I share an ebay account with a friend. And apparently he was shill bidding. The account was under my name so he doesn’t care much about the suspension or the outcome of the situation. So I was suspended for 30 days. It says you can appeal after that time, but after reading a few peoples’ blogs, they seem to be under the impression that their account will automatically recover with the appeal. I was wondering which is the case. Also within the 30 day period, I tried to create a new account and got caught. After being caught, do I still have the possibility of recovering my account or am I forever banned? After being caught, I received no email whatsoever so I am thinking that perhaps there was no consequence. Please help answer my two questions. 1) Will the account automatically recover? & 2) Do I still have the possibility of recovering my account even after getting caught for trying to create a new one? Any help please. Thanks

Please excuse this long explanation. I am an eBay seller who bought something in early July from a man across the country. I’ve twice bought from him over a period of four years. EBay has now decided I am a shill bidder for him. They deleted all my listings! Since I’m a Power Seller, I called the power seller suppoort phone number thinking it could be easily solved. WROMG! They can’t help, "because it’s a trust and safety issue." No phone calls to the T&S department–just email. A reply takes 36-72 hours! I can’t believe they cancelled my listings without asking me first for an explanation. The listings they deleted didn’t even show in my unsold item folder, so all the work has to be repeated. According to their suspension notice, I am permitted to do fixed price listings but not auction style listings for a period of two weeks. Has this happened to anyone else? What can I do? Thanks so much!!
No. The person is not a family member, and no to the unpaid item scheme. This entire situation is unbelievable–the fact that they did it, and that they have no immediate remedy.