Been buying and selling on there since 2009, 100% positive feedback, top-rated seller etc.
Last night a buyer bid, won and paid £65 + postage for the set of guitar pickups I had listed. I get the "you got paid" email and 10 minutes later, another email stating:
You need to update some details on your account. You may have received this email for a variety of reasons. For example, you may have started to sell more than before or enrolled in a new service.
You won’t receive payouts or be able to use some eBay services until you verify your account information. We understand that this is frustrating, but this process helps us keep our marketplace safe. We appreciate your cooperation.
Please make sure you update your account info by 03 Jul, 2024 to release your held payments and avoid further restriction. Once you’ve made the requested updates, we’ll verify your info, and you’ll be good to go.
Thanks for being part of the eBay community.
Fair enough I thought, sounds a bit like coercion by fake security scaremongering but I'll play, and clicked on the "Update account info" link. This took me to a page requesting my full name as it appears on official government documentation, my date of birth and a choice of either my passport, driver's licence or some other official government ID complete with photograph.
This is that online junk shop eBay remember, not my bank - which incidentally has never asked for any such thing. I mean who do those bottom-feeding, parasitic, money for other people's mould and mildew merchants think they are?
Nope. Account closure initiated, app deleted and good riddance.