Booted off of Ebay

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Posted By: Darren

I have just received 4 nonpaying bidder strikes for items purchased on 7/28/08. I can't even contact the sellers to pay for the items.

I haven't heard anything else from Ebay other than the reason my accounts were booted is because they are linked to my old account anitquepaperstuff. I lost control of antiquepaperstuff in the days just prior to and months after Hurricane Katrina. One just has to look up Cut Off, Louisiana on a map for evidence. In addition to the catastrophe, our mail has to go through New Orleans for routing. Tons of mail were lost there. In addition the last thing on my mind was baseball cards, so I received 3 nonpaying bidder strikes and antiquepaperstuff was axed.

Sellers like Mike Wheat were a blessing. They forgave my transactions with them and said when I could count on them to be there when things settle. The wonderful thing is that I didn't have to ask. They notified me.

For one week prior and about one year after Katrina things were in turmoil down here. Mail was lost, backed up, destroyed, etc. We didn't have electricity for one week. Homes and buildings were damaged and destroyed. I spent the time providing free care at our small local hospital for New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish refugees. There is plenty more to that story.

Later on, about a year later I tried to reinstate, but Ebay customer support told me it would be easier to just close the antiquepaperstuff account and start a new one.

After over a year with djdcmo and 1100+ transactions and not one hit against the account (there was one retaliatory negative), and 7 or so months with perfect taicobbsalad, I get axed without a reason.

I did not intend to make excuses why antiquepaperstuff was suspended. If Ebay says that I'm(taicobbsalad and djdcmo) suspended because of the suspension of antiquepaperstuff to hell with them.