Oldest eBay account?

[Mike C]

I figure people with eBay accounts are rare around here... but perhaps a couple SD'ers have one :D. I just noticed that my account is almost 13 years old ( Sept' 12, 1997, craftyhack is my tag: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=craftyhack&ftab=AllFeedback ). For no reason other than curiosity I Googled to see what the oldest one was, and didn't have any hits... so figured I would post here.

BTW, as you can see Iin my feedback I don't really use SD or eBay for flipping if anyone chooses to flame(well maybe once or twice :D), nor do I give a damn if any other SD'er flips... we live in a free market... make your living how you can, doesn't mean anything to me :shake:... I really am just curious what the oldest one out there is... eBay was founded in 1995... anyone with a birth year account?

[Zoe Moon]

My account is 11 years old.

[chimp_star]

my account is 8 years old

[sdtacos250]

10 years

[Autumn]

12 years I think

[PhoenixFP]

My uncle's used eBay for a god awful amount of time.

My dad's been on eBay since January 09- we got the "1 year anniversary" email about a month ago.

Me? A few months. At least since October 09, but probably more like August 09.

[Mike C]

My uncle's used eBay for a god awful amount of time.

My dad's been on eBay since January 09- we got the "1 year anniversary" email about a month ago.

Me? A few months. At least since October 09, but probably more like August 09.

Anniversery email? Wow, never got one of those, WTF..

[PhoenixFP]

Anniversery email? Wow, never got one of those, WTF..

Well, back when you joined, eBay wasn't expecting you to last a year I'm sure :P.

[Autumn]

Anniversery email? Wow, never got one of those, WTF..
I vaguely remember them sending those out for each year you were on.I think they added a star or a symbol or something. I don't really remember.

[PhoenixFP]

Hmm, I'd post a copy but it seems to have been removed from our e-mail.

Oh well.

[Me]

11 .

[Lloyd.]

just months old. i got my old account closed because i refused to pay seller fees :nono2:

[LOLWUT]

I don't have my own account at the moment(using a friend's account), but my dad's account is almost 11 years old.

[marg_fan]

Anniversery email? Wow, never got one of those, WTF..

I've never received an anniversary email. However I did receive a 5 year anniversary card from them.

Member since October 31st, 1998. Current feedback (413) @ 100%. Never sold a thing there.

[MikeBear]

November 24th, 1997 is my Ebay anniversary date. Boy, how they have changed over those 13 years...

http://www.loosewireblog.com/2006/12/dud_of_the_week.html

[w3kn]

Sometime in 1999, so about 11 years.

[newjerseygirl]

March 3, 1999 is my oldest w/rating of 772. Had to stop using & open another. Had an ex-friend in town who was stalking my purchases, etc.

& created a new one

June 8, 2005 w/rating 172 (100%)

[Count_Chocula]

i'll look it up the next time I sign on there

[Autumn]

March 3, 1999 is my oldest w/rating of 772. Had to stop using & open another. Had an ex-friend in town who was stalking my purchases, etc.

& created a new one

June 8, 2005 w/rating 172 (100%)
You can merge the two accounts if you want into one. That way you'd have all your feedback under the name you want. At least you used to be able to do that.

[abeo]

13 years

[emelvee]

December 9, 1998

[Scampsters]

Never made an account on there.

[sirens]

about 4 years..

[afx]

My account was created when they were Dbay

[benjie]

8 years. I wasn't old enough before then.

But I was a platinum powerseller for a decent chunk of that. That's gotta count for something. Stopped cold when they changed the rules to screw sellers a year or two ago.

[jeepdog]

nov 10, 1998

[wuzzy]

I made my ebay account when I was 13. Been using ebay since 12.

[zmarko]

i'll look it up the next time I sign on there

I don't even remember my goddamn password for that freakin' place. :lol:

[Zoe Moon]

Sometime in 1999, so about 11 years. If you click on your feedback profile, it will give the exact day and month.

[iflabs]

2003 and deactivated because of non-payment of fees.

[vec]

September 3, 1995

[Zoe Moon]

September 3, 1995 You're the one who bought the broken laser pointer, aren't you.


Sometime before September, 1995, 28-year-old software developer Pierre Omidyar, who had previously worked with Claris developing software for Apple computers, sat down to write the code that would eventually evolve into what we know as eBay today.



Originally called AuctionWeb and hosted on the same server as Pierre's page about the ebola virus, the site began with the listing of a single broken laser pointer. Though Pierre had intended the listing to be a test more than a serious offer to sell at auction, he was shocked when the item sold for $14.83. Pierre knew that he'd created something big as soon as he contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the pointer was broken.



"I'm a collector of broken laser pointers," came the reply.


http://ebay.about.com/od/ebaylifestyle/a/el_history.htm

[vec]

You're the one who bought the broken laser pointer, aren't you.



http://ebay.about.com/od/ebaylifestyle/a/el_history.htm

Is it really that strange to collect broken laser pointers? Nobody makes fun of the guy that collect stamps.....but they all laugh at me. :sadwalk:

[maxxdragon]

10 years in May.

