New thing Ebay is doing? Selling limits and sellers vetting department

[ebaychic2013]

Hey everyone,

I've been creating new accounts every 2 months and the accounts I created in the past I've always had 0 selling limits at the beginning. I had to call Ebay within 48 hours, answer a few questions about my ebay goals, and then they gave 5 or 10 items a month selling limit.

However, this week I tried to do the same thing (use new account to list 1 test item -> account was restricted until I called into verify some general selling goals) but instead of giving me the ability to sell (from 0 selling limit to say 5 or 10) they said I had to talk to the sellers vetting department. Apparently my stealth name did not exist in the public record database, as a result, the 0 selling limit was placed by the sellers vetting department.

I tried to reach this department but was on hold for over an hour each of the 6 times I called them.


Has this happened to anyone else? Should I create my stealth name in a more common name such as John Smith so I can prevent this? I've never had a 0 selling limit placed by the sellers vetting department - is this a new thing? I am getting concerned that future accounts I create will run into this situation. Please help!

[zoneout]

How can a name not exist with 300 million people in this country? What kind of crazy names are you coming up with? I hope you're not putting numbers in the name like R2D2 or something.

[Dmshark25]

Had the same thing today, our stealth name address and phone number did not exist in their data base .

I guess because of the holidays comming they are going to be strict the next 2 months.

Anyway I faxed over ID and need to wait and see what the vetting department says

[Dmshark25]

Also this is from a first listing of a book .99 cent 7 day auction, but I'm pretty confident I sent drivers license and utility bill in

[nyc]

Lmao he said r2d2. I had a buyer today and the name on the shipping label was xxxx xxxxx dhskksksakskks lol

[ace1977]

I never had to call ebay and discuss my "selling goals". I also never had an account with zero items as my monthly selling limit. I have to wonder if you are doing something to attract this?

[Dmshark25]

This is my first I created many accounts, even created my first no limit account this week, first one out of a year of making accounts but also my first 0,0 limit as well, but an easy fix, already cleared that up

[rsot]

@ebaychic2013, I have had 0/0 selling limits until I had my PP verified (happened about 2 months ago)...US eb/pp combo...

[joesshooze]

I gotta go with ace1977 OP. Do a search of most popular names in the US and go from there. I have and never had "0". I have only had trouble with accounts purchased from our in the wind friend a few weeks ago.

[corleone]

I've also had the same problem. Ebay has a name for it.

It's called "Automatic Limit Reduction"

A real hassle, and happens now on almost half the accounts I create.

[Dmshark25]

Corleone , was it an easy fix most of the time or a lot of lost accounts??

[ebaychic2013]

When I call for the sellers vetting department I am being put on hold for over an hour.. not sure if this is normal? this is ridiculous..

[mercurial333]

Originally Posted by ebaychic2013

When I call for the sellers vetting department I am being put on hold for over an hour.. not sure if this is normal? this is ridiculous..

It's normal xD

[corleone]

Originally Posted by Dmshark25

Corleone , was it an easy fix most of the time or a lot of lost accounts??

I've been able to fix 1 out of 4 accounts. I've finally given up on the process.

The one rep who over-rode it was cool, I answered none of the above to the questions, and they said: "our system must be messed up, I'll manually set your selling limit to 10/1000".

Once I've discovered the failure rate, I've basically taken to practice of abandoning the accounts that get this review. It's much tougher than the old MC999 where they ask the basic questions "are the items in your possession? how do you plan on shipping etc. . ."

[Dmshark25]

I just realized what I did that may of triggered this, it's the first one I ever received and the first MC999 I have received on a new account since I first started to make accounts.

I was able to get the limitation removed and yes also waited an hour on hold for trust and safety, it's not too hard to lift if u get creative

But I received another email today and went through the normal questions and they told me my ebay and Paypal were not linked so we took care of this during the call and everything is good to go, they received my documents.

So I almost guarantee that this is why I was flagged, because now that I'm in no rush for accounts I create slow and sell slow, just a book or shipping label , low risk item , I'll sell one and go back 1-2 months later to that group and sell my normal items to the limits and found by doing this I usually get an increase on 2 of the accounts out of 10 made and this has been consistent since June and every month following.

Has anyone else noticed when getting this type of MC999 that ur ebay and Paypal were not linked

[glacier922]

I got one of these as well and I know for sure it was because I logged in with a previously used IP address. Had to change everything, but it was too late. The next day my auction was pulled and got an mc999 and was asked to answer some questions on a public database. My listed item was pulled, went from 10/100 to 0/0.

[corleone]

I open accounts daily, and this first appeared October 1st, so I don't think it's a coincidence that it started the first of October.

It's probably a new system they've been working on implementing and the start date was October 1st.

It has nothing to do with logging in under a bad ip address, although certain factors like that could trigger it.

Since 10/1/13, out of 27 new accounts, 13 of them got the MC999 within 1-4 days of opening the account, and not listing a single item.

I even went out and got a new ISP just incase my ip range was triggering it, as I hadn't seen many reports of the issue here. No luck, still got the MC999's with T-Mobile service.

I'm not a newbie, I've been making accounts for years, so this is something I noticed immediately.

EB and PP have decided to make it a little tougher for us to operate, but really, it's just a small bump in the road. Nothing to be overly concerned about. . .where there's a will, there's a way.

[Dmshark25]

Ok , that's in line with my other thinking that it's the holiyday season and I'm sure ebay does not one a large amount of new sellers risking the chance of messing someone's Christmas up and hurting their reputation

[glacier922]

^^^^corleone,

Do you add a vanilla card right away to your new accounts right after you register? Or do you just let it sit there?

[corleone]

Originally Posted by glacier922

^^^^corleone,

Do you add a vanilla card right away to your new accounts right after you register? Or do you just let it sit there?

When I open the paypal account, I immediately add the card. When I first opened a paypal account years ago that's how I did it, so I keep the same frame of mind, even as a professional stealth user.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by zoneout

How can a name not exist with 300 million people in this country? What kind of crazy names are you coming up with? I hope you're not putting