eBay account suspended wasn't aware of policy

[Machinehd]

hi guys, iv been selling shisha pens on ebay for a while without problem however the Ciggerate regulators FDA have been putting pressure on ebay to stop people like me selling. I have initially stopped from selling for 30 days however 3 days before the suspension was over i got a email stating my account had been suspended indefinitely. is there any way around it as im losing about 5k cause of this.

[richie2065]

Long term Id suggest moving to a different area of sales however looking at current sales of these pens on ebay (currently around 32,000 I would open another ebay account and try to drip feed your stock out, maybe try to sell other items around this to hide your main area of sales.

[richie2065]

to add you would need to go stealth on ebay to avoid a past link to this suspended account which incidently has no chance of a revival

[yaBeh8ater]

open your own b&m. i think that would be much better.

[Machinehd]

B&M? what do you mean

[MM78]

Originally Posted by Machinehd

B&M? what do you mean

Brick and Mortar...A physical Store.

[agent-x]

Was this for UK eBay or US?

Why would they stop you from shisha pens?

[Shekibi]

Just checked and it looks like many sellers are selling about 100 shisha pens a day and they they get reported and get banned, their accounts get jeperdised and they decide that it is fun to re-list them and they they get suspended. You should defo open your own website if you have put a lot of investment into it or just sell them in bulk outside ebay.

[agent-x]

I still don't understand why they're cracking down on selling them on eBay?

[agag2]

Why don't you try contacting them? Is this a stealth account or something?

[ScottieBoi]

Originally Posted by agent-x

I still don't understand why they're cracking down on selling them on eBay?

Probably the same reason you can't sell cigarettes on eBay

[rsot]

Welcome to the forums - could be considered high risk sales

[yaBeh8ater]

Originally Posted by Shekibi

Just checked and it looks like many sellers are selling about 100 shisha pens a day and they they get reported and get banned, their accounts get jeperdised and they decide that it is fun to re-list them and they they get suspended. You should defo open your own website if you have put a lot of investment into it or just sell them in bulk outside ebay.

lol at jeperdised. almost thought it might actually be a word.

somebody here has probably never seen jeopardy! before.