[Zoe Moon]

Is it really that strange to collect broken laser pointers? Nobody makes fun of the guy that collect stamps.....but they all laugh at me. :sadwalk: :comfort:

It was probably also the first eBay scam.

Step 1: Buy broken laser pointer on eBay
Step 2: Buy new laser pointer at Worst Buy (sorry, I keep trying to type the first B but my brain won't let me)
Step 3: Return broken laser pointer in box to Worst Buy for an exchange
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Profit!

[PhoenixFP]

Member since: Jun-24-09 in United States

Wow. Even I am shocked it's been that long.

[mystery250]

Member since: Aug-06-03

[Jengo]

10 years in June.

[Chris H]

8/1/99

[Bethlyn184]

My anniversary with Ebay is Feb-07-99 - Positive Feedback: 100%
Feedback score: 424

[Princess Crunch]

I don't even remember my goddamn password for that freakin' place. :lol:
Me either :roll:

[dbay.com]

Another account from 99- wow time flies. I remember when you used to make money when you sold stuff on there. Now you sell stuff and the keep it all. 287 feedback with 100%

[BrainFreeze]

I figure people with eBay accounts are rare around here... but perhaps a couple SD'ers have one :D. I just noticed that my account is almost 13 years old ( Sept' 12, 1997, craftyhack is my tag: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=craftyhack&ftab=AllFeedback ). For no reason other than curiosity I Googled to see what the oldest one was, and didn't have any hits... so figured I would post here.

BTW, as you can see Iin my feedback I don't really use SD or eBay for flipping if anyone chooses to flame(well maybe once or twice :D), nor do I give a damn if any other SD'er flips... we live in a free market... make your living how you can, doesn't mean anything to me :shake:... I really am just curious what the oldest one out there is... eBay was founded in 1995... anyone with a birth year account?

I've got a couple.

One of them was created in June of '96, but I stopped using that one years ago (forgot why).

The other one that I still use (but haven't for the past couple of years) was only created 5 years ago in '05.

[The Raddish]

Member since: Nov-13-98

[noungning]

9 :)

[BikerEric]

Dec-05-98

sellin' furbies did me good

[Hawk2007]

October 1999.

[Emrys]

Nov-26-98

[Justawannabe]

Jan 1999

[BrgnHntr]

Feb '99

[mantequilla]

7 years

[setsail]

Nov 98 here as well.

[peasantgirl]

one account 10/01, still using it.

Other account ...holy cow I didn't know it was this old! July 1997 !! and still using it

[macdavis]

I may have found one of the oldest ebay accounts if not the oldest. The user name is simply the letter "a" and according to ebay the account was registered on Dec-31-89. The account is no longer registered.

http://myworld.ebay.com/a

:omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg:

[Zoe Moon]

I may have found one of the oldest ebay accounts if not the oldest. The user name is simply the letter "a" and according to ebay the account was registered on Dec-31-89. The account is no longer registered.

http://myworld.ebay.com/a (http://slickdeals.net/?&u2=http://myworld.ebay.com/a)

:omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg:

That's a really good trick, since eBay wasn't founded until 1995.

[tribblegirl]

I know I was buying Atari games for my ex back in 1998. Can't remember that user name.
My current account has been active since August 2000.

Dec-05-98

sellin' furbies did me good

I think I probably bought a furbie from you.

[cyberl0k]

Aug-20-98

[shhaggy]

:comfort:

It was probably also the first eBay scam.

Step 1: Buy broken laser pointer on eBay
Step 2: Buy new laser pointer at Worst Buy (sorry, I keep trying to type the first B but my brain won't let me)
Step 3: Return broken laser pointer in box to Worst Buy for an exchange
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Profit!

Or maybe the guy just knew how to fix broken laser pointers. Why is broken laser pointer guy getting raked across the coals here? Hell, I buy cell phones with broken screens all the time on ebay, because it's easy to fix them and flip them for a profit.

[Zoe Moon]

Or maybe the guy just knew how to fix broken laser pointers. Why is broken laser pointer guy getting raked across the coals here? Hell, I buy cell phones with broken screens all the time on ebay, because it's easy to fix them and flip them for a profit. It took you 14 months to come up with that reply?

[shhaggy]

It took you 14 months to come up with that reply?
:censord2:

[Leonidas]

Oct 2005

[tresanus]

9 years. Started it up when I was 15

[macdavis]

trick?

[RockOut25]

My last desk pop was....September....08 :lol:

[Ram|bunc|tious]

Aug-09-98
Positive feedback: 100%|Feedback score: 244


Strange - I know I've had at least 2 negatives from a-holes in the past. Their accounts deleted?

[gypsygenie]

9/1/01 :) Those were the good ol' days!

[eflat]

Jul-27-98

[MTwallet]

Jan.2001 w/1398 Feedback

is there a way in either ebay or paypal to get the total # of transactions you have with an account since day 1? figure it's probably 10x that since that's about the rate of feedback received over the years...