im 16, my ebay account has been suspended and it has affected other accounts. surely this is all void?

Question

ok, im 16, i signed up for an ebay account about a year ago, all was ticking along nicely then they banned me for selling gba rom carts, claiming they are illeagal, which they are not as i bought them myself from a legit shop.

in order to use ebay you sign up to their terms, but this means saying you are 18, which i did, but im not. therefore is the contract not void?

i ask as today an account belonging to a family member at the same address has been suspended, as the house address links it to the other account. if i write to them telling them im not 16, and am in no way connected to the other account, which is completly true, then surely they will have to release the other account, and destroy evidence of the voided account as it never should have exsisted?

thanks, tell me if this is confusing.

hangarrat - im 16, im ENGLISH so i can smoke as much as i damn well like with a normal id!

Second off, i was selling gba rom carts, which allow you to make your own games on a computer and play them on a game boy. thats hardly doing bad by the games creators, as its likely to be you.

3rd and finally, the point about the legality held over the account and the obligations of parents, i head. so thanks for that. it 'dose' it for me, as you might say.

Answer 1

Hard to believe they just suspended your a/c without warning you & then cancelling your auctions & then warning you again first .. did you have a lot of Negative Feedback ?..

Lots of people have multiple eBay accounts .. they do this so that :-
1) They can keep different types of merchandise separate eg. cosmetics & computers
2) They keep their feedback ratings low so they can avoid the attentions of the Tax Man..

eBay know this, so they regard all accounts at the same house address or using the same Credit Card or the same computer as being the same person ..

Both you & the other familiy member can appeal, however ebay is not know for it's speed of resolving problems (Google 'ebay sucks')

Answer 2

First of all, you're starting out young in your life of crime.
Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time.

Second, your crime, is also the crime of your parents. They are responsible for everything you do, until you are of legal age.

You're lucky the feds didn't drop in.

If you "copied" the merchandise, and sold the copies, legit purchase or not, that is pirating. Sell the originals if you want, buy them on sale, and sell whatever. But copies rob the author of the very purpose for which the item was generated for, their livelyhood.

What is done is done. Don't blame E-Bay, I have many friends who wheel and deal daily there, and it is an excellent way to sell a product or old junk out of the basement.

You have abused a very valuable tool, and now you have to pay the piper.

Sorry dose not cut it. Guys like you cause the rest of us serious collateral damage, and eventually the average E-bay shopper will loose trust in the system.

The internet is a blessing, and a curse. Too many scammers and shysters using it. We'll all loose when the feds slap constraints on the electronic freedoms we now enjoy.

BUCK_UP and take it like a man...and throw away that fake ID, smoking is not healthy....

Answer 3

1. You lied, any fault with regards to your lying about your age, is with you, not eBay.

2. You violated eBay's terms of service.

3. Normally, a contact has a non-severability clause in it, which means if someone violates one clause of the contract, the rest of the contract remains in force.

4. Your legal guardians may be held responsible for any contract breakage or illegal actions performed by you on eBay.

5. If are emancipated, that means you are treated like an adult, not a minor, in legal matters.

6. The issue with the other family member may or may not be related to your actions, you would have to contact eBay to find out. Most like they will not even talk to you about it, but only to the other family member.

Answer 4

That's what you get for lying about your age.