Re: ebay sign-in being difficult

Brian Gaff

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Jul 27, 2022, 6:26:28 AM7/27/22

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This is all to do with security. The problem is most of these dweebs do not
come from the UK, so do not know the number conventions.
Brian

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"Chris Hogg" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 07:54:34 +0100, Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
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>>Just tried signing in to Ebay to place a bid on something I've been
>>watching for a few days. It thinks I'm signing in from a different
>>computer (which I'm not) and it's asking me to confirm my identity by
>>calling a number and giving them a code. It's not done that before. So
>>I dial the number, 2086-100157 (not sure about the hyphen, no hyphen
>>on my keypad, so I ignore it) and I get a voice repeating 'sorry,
>>you've not been given access to that service'. So I can't get in! WTF?
>
> OK as you were! I eventually tried putting a zero in front of the 2,
> and it worked OK then. Now why couldn't they have said that? Pah!
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Peter Burke

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Jul 27, 2022, 7:46:35 AM7/27/22

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Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote in

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> On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 07:54:34 +0100, Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>Just tried signing in to Ebay to place a bid on something I've been
>>watching for a few days. It thinks I'm signing in from a different
>>computer (which I'm not) and it's asking me to confirm my identity by
>>calling a number and giving them a code. It's not done that before. So
>>I dial the number, 2086-100157 (not sure about the hyphen, no hyphen
>>on my keypad, so I ignore it) and I get a voice repeating 'sorry,
>>you've not been given access to that service'. So I can't get in! WTF?
>
> OK as you were! I eventually tried putting a zero in front of the 2,
> and it worked OK then. Now why couldn't they have said that? Pah!
>

I think I just left it 5 mins, cleared cookies and it let me straight back
in. Either that or there was a verification by email option, I forget
which.

Cursitor Doom

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Jul 29, 2022, 5:59:09 PM7/29/22

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AFAICS there's only one 'option' you can select, and that's to have a
one-time code sent to your mobile phone. That didn't suit me, so I
complained, stating that if we had to have an additional verification,
I should be able to use my home phone (which is more secure) instead.
Nothing doing, I was informed! Wankers.

Hugh

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Feb 25, 2023, 5:33:03 AM2/25/23

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Strange. eBay keeps asking me if I'm a robot. This seems to be a robot asking me if I'm a robot.
I've tried changing my password, obviously it doesn't work and asks me to call the ridiculous number 2086-100157. How have eBay lost my password and history. Have I been scammed by the bloody russians?

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LINDA

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Mar 21, 2023, 4:15:07 PM3/21/23

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I tried that & it did not work for me grrr

jackie

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Apr 16, 2023, 11:45:07 AM4/16/23

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I am also having this problem - eBay is annoying me