line

services for free, and I check both each day to make sure there's no

unexplained activity in them).

Steve Rahn

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