I had my account closed by Paypal for setting up a website for a charity bingo (that was legally licensed by the government) that sold cards with paypal. I wasn't even a part of the charity, I just did it as a favor and put myself down as the technical contact. They banned their paypal account and then banned mine.
I've tried opening up other paypal accounts with different emails, different address, different credit card, different bank accounts, different variation of first name and middle name, no luck. Shut down every time. I finally got lucky when I moved and was technically in a different city. After 2 years, finally have paypal again. Bastards.
I feel your pain mate. Same bloody thing happened to me. Only way I was able to keep my account alive was by not registering as a seller. The moment you try to upgrade to a seller account, the paypal SS and Panzer tanks decimate your arse...
And if you're unfortunate enough to still have a balance in your account, you can't touch it until they decide how to butt-rape you next...pardon my french...
But that's not the worse part...oh no my friend, that's just the beginning...They'll go through your ENTIRE history of the people you made purchases from the beginning of your account and make assumptions of who your suppliers are. Then they blitzkrieg their accounts. Lost many a business partner and friend during that war.
but wait, there's more...
After you and all you know and love have been beaten, tortured and left for dead, the finale is when they drop a nuclear bomb on all of you...Basically if you have an eBay account or accounts including stores, they will close ALL of them as well. And they don't give two shits about how high your feedback rating is, they'll still shut your arse down.
Had a supplier and friend with an eBay store that was open for at least 5 years with a 99+ percent feedback rating and tens of thousands of sales...He got shut down for "suspected" activity of selling knock-off phones. After all charges where cleared (not to mention thousands lost on potential sales), they wouldn't let him re-open his store...Dude had to start all over from scratch with a new ebay account, different store name and 0 feedback.