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Remember that the 100 free listings is only for auctions starting at .99 or lower and excludes a few different categories.....cant remember which ones...but you can click on the part that says "listing offers" and it will give you the "fine print"

would asking ebay thru chat when i can be able to start putting up auctions put up a red flag to ebay? i have a 100% rating...i get dumb people who think when they pay first class mail it will get there in a day so they give me little lower shipping time..that star system is so dumb.

If you have low DSRs then you will be limited as to how many auctions you will be able to list until those DSRs are highered, contacting live chat wont help any....although I dont believe it will raise a red flag as I have contacted live chat in the past with no issue....but you have to concentrate on bringing those DSRs up.....leave a note in your packages thanking the buyer for their purchase and list each of the categories they are to "grade" you on....mention under "shipping time" that you ask that they please look at the post marked date on the package to show that you shipped the item within 1 day of cleared payment.....etc.....this method should help....when you first start selling on a new account you need to be SUPER DUPER PERFECT....ship within 1day if not the same day and make sure you are super accurate with descriptions....but again.....contacting ebay wont help....you have to bring those DSRs up in order to be able to list more auctions....Good Luck!

I dont think my star rating is that bad. This is what I have so far. Also theres quite a few people who have gotten their items and have not even given me feedback. And I had heard you cant ask someone to leave feedback to get feedback in return.

Item as described 5.0/5.0
Communication 4.9/5.0
Shipping time 4.7/5.0
Shipping and handling charges 4.9/5.0

It is not necessarily the actual number....say you had 4.9 or even 5.0 in one category then all of a sudden you have the next 50 or whatever feedbacks mostly giving a 3 for shipping time or whatever.....although it only brings your score down to 4.7 it causes ebay a concern that your "performance" is dropping....thus them limiting your allowed number of auctions to list until those numbers start going back up........not that I am saying I agree with ebay's DSR program because it is bull, but that is how it works

Oh and in regards to your statement about requesting feedback......that is why l said to leave a note in with your shipment or even emailing them to their direct email just thanking them for their business and how much you appreciate them blah blah blah and state "when leaving feedback please keep in mind....." blah blah blah.....and there is nothing wrong with that. 8/10 auctions I buy I get letters or emails just like that. Putting in your listing that you only give feedback when it is left is probably not wise and not very customer friendly, but emailing after they purchase or including a note in their purchase actually shows care and communication! :)