posted on June 5, 2001 10:12:21 AM
I just have a kind of strange question ~ our church is doing a fundraiser that includes selling on eBay and we'd like it to be a name that all the congregation can look up and bid on if they want to. Our name is Macleay Christian Retreat, so the most obvious name would be MACLEAY. I looked it up on eBay and that name IS in use with 3 positive feedbacks, but that last one was December of 98. So there has been no activity since. Does eBay ever cancel an ID and let someone else claim it after a certain length of time? I'd like to hear anyone's input on this!
[ edited by rachelsmom on Jun 5, 2001 10:13 AM ]
posted on June 5, 2001 10:17:24 AM
As far as I know they don't, but why not use something like Macleay1 or MacleayCR or something like that. Still pretty easy for church members to remember and one of them might be available.
Good luck anyway!
posted on June 5, 2001 10:53:43 AM
I emailed the person and asked for and got them to give it to me!!
All they need to do is change the info and email address.
Given your situation I think it is worth a shot.
posted on June 5, 2001 11:34:56 AM
Thankyou so much for the suggestion zeenza! I emailed him so we'll see ~ hopefully the email address is still current in eBay's system. =)
posted on June 5, 2001 11:35:16 AM
Tread a hair lightly here. I vaguely recall some recent ebay pronouncements regarding the "selling" or transferring of IDs. Seems to me, they have now restricted the use of doing so.
Might want to check the latest pronouncements from the ebay mount on this.
posted on June 5, 2001 01:00:00 PM
If the person gives up the id, you have to wait 30 days before you can take it.
I tried emailing someone who had an "inactive" account with an id I wanted. The email bounced as an invalid email. I sent it to safeharbor, and they naru'd the account, but still wouldn't let me have the id.
posted on June 5, 2001 03:17:18 PM
It's really a shame they keep all those "dead" IDs around. I have been thinking of changing my ID but many of the ones I want are taken by accounts that don't seem to have been active in ages with 0 or 1 feedback. I think capotsto is right on. There must be hundreds of thousands of inactive accounts inflating ebays stats.
