HI:
I have had 2 things happen, as chance,, then when they happened twice, I thought, uh huh.. a Pattern here??
Here's what happened.....
a.) I have had several new accts suspended for the abusing policy.. ( abusing what? I know its a joke

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ANyhow, managed to get them reinstated..
b.) On the first acct, I did list a brand name item, got taken down, but no suspension...weird? I thought the acct would be under high scrutiny?
c.) Reinstated another acct, from abusing .. listed Brand Names, this acct got to the 15 mark, I began selling Brands, good valid brands, but nevertheless, what they consider high risk..
d.) Still no take down
e,) I did have an acct that was never taken down, got suspended for the Brands, tried to reinstate it, no go...
So- whats the difference?
1.) The accts that are new, never had any marks against them, once u get the abusing for stupid stuff, seems, when verified, by faxing in the docs, those accts are SAFER than the accts that were NEVER taken down..
>> MY Experiment...
a.) I then PURPOSELY tried to get 2 throw away accts taken down.. I listed NON_ brands.. but i listed like 1 item every 3-5 minutes..Wa LA...down.
b.) I also did it to a 2nd acct.. this time, i raised the shipping to $49 for a 1 lb item, listed 5 things, nothing,,
Then, i went in and revised, submitted, revised again, submitted, nothing, then i went in revised, changed the entire listing from a soap dish to a pearl necklace--
Wa LA.. down... aBUSING!
>> ok< NOW I BEGIN TO RENINSTATE....
-- oN both ACCTS-- now these accts by the way are ONLY 3 weeks, and 6 weeks old...
--I have listed/sold this weekend via buy it now, 4 brand names... i have also raised the listings from the nomal, 20-40 for me, anyhow, up to 80 on one, and 77 on the other.. still up, no probs,
-------- MY CONCLUSION: WHen the accts are actually taken down for simple stuff.. then, Verified, then reactivated, they have a STRONGER "score" with ebay than accts never taken down...
Fact or Fiction???
Good Luck

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