Is this risky?

[HeavyHitter]

Hello everyone! I’m new to the forum here and planning to go stealth soon.

My current, original account is probably 6-7 years old. I am currently below standard due to cases closed without seller resolution. However, this is simply do to scammmers purchasing high values items ($750-$1000) and say they received cinder blocks instead. I assume it’s the same buyer with different accounts taking advantage of the system. No matter how much proof I provided eBay they refused to look at my side! I also wasn’t willing to give back that much money to a scammer.

My account was restricted in November but was reinstated about 3 weeks later, but the gave me a $5k limit (I was at $30k, but generally sold between $15k-$20k). I got it raised to $10k in December, but they refuse to raise it above $10k due to being below standard. I generally start all of my auctions a $1 and let them go. For the past several months when I get to ~$9000 I list several high end items and end up surpassing my limit by $2k-$5k. They’ve yet to say anything to me about this, but I’m sure it’s frowned upon. I would like to get my stealth account past 90 days before they close this one. How risky is it to consistently surpass my limit by several thousand dollars?

[purpl]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Hello everyone! I’m new to the forum here and planning to go stealth soon.

My current, original account is probably 6-7 years old. I am currently below standard due to cases closed without seller resolution. However, this is simply do to scammmers purchasing high values items ($750-$1000) and say they received cinder blocks instead. I assume it’s the same buyer with different accounts taking advantage of the system. No matter how much proof I provided eBay they refused to look at my side! I also wasn’t willing to give back that much money to a scammer.

My account was restricted in November but was reinstated about 3 weeks later, but the gave me a $5k limit (I was at $30k, but generally sold between $15k-$20k). I got it raised to $10k in December, but they refuse to raise it above $10k due to being below standard. I generally start all of my auctions a $1 and let them go. For the past several months when I get to ~$9000 I list several high end items and end up surpassing my limit by $2k-$5k. They’ve yet to say anything to me about this, but I’m sure it’s frowned upon. I would like to get my stealth account past 90 days before they close this one. How risky is it to consistently surpass my limit by several thousand dollars?

fairly risky, keep in mind they could close your account at any minute so be prepared.

[DomRau]

Dear user, I highly recommend you to start creating stealth accounts and to diversify your sales. However, you can go to ,,ebay accounts for sale" section and buy some aged accounts. Then you could start selling immediately. During this period, you could start creating stealth accounts by yourself.

[JamesNorth101]

It is a risk. If you do it month on month out they can and do impose further limitations on the account

[dallis]

Sounds like trouble to me. If you want to get to 90 days better ease up.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by DomRau

Dear user, I highly recommend you to start creating stealth accounts and to diversify your sales. However, you can go to ,,ebay accounts for sale" section and buy some aged accounts. Then you could start selling immediately. During this period, you could start creating stealth accounts by yourself.

I appreciate everyone's response and input! I did purchase a stealth account from a trusted seller on here about 2 weeks ago. I have just been a little too nervous to log in and get it up and running. I've read and reread the stealth guide. I'm just wanting to make sure I don't screw it up.

Can you please clarify exactly what you mean by stating I need to diversify my sales? I assume you mean start spreading them across several accounts?

Once again, I appreciate everyone's input! Sure glad to have found this community!