[michiganjfrog]

As a person with many "mischief accounts" that I've used to get back at bad sellers, I think I may be more qualified to field this one....

You don't need a credit card to register as a buyer, only as a seller. If you use known web based email accounts like yahoo or hotmail, then yes you do. So you use obscure web based email providers ebay dont yet know about.... say "multan.biz".

Once you got your account, the world's your oyster, mate. But if a seller tries to contact you and finds the info fake, eBay will pull the account asap. eBay, like a mother bear, will protect her young (her young are the sellers). Use a real phone no., like from a university or large company perhaps, where its hard to locate an individual (or a phone no you KNOW is always busy....). Lastly, ebay will suspend you if they see a pattern of harassing sellers. Boo hoo hooo you open another account. Good luck and may the force be with you!