Selling Big Money Item will this work

[sdot10]

why would i be lying dude? I said from the start I didnt think anybody really understood what i was saying. I did exactly what I said I was gonna do and it worked exactly how i thought it would. I had actually already posted the auctions before i made my post and was going to delete them if i got an overwhelming no but I got the same ol start slow blah blah which if you read my original post and my subsequent other posts explaining myself.

Again ill explain why I think it worked
I put up the macbook on a fairly new seller account its about 3 months old. I had bought some items for feedback purposes. I put the MBP up with pictures and the ebay name and date. Ebay has NO reason to pull the auction. Nothing was generic so they have absolutely no reason to doubt me so the auction doesnt get taken down.

After payment of course they use paypal which when it goes into my account is on hold anyway I mean why the hell are they going to limit an account they control. I cant touch the money so that means its going to pass that initial money coming in scrutiny

Now I send it with delivery confirmation and sig of course and when it gets there I just call up paypal and tell them its arrived (9 times outta 10 its a foreigner who is just following a script) and get the money released.

Then I took half the money one day waited 24 hours for the complete then took the other half and done. On the 3rd one I took the whole amount in the first transfer.

I got calls to my tracfone on all 3 accounts. 2 were just making sure I was the one who made the bank transfers and 1 was actually asking about the MBP. I just told him this was a one time thing. That I won it in a raffle and how i cant stand apple and I already have a laptop and with times the way they are theres no reason to keep a laptop that expensive. we kinda laughed about it and I was just cool and collected. I also reminded them how I had followed paypals procedure (sent same day, got tracking and signature confirmation) Like I said before in my posts I am playing it like this is a one time thing.

I hear all the stuff you guys say about start slow and such and thats fine but at the same time if you look like youre a seller dont you think paypals gonna treat you like a seller and of course want you to provide seller info. I did this like a dude who won a computer and wanted to sell it on ebay.

[oge]

Great job nice pre & post story I have no reason to not believe you. You kept it real. GOOD LUCK!

[OfficialGenius]

Congratulations! You see, they do call high-end/amount sellers and the problem is if you don't pick up or sound suspicious then they'll limit you. I see that's the problem with many people here is that they miss the paypal call.

[jbluntz]

That could be true, also based on past experience I've had just over $500 go into a new account and it was limited within seconds, I also tried to withraw $400 on another new account and it was limited within 5 seconds, not sure what the deal is.

[mememe1972]

so i will stick with slow and steady 4 accounts 3 items each every three days and withdrawl 400 a week in seperate transfer

[slapped]

Originally Posted by slapped

Well, now that you put it that way, it MIGHT work, It Really depends on how Paypal Views your account, but if you withdraw VERY SLOWLY over a 2-3 month Period you might pull it off

Make sure that you DO NOT put a Second one on any account, 1 per account Might Work

I personally still would not do it.

Remember, Wait a while before doing it again, Paypal may not let it Slide for a second time if it is too soon.

[OfficialGenius]

Originally Posted by jbuntz

That could be true, also based on past experience I've had just over $500 go into a new account and it was limited within seconds, I also tried to withraw $400 on another new account and it was limited within 5 seconds, not sure what the deal is.

Maybe it was software? Or items marked as very high risk? What category was it in?
I'm starting to figure out a pattern here.

[oge]

Another thing to remember is PayPal will act different when it's not an ebay item meaning they probably will limit you. Also when getting money into your PayPal never try to withdraw right away at least let it sit in there for a few days up to a week because whenever you get funds and try to withdraw right away that = limitation.

[jbluntz]

No software comes with a death sentence nowadays lol, the $500 that came in was from money requests from other paypals, the $400 I tried to withdraw was from the sale of dvds, and the accounts were about 90 days old with about 10 feedback, I don't think they tried to call because the limitations were instant, but I'm gonna start selling some macbook airs and see what happens only thing is all my accounts have at least 50 feedback but I'm in need of a Lexus ls 400 at the moment anyway so what the heck.

[OfficialGenius]

Originally Posted by jbuntz

No software comes with a death sentence nowadays lol, the $500 that came in was from money requests from other paypals, the $400 I tried to withdraw was from the sale of dvds, and the accounts were about 90 days old with about 10 feedback, I don't think they tried to call because the limitations were instant, but I'm gonna start selling some macbook airs and see what happens only thing is all my accounts have at least 50 feedback but I'm in need of a Lexus ls 400 at the moment anyway so what the heck.

Oh, I see now. I remember you telling me that those money requests weren't a problem! "All my accounts are at least 30 days old and my first few withdrawals are always $100 about every other day and the balance is always around $500 sometimes $800 or $900 but I never go over a $1000 and I rarely ever get limitations from paypal."

I was going to try this but has things changed now?

[jbluntz]

Thats completely different from what I wrote above, withdrawing $100 is not the same as $400 and the several hundred dollar balance got in there little by little not in 1 day.

[Missbosslady]

Originally Posted by sdot10

just a followup. Ive sold 3 of the computers got between 2600 and 3000 and have been able to get every cent out doing exactly what i said i would do.

Hey may I ask if you were able to withdraw the funds right away?