Friend keeps looking what I am buying...

hamaradam

My friend keeps looking what I am buying or watching on ebay and being as it was him who set up my computer he knows my ebay name I use. I'm getting really fed up of it, and he does it to all the circle of friends, he's been told about it as he looks at really personal stuff.

So could I have a second account? - as I look at stuff which he would probably want and I don't like him stalking what I'm doing! Is it possible to have a 2nd account? I don't want to change my original user name as its got great feedback. So I'd like to keep that but use a 2nd account with a different user name one for just some of the time.

dalepearson

just change your passwords to start with.

chivvy

Yes you can set up as many accounts as you like. You do have to have a separate email address for each account though.

hamaradam

Chivvy if I do that, then can I use the same credit card to set up my paypal for it then?

Nadia

hamaradam wrote:

I don't want to change my original user name as its got great feedback.

If you change your user name you do not lose your feedback. It is all transferred to the new id.

Have you talked to your "friend" telling him to stop what he is doing?? Maybe he doesn't know you don't like it. If you have told him to stop doing that but he still searches your bidding history then he is completely out of line :eek: .

Edit: I have just re-read your OP and found that he has already been told. I don't understand how he doesn't respect his friends' privacy.

hamaradam

Dale I did change my passwords, I don't know if he knows how to retreive it probably he does,but he said all he has to do is click on my user name to see what I'm watching or bidding on?

Nadia

hamaradam wrote:

Dale I did change my passwords, I don't know if he knows how to retreive it probably he does,but he said all he has to do is click on my user name to see what I'm watching or bidding on?

He doesn't need a password to see what you're bidding on. You can see what anyone has bid on by using advanced search and putting in the bidder's id.

frivolous_fay

Once you had your new account up and running, you could merge your old one with it - keeping your feedback but hopefully preserving your anonimity. (sp?)

mad_bad_spender

I'd make the joke on him by setting up some dodgy auctions on a new id and "buy" a few dodgy items. Get some other mates at it also. Or better still put HIM up for sale! Just a picture offering him for sex or the like. You'll know when he sees it. Just tell him its payback for being a nosy !!!!!!.

juno

You can see when people have changed their name, and still search for their old name.

You can have a 2nd account, as long as you use a different email address and don't bid on any items you're selling

zorber

dalepearson wrote:

just change your passwords to start with.

That will not stop him looking at what you have bought or bid on!!!