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Got the same thing with Ebay. I created an account. I attempted to sell a Linguistics textbook. I was immediately banned. They wouldn't tell me why. My account
by helpfulmandrill 4y ago
Got the same thing with Ebay. I created an account. I attempted to sell a Linguistics textbook. I was immediately banned. They wouldn't tell me why. My account will still let me BUY from ebay. But I'm not going to.
- kube-system 4y agoeBay is really aggressive with fraud prevention for sellers because there's a bunch of scammers making fake listings trying to make a quick buck and eBay will always reimburse the end customer. I know that if you share any address/payment method/IP address/etc with someone who previously flaked out as a seller, they'll ban your account. It sucks but I don't really know what they could do to improve it.
- helpfulmandrill 4y agoMaybe they could let me prove that I'm not the guy who used to live at my address. I could prove that really easily, they just don't care.
- FateOfNations 4y agoActual KYC so they don't base guilt on spurious associations based on dynamic IP or physical addresses that someone else might have used?
- kube-system 4y agoFair, although given their global reach and the relatively low value of most transactions there, it’s understandable why that isn’t an easy solution. Meaningful KYC as fraud prevention on eBay would probably practically result in them limiting service to a handful of countries. Global banks don’t find it financially worthwhile to serve the entire world with KYC for customers with millions of dollars of deposits.