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mc999 fears (Holiday Season)
 

anyone fear an mc999 this 2025 Holiday Season? Ebay used to hand them out like peppermints at a massage parlor. or bags at a dog park, or candy on Halloween, or lubrication during an orgy party. Anyways I fear mc999 as eBay likes to suspend accounts during the Holiday season.

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yup they coming in hot at the moment

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Suspend during registration ? After you listed your first item or just in general accounts that are selling for less than a month ?

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What are you putting up for sale right away upon registration?

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I have some ray-ban shades and Big Nate Comic book. I also have a timex watch. that I want to list

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Those will be prime targets especially on a new account. I think ebay's algorithm is more sensitive this time of year, but you can improve your chances of success hy listing some less risky items first. Name brand and highly counterfeited items are not worth the trouble at the start imo.

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well I listed the ray-bans anyways. and as soon as my charger for this asus laptop that I bought from some guy in the hood arrives. I'll list it too. I'll let you know what happens. thank you all for the advice

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The ray-ban namebrand might be a trigger on a new account but let's see - hopefully you'll report back with good news

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policy violation :( at least my other item is still listed. I want to sell this Asus soon. maybe...

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Called it unfortunately. Some things are not worth it imo. If it's a new account, the other item may be taken down as well...

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OP needs to stop selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ in the first place.

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Oh crap - I figured so...don't go for electronic sales right away either

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I don't sell fa kes you clown.

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Here we go :p If it were me, I'd take advice from seasoned users, they know the pitfalls and traps you are about to step into. It's not so much whether or they are ⊗⊗⊗⊗ - it's the type of products. Ebay is especially sensitive this time of year and you will more easily get suspended if not careful.

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If you are listing multipe quantities,Ebay could ask to see your invoice and call your supplier.
If you are selling toys which have not left the factory,Ebay would want to see invoice.
If you are listing assorted expensive items like Leica camera,latest Iphone,Rolex,18k gold chains etc,they would like to know

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The only clown here is you. You are going to continue to lose accounts until you stop listing branded **** on a new account.

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Best to not turn threads into back and forth assumptions and accusations.

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I'll just ignore you from now on. no response, replies, or any kind of communication. you're an arrogant moron

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I don't have any rolex o gold etc to sell bose headphones none of that

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I might be arrogant but far from being a moron. Been here way longer than you. I had another account here and was pretty much one of the founding fathers and pioneers of Stealth community. You clearly dont know wtf you are doing and have no solid understanding on account creation.

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saw one account go down today, hope its not the start of something more systemic. my accounts are pretty healthy but too be fair this account has been selling extra hot as of recently

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Did you get MC999? How old was your account ?

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Extra hot - what category?

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Electronics. Nothing VERO, not even close, but brand new and ramp up in sales

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MC011. Whats funny is, I can still sell on it. I can even list new items, LOL --- but it's officially MC011ed so that'll inevitably stop

Idc Im still gonna sell on it and just accept the delay in payouts, its a good account and I can afford that wait

February but only started really selling in May

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Yeah man I also have a bunch of MC011 restricted accounts that I can still list, edit and sell. I have one account that was restricted for over a year now and I am still selling on it. These idiots sent me MC011 twice now on that account. I swear they are a bunch of morons, restricting and suspending good sellers like myself who pose NO risk to eBay at all. Their entire risk management team needs to be fired.

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Have you had a lot of INRs ?

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Brand new and ramp up in sales...velocity hmm

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Are you getting payouts on it? Because Im not. Ill probably close it out in the next few weeks, im just taking time to migrate sales from this account to my others. I know any sales I make here won't hit my accounts for a few months due to the restriction, but Im okay w that since I dont need these funds asap and I can wait on the payout long as Im making sales.

Wbu?

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You've been around a while , I'd trust your judgement.

Everything has been volatile the last 2 months. And that's not just selling platforms.

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No I am not getting payouts. Once you are restricted, payouts are also restricted. If your account is in good standing then you will be able to revise , list , sell etc .. But dont think that just because it is "soft restriction" it means you will be reinstated for sure after you provide them with your invoices. I have around 100k on hold across a few accounts now which sucks.

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New accounts selling electronics makes Ebay nervous !
Did they ask you for invoice?

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Sure. I only ask because back in the day, MC011 was no “soft restriction”. MC011 meant you couldn’t sell, period, until they reinstated you. Now it seems it’s more of a “soft” restriction whereby you can still sell, you just can’t receive payouts until you correct the restriction (if possible, ofc. 99% of my MC011s don’t get reinstated, but a few have)

What’s your plan w the account? Keep selling on it til you have some other accounts to transfer the workload to? And at that point shut these accounts down and wait for the payout to hit you?

100k is a lot, but it always feels really sweet when that delayed massive MC011 payout hits your bank a few months later.

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Yes, I dont think I'll provide it. In the restriction email they mentioned that my account was linked to some older suspended accounts (they even listed the accounts), so no point for me to even bother. Just using it for some extra sales right now

I will say, apparently ebay has some 'new methods' for linking accounts that they previously did not rely on (which I was able to discern from the restriction email). Seems the game is always changing with them... from what I gather, ebay is actually pretty adept at linking accounts in the MP era. They either choose to ignore these links, or they dont act on them until a manual review triggers some back office action. But its very easy for them to do so if they want to.

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So the people that are doing amazon at some of the highest level told me that AI has really wrecked them. It's hard.

I imagine eBay is kinda similar.

So were the accounts linked actually yours?

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You can limit your sales. I've never seen issues until it exceeds $5,000 in one day. The only two times I have, it always triggered a manual review, and one of the agents in 2018 from Trust & Safety told me as such. That was 7 years ago though.

This is selling a bunch of stuff, not one item or anything, it just adds up.

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They were mine, yes

They then proceeded to list a few accounts (including the very first account I ever lost in 2017 and the most recent one which was a few weeks ago) and then added the language "plus several more accounts". Which I found pretty amusing, because "several" is quite the understatement lol

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Hmmmmm....... Did you separate those accounts completely?
Like 1 laptop per account, dedicated IP at least?

And I'm pretty sure it's their AI doing the damages

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So if I understand this correctly, you can sell on a MC011 restricted account you just have to wait for 3 months to cash out the payments?

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Yep. Well, not so far as 1 laptop per account. But the rest was pretty textbook.

I mean theyre linking my account from 2016 on my Windows w/e (diff address) to my latest account on my 2025 MacBook. Those accounts havent touched in any way whatsoever + there's nearly a 10 year gap btw them. Point is, they still got linked

But it's all good. I think the best advice is still to follow protocol as closely as possible, and fly under the radar as possible. If you dont stand out, youre g2g