a few months ago i sold an item to a guy (sega genesis controllers) that worked but had damaged wires. i SAID they were broken in the item description, it is clear as crystal. he got mad and left negative feedback. i was unhappy with it so i tried to ask him what i could do to make it up to him, maybe a partial refund or etc, as i have had SEVERAL sellers offer me. He called it a bribe, reported me to ebay, claimed the controllers didn’t work through a paypal dispute and won. i wanted to try and make amends, or whatever, so i offered to buy one of his items on ebay, he said do whatever you want, so i did. he then reported me as a malicious buyer with an intent to disrupt his listing REGARDLESS of me paying for the item 3 separate times after he kept giving me a refund with no explanation why. ebay suspended me 3 days for this. 2 days later ebay suspends me AGAIN on the same charge of intent to disrupt and how i am suspended "indefinitely" aka FOR LIFE. they said it is because someone i knew bid on one of his items and also got suspended for "malicious bidding with the intent to disrupt" so through association i either had 2 accounts or i had a conspiracy against this guy. after the dust settled i found that the other user is my GIRLFRIEND who acted on her OWN FREE WILL to bid on and purchase this guys item. i NEVER encouraged, promoted or in ANY way prompted her to do this. she TOO paid for the item, and because we BOTH live on the same college campus he refunded her and reported her. to ME this sounds like ebay made a HUGE assumtion and have NO proof at ALL that i had asked her to do anything of the sort. furthermore she was buying this game from this guy NOT to be malicious, but as a present for an exchange student friend of hers. his listing was for a japanese game for PS3. he had the ONLY copy in the U.S. and the CHEAPEST copy available, therefore that is why she purchased the item. eBay INSTANTLY makes a rash judgement in assuming 1)she had malicious intent 2)i was associating with her to be malicious or had encouraged her to do so. the only tie that her account and my account have is her PAYPAL account has paid for a few items i won, or i had items i won shipped to her address (and perhaps vice versa) this is such a HUGE accusation without ANY proof that i had ANYTHING to do with her bidding/buying from this guy and a even larger assumtion i told her to do it.

i admit that i was wrong in what i did, i should have just left him alone, not bid on his item. i got my 3 day suspension as my punishment, and i learned my lesson. but to be suspended INDEFINATLY for the actions of other individuals seems like a bunch of crap. thats like saying i were to slap someone in the face and get in trouble for it (battery), then ANYONE associated with me goes to the same person and raises there hand to shake his and gets charged with battery, then I GET CHARGED with a 2nd battery charge through association. total CRAP..

i want my ebay account UN-SUSPENDED, and if possible i want damages for this BULLSH!T. so, who do i turn to, and how much would it cost, and if you are a lawyer and think you can help me, how much do you think we could get out of this BS, if applicable?
I HAVE appealed 3 times. they associate me with my gf’s account and REFUSE to budge. is is entirely unfair to hold my troubles with this guy against her, and hold her purchase from him against me. they have no PROOF i told her to do it, we have BOTH pleaded our cases but they will NOT overturn it, they said i can re-appeal in 6 months but they feel it is VERY unlikely that it would do any good. i shouldn’t have to wait that long anyways. and even if they DO hold it against me, is there not a general 3 strike rule, suspending me forever from ever using ebay again for some other guy wanting to cause troubles seems entirely unruly! its like if a kid eats his cereal with a fork, and the parent SLAPPING the kids hand and refusing to feed them EVER again
it does sound a bit co-incidence, i know. but it is the truth. regardless if i did mention it to her, i NEVER gave her any indication that she should buy from him, or have anything to do with it. at the time i didnt know she had done ANYTHING until ebay suspended me the 2nd time.