Man oh Man...I'm getting SOOOOO tired of Ebay constantly asking me to verify who I am. I literally have 6 computers at home and 3 or 4 at work and at any given time I could log into ebay from any of those and this seems to piss ebay off. In June I attended Microsoft TechEd in New Orleans and OH MY GOD did ebay AND paypal go nuts that I dared log into my account from a different city. Both services locked my account until I could prove by sending them copies of my passport and answering a multitude of security questions, that I was who I was. THEN, I get back to Canada and log in again and voila! all the same security flags go up and my accounts are locked out again.

I get the whole security thing. I work for a federal government national security department. But seriously I find it's getting to the point where I don't want to use ebay much anymore. Anyone else experience this level of scrutiny? Maybe it's like Customs...once you raise a flag, you're flagged for life.

 

Usually eBay asked for password if I switch gadget and/or not logging more than 2 days. However I never encountered your experience of account getting locked. I accessed it from outside Indonesia few times lately (in Saudia & Europe) without problem.

 

It's no secret that I'm not a fan of eBay, but for different reasons. Sadly it's the largest market for vintage watches (and many items) so they have you over a barrel - and they know that and IMO exploit it.

 

hmmmm

 

Do you log in from work on your low/unclass side? do you use your work email? are you sure they are all legitimate, and not actually a phishing attach from [insert foreign state here]? perhaps it is worth reporting them to your IT Security Advisor?

 

Ummm, calling Mr. Snowden...

 

I have a VPN connection and log into ebay from different countries daily. I have to re-enter my password, usually. Paypal and your bank should be a lot more finicky than Ebay, not the other way around.