ebay sign-in being difficult (2023 Update)

[Chris Hogg]

Just tried signing in to Ebay to place a bid on something I've been watching for a few days. It thinks I'm signing in from a different computer (which I'm not) and it's asking me to confirm my identity by calling a number and giving them a code. It's not done that before. So I dial the number, 2086-100157 (not sure about the hyphen, no hyphen on my keypad, so I ignore it) and I get a voice repeating 'sorry, you've not been given access to that service'. So I can't get in! WTF?

[Chris Hogg]

OK as you were! I eventually tried putting a zero in front of the 2, and it worked OK then. Now why couldn't they have said that? Pah!

[Brian Gaff]

This is all to do with security. The problem is most of these dweebs do not come from the UK, so do not know the number conventions. Brian

[Peter Burke]

Chris Hogg [e-mail] wrote in news: [e-mail]:

I think I just left it 5 mins, cleared cookies and it let me straight back in. Either that or there was a verification by email option, I forget which.

[Cursitor Doom]

AFAICS there's only one 'option' you can select, and that's to have a one-time code sent to your mobile phone. That didn't suit me, so I complained, stating that if we had to have an additional verification, I should be able to use my home phone (which is more secure) instead. Nothing doing, I was informed! Wankers.

[Hugh]

Strange. eBay keeps asking me if I'm a robot. This seems to be a robot asking me if I'm a robot. I've tried changing my password, obviously it doesn't work and asks me to call the ridiculous number 2086-100157. How have eBay lost my password and history. Have I been scammed by the bloody russians?

[LINDA]

I tried that & it did not work for me grrr

[jackie]

I am also having this problem - eBay is annoying me