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on 26-07-2012 12:16 PM
Due to family reasons, I would like to change my user id. I know that f I do that my current feedback % etc shall carry over but is there a way that I can still have this and NOT have my current user id shown up under a search? also if I change my id, does it automatically change at paypal or do I have to do that one seperately? Thanks in advance for any replies.
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26-07-2012
03:25 PM
There isn't really any way of just "vanishing" like you want to do. For one reason, it'd make a massive loophole for scammers!
The only way of doing it is to "rest" your current ID for a long time, opening a new one in the meantime. Then change the ID sometime in the future. The hope here is that the "searchers" will give up checking after while, and you will get outside the 30-day window where searching for one ID leads to another.
In many ways a fresh ID is the easiest, but of course you lose all existing feedback.
As for paypal, there is no need to do anything on the Paypal website...
A) as a buyer, you just nominate your existing Paypal ID when you make your first purchase. Thereafter it should be saved and come up as the default.
B) as a seller, you just nominate your existing Paypal ID as the payment recipient in your new listings.
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