Resetting passwords - the merry-go-round ride

[lurker172602]

After being locked out i.e., not able to sign in, and trying to jump thru all the hoops re non appearing emails and phone numbers no longer connected it has just become easier to register a new, all be it very similar, posting id.

So this is the new improved lurker 🙂 . Hi everyone! 🙂

[purple_haize]

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@lurker172602 wrote:
Because although I tried several times to reset, the email never came thru to my hotmail address, and the phone number I had registered with years ago no longer exists. Then this morning I discovered that you can't sign in at all until the reset is done so I couldn't do anything. I tried asking customer support (using my buying id, which I had managed to change thankfully) but they couldn't seem to do anything.

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Oh, okay, I guess they think everyone should have changed theirs by now................on the other hand it took ebay long enough to tell us their was a problem.

I changed mine when they first mentioned it, had a bit of trouble, but sorted it out quickly.

[purple_haize]

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@lurker172602 wrote:
I hope not joono, but I now have absolutely no way of knowing. At least it was only my posting id, not the buying one with PayPal etc attached. And only a random hotmail address which won't get them anything either. It would be a different story if it was my buying id. I'd be making more of a fuss.

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I use this ID to buy, but I have another password for paypal.

[joz*garage]

 It won't let me sign in at all, saying I need to reset my password before proceeding

yeah just read that it happens to you also lurker

in future my advice is to just sign-in to "my ebay" first

(thank me later)

[imastawka]

I forget, did the old lurker have the numbers in the id?

[lurker172602]

I will joz, when it works 🙂 I just tried that way in but no joy 😞

[lurker172602]

Yep

Old = lurker17260
New = lurker172602

[lurker172602]

I'm giving in for today. Of to cook dinner and watch some mind numbing telle for a while. I'll try again tomorrow.

[imastawka]

Well then, sorry..  Completely confused the heck outta myself

Sorry again.  Mi scusi          

[cherry*135]

I don't think there is anything suss about the emails from ebay requesting members to change their password.

I only got the first one yesterday. I requested an email first and that came through straight away. I left it to long and it expired.

I then requested a pin to my mobile, received a a 4 numbered one, entered it correctly and it said it was wrong! So did it again, password was changed and I could log in with new one.

Today i have requested an email for another ID and it has not come through yet. Will go the pin number instead now.

Can't sign in any accounts until I change my passwords, since last evening.

[imastawka]

The pin # is only good for 24 hours they told me