[mynameisvlad]

And you know this for a fact? Because you tried it out yourself? Right?

Somehow, even though you say they ban them, I was able to submit it and get a verification message. Funny how that works, when someone just parrots the same thing without actually trying it out.

Proof: https://imgur.com/a/75yKkFl

[ev1]

Yes. I had to close my eBay account last year. They would not take my Google Fi or non-voip.ms VOIP number. Using my VOIP number also immediately got my Twitter account banned before making a single post.

It's annoying as hell because I would very much like to sell a thing or two and don't have many platform choices.

> The process to close the account may take up to 30 days from this notice. eBay will send a message to the email address registered on file, confirming that the account has been closed and, unless on hold, restricted, or suspended, that data associated with the account has been deleted.

I am curious if it is because they care slightly less if it's a CA VOIP number, if it came from a decent pool of numbers, or something else. Or if they will lock you out later and force you to contact the "risk assessment" team and use this as a datapoint.

[mynameisvlad]

> I am curious if it is because they care slightly less if it's a CA VOIP number, if it came from a decent pool of numbers, or something else. Or if they will lock you out later and force you to contact the "risk assessment" team and use this as a datapoint.

Interestingly it's an old landline number that got ported over to voip.ms, so you'd expect that if it were trusted due to reputation, it'd also only be accepted as a landline. Yet the validation experience has no problem with it.

[ev1]

I think this might be related if it was a port. My numbers from Twilio and other services are all either Bandwidth or Onvoy or Peerless and refused (all of these are basically pure VOIP and have no reputation of landline or mobile).

[skrtskrt]

See my sibling comment about having a mobile number without a mobile phone