Except in cases of identity theft:

If eBay required a credit card for any account and used the AVS verification, nobody could get through without their address being confirmed as the billing address for their credit card. While it would not be effective in the case of stolen credit card numbers, the user could be required to give the three-digit number from the back of the card for verification that they have the card in hand.

This still wouldn't stop the identity theft people, but I think it would cut down tremendously on the fake accounts.

If eBay would go further and mail a login key device to the address given and require it be used rather than just a regular login, that would also help a lot. Thieves could not log in if they gave the address of the owner of the credit card to get verified at registration, and credit card owners would be alerted to the fact that someone is using their information.

I'm going to copy/paste this to Tiptie's thread.

To start selling they do still require a credit card but that seems to be only to have a way to charge their fees. It is way too easy to create accounts with false information and credit cards and set up shop to defraud users. Since you used your dad's credit card, I suspect that you could have also used a stolen one and they don't validate it to be a person who can be held responsible for his activities on the site. Once you have set up your seller account, eBay does not validate when you log in that you are who you say you are.

If a scammer creates a fake account or if he gets your eBay ID and password, he can hijack your account or simply log in to his fake account to post thousands of fraudulent auctions filled with phishing links and malicious code. EBay doesn't validate that the login came from East Slobovia instead of your valid home IP (which should be a big red flag) and seems to just posts listings without even a cursory scanning for fraudulent links and code.

I vote NO, on this idea to hide the ID of bidders. Just like the crap using Bidder 1, Bidder 2 , ect. This helps hide the crooks on E-Bay. It makes it impossible for the Honest E-Bay bidders to help police E-Bay. It only helps CROOKED Bidders, and sellers to hide, and Helps E-Bay's Profit. I have bought high dollar items many times. No one is hideing in the bushes to steal it from the US postal service, Fedx, or UPS ect.

If he only has 6 feedback does that mean he only gets 10 posts per day?

BMAS #43

Life is reality without an eraser!

Paranoia strikes deep...

Places to go
Things to do
Sights to see
People to annoy...

BMAS #24

Wow!*&!!!! what are you an ebay employee?? Certainly got your goat didnt I. Wow, it would be totally impossible for anyone with a reason to profit from something like this... to take advantage of it!, No way in your perfect world. I am suggesting that you pull your head out and stop defending. Me thinks She doth protest too much.

Whoa, Nelly..It's that time of the month for me too!

Watch out all you freethinking folk, be sure you dont ask questions, or question authority or anything. Especially with Golden Goose here, she really protects her own with a vengeance.
What do you have a problem with? The mere thought? The audacity? The raised eyebrow? Or just the whole inconcievable notion of greed being universal and all encompassing, in everything ebay does, and taking extreme precedence in every decision made. For our safety and security of course.
Why are you making a scene though? Does it scare you to hear my legitimate concerns? Or just the fact that I made it in a public forum for any and all to see. Do I think I wont be a target now for the ebay suspension team hit squad? Well I have always worn out my welcome with random precision. What is your main offense to my comments made here, me raising a topic, or suggesting that R friend -ebay, (and I spell it that way on purpose,) only cares about its own interests!? Oh my god!how absurd! What a zany, gosh darn diddly ass notion that is!.... Impossible! Inconceivable.
Get real lady. Mother goose, or E-Bayonette... Whoever you are. Gee wally Who's side are you on? DUH its so hard to figure you out. At least your loyalty is as transparent as your very soul is as likely to be. Sorry if you take offense to that. That was simply a quote from someone called U*lying*** Not to worry I am sorry, I am sure your a really nice lady.
Hey! since it is my last day...anyone else Notice our buddy with only 6 transactions, Even Lying? our fearless experience d' leader (deleter) buyer experience extraordinaire? He has count em a token 6 whole FB! Hes our representing **** whos been a member since, like, yesterday, who is the "leader" of the buyer experience team,!
(-To Me) its kind of funny how his name,- when pronounced literally... is Even Lying. Or, -even better, elying.
Is he your boss?
Even Lying -Buyer Experience director of whatever lie being spun. Fun E
Its almost as good as having our National war department General on television.. (who we never heard of before...) on television and broadcasting to the world... a person we are expected to just trust, and take his word for it.... even though he comes from out of nowhere! and wearing a suit that doesnt seem to really fit him properly! and looks like hes wearing it for the first time ever!
HIS name, when literally pronounced is BetrayUS. Must be just a couple of good ole cosmic jokes, I guess.... that ole universe!!!
Just in case your all wondering (if I ever expect to be anything but something for ebay employees to throw darts at, on ebay, or work anywhere again.. ever,

especially not after these most traitorially aligned statements of concern,
Just so you know, and FYI...I will be returning to my 3 weeks out of the month self, shortly. I will undoubtedly see much less conspiracy theory in everything then.
So rebuttal babes, -No need to go postal, medieval or spaz out. It was just something I thought would be obvious, perhaps to others, who see the possibility like like I do, with this new enhanced system of B.S.
May have less inclination for confrontation or their own personal financial demise, than do I. Perhaps I am not the only one thinking what Im thinking. Or, in other words, for those of you who have a more enhance sense of self preservation, requires that they think it, but remain silent. Rock On! Obvious, that this COULD, might, lend the possiblily to? maybe in the real world happen, like it is obvious to me. (The potential POSSIBILITY.) I am with you and stand beside you.
Yeah, I understand how my bid is raised, I am not in need of a diversionary tactically obtuse distraction from the point, lesson. What I know to be/ is more important to me, though, is by who, or whom is the raising / bidding agianst me, being done? Know thy enemy. With the no transparency "enhancement", who the enemy of my enemy is, cant be my freind! I want to know the thing bidding against me is a real person, not an entity. Person, entity, thing, ... apparently you already know... otherwise why the hostility? Got a few little greedy grabber hatchlings of ebays nesting beneath you?
Yeah I have had enough of ebay and expect the worst now, that I have spoken out re: the truth as no one wants to see it, or the balls enough to admit it. OUT LOUD.
So, "If your not paranoid,... your not paranoid ENOUGH!"
P.s. This is just a catch phrase from the X- files...

OVER AND OUT Y"ALL.
For me, this Game is over, Im done. Unless thee out there, are over whelmed with reality check, and overcome with bravery, perhaps unsophisticated enough to be unafraid of revolutionary action, You go first but Ill be right behind you. I will fight the good fight, just dont want to stand alone against a Goliath.
Got a problem with that?.... Gobbler? Speak up, N FREAK OUT some more.
True comedy still exists. Dont ever change...

ps to actually have your idiot opinion count, here try doing us all a favor and get some selling experience first. Then you will begin t understand, comprehend you idiot *** my middle finger to you.