I received this email AND a phone call from ebay today!!!
Apparently, my ID funkywatch_com "violates" the policy...
What do you think?
Dear funkywatch_com
We recently became aware that your eBay User ID is in violation of our policy.
This notice is being sent to educate you about our User ID Policy and to request that you change your User ID to conform within our guidelines. Please make this change within the next 24 hours.
To help you create a User ID that agrees with our policy, please review the following summary of our policy
The eBay User ID Policy states that your User ID:
may contain letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and/or some symbols;
must be at least two characters long;
can't contain spaces;
can't be obscene, profane, or violate eBay's guidelines;
can't be an email address or Web site; and
can't be the same as another sellers' eBay Store name.
The policy also outlines the things you can't include in your User ID as follows.
- The @, &, ‘, <, or > symbol.
- URLs or Web addresses ("xyz.com" for example).
- Consecutive underscores "__".
- An underscore "_", dash "-", or period "." at the beginning of a User ID.
- Spaces or tabs.
- The word "eBay"(only eBay employees may use the word "eBay" in a User IDs).
- The letter "e" followed by numbers.