Blocked on Ebay...and unable to reach a living human on the phone

[Philadelphia Shamrocks]

Anyone have a functional phone number for Ebay customer service? I call to talk to someone and they say that unless this is for fraud, they no can talk. Beyond frustrating at this point. The numbers I've been calling...866-961-9253 and 866-540-3229 are a no go.

So my sad story begins a few days ago when I went to submit a bid for a nice looking vintage football card, then lo and behold I received a very brief notice on my screen that my bid could not be accepted by the Ebay. No email, no warning, no nothing...just an unreadable notice and a bid that didn't go through. Turns out that my account was blocked after Ebay cancelled two of my winnings with a seller in Canada. The seller was allowing me to add additional winnings so he could ship all the items together. Well Eatbay crashed the party and wouldn't allow anymore of this nonsense to continue. Now I can't even reach a live person at Ebay, and I'm stuck in Ebay jail.

Now the Ebay police are demanding that buyers pay for winnings in five days or the sale will be cancelled. They just want to create more transactions, more fees for sellers, and more profits. I really wish someone would create an auction service for sports cards and memorabilia devoid of the Ebay corporate numb knuckles. Rant Over.