Ebay Account Suspended Indefinitely For No Reason?

Alesha Peterson
3 min readMay 21, 2020

This pandemic is bringing out the worst in people. The cost of following stationary is making me think I should have never signed up.

Decide for yourself below if I’m a bad Ebay user.

I signed up for an Ebay account January 2020 to save two stationary items.

  • I haven’t sold or bought anything on there.
  • No VPNs
  • No stock photos
  • No one else in my household has an Ebay account. (Unless my dog has signed up for one, lol).

Am I the worst Ebay user ever? Or the cheapest?

I logged on May 2020 to reset my password and this is what they sent me!

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After reviewing your eBay account, recent activity has raised serious security concerns. As a result, we’ve taken the following action on your account: - Your eBay account has been suspended indefinitely. - Item listings have been removed. A list of removed items is available further down in this email. You won’t be able to use eBay in any way. This includes using another existing account or registering a new account. Any outstanding selling fees are due immediately, and any amounts that you haven’t previously disputed will be charged to the billing method currently on file. Please note this decision cannot be appealed. We’ve taken this precaution to protect our members while we make sure that the activity doesn’t cause harm -- however unintentionally -- to the eBay community. We appreciate your understanding. Thanks, eBay

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I reached out to them asking if someone with my same name did something?

I was on the email list and appreciated the updates.

I explained I haven’t been logged on at all for months.

I explained that the only action I did was save two stationary items.

They won’t tell me why my account got suspended or a way to solve it.

If letter writing and saving stationary items is a crime, I’m guilty as charged.

Ebay fans, experts, enthusiasts, users, sellers and everyone inbtwn. Can anyone explain why Ebay would suspend your account for no reason? I’ve heard plenty of stories of others getting suspended. Feel free to share if you are comfortable.

I really want my stationary to write letters with. It’s the main reason I signed up for Ebay, just to get two stationary items.

After a friend gets them for me I will limit my use of Ebay (or just compare Nintendo 64 game prices, yasss some old school gamers exist. I’m a 90’s kiddo).

I signed up for an Ebay account to get to know Ebay and eventually sell. I’m always exploring my options for multiple income streams.

Scenarios like this is the exact reason why I wait to do heavy duty business with a company. I want to know the good, the bad and the ugly.

I would hate to become a successful seller then they come up with a cray cray reason to hand me the boot.

I.E you farted on the computer, and the smell virtually to our offices.

How I cope? I had a life before Ebay and I will continue to live despite Ebay. Thank goodness I didn’t put my heart into it.

I don’t trust easily, or let my wall down easily and situations like this makes me thankful I don’t.

P.S. Besides Amazon, do you know any great websites to buy and sell on?

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Alesha Peterson

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