eBay

neilonlyneil · ‎01-07-2012

I have been looking at buying a brand of sunglasses.

I've noticed that the brand I am looking at buying is being sold via a seller who appears to have a number of different eBay accounts.

The advertisements are all exactly the same in appearance and wording, the accounts are all in Melbourne, but they're all fairly recent accounts with feedback of 20 or less or thereabouts. There's lots of them so it can't be a situation where one person has copied another's listing. The photographs are even the same in layout despite the sunglasses being different designs.

I cannot think of a reason anyone would do that.

Is there a motive I am not aware of? Do I need to be wary of buying from one of these sellers?

koalablue12 · ‎02-07-2012

:^O :^O :^O :^O :^O :^O

don't take life too seriously.......it's not permanent

annies_fancy_dress · ‎03-07-2012

What's with TOONGABBBIE koalablue?

I post there though I'm "in" the next suburb.

Toonie has the best P.O. 🙂

but no Fruit/vege shop anymore 😞

letscleanupmycupboards · ‎14-11-2017

What about multiple sellers using the one PayPal account? Dealt with several sellers from different areas in Europe and it always comes up with the same PayPal email address even though they don't seem to be associated with each other as sellers (different terms pricing and postage for the same types of items.

lyndal1838 · ‎14-11-2017

FIVE YEARS Cupboards..................you should knowbetter by now.

Just to set your mind at rest.....you can link up to 8 ebay accounts to the same paypal account.

The sellers must be associated in some way.....just because they are in different areas does not mean they are not connected.

letscleanupmycupboards · ‎14-11-2017

Lyndal I do know better. I just wanted to dredge up the oldest post I could find and comment on it.

Been a very stressful day today and caffeine is broken.

digital*ghost · ‎14-11-2017

@letscleanupmycupboards wrote:
What about multiple sellers using the one PayPal account? Dealt with several sellers from different areas in Europe and it always comes up with the same PayPal email address even though they don't seem to be associated with each other as sellers (different terms pricing and postage for the same types of items.

I know there was a big thing elsewhere a while back where PayPal ceased services in one European country as they couldn't reach a resolution with some financial body over there, which then left hundreds, probably thousands, of sellers on the site in question with no way to receive payment for their goods.

I am pretty sure that a solution such as a PayPal account registered in a country where it is acceptable, possibly being used by multiple sellers, was one of the options discussed on their forums. It's possible it could be a service provided by someone, anyway, if access to a PayPal account is not possible, they may just transfer funds over to individual bank accounts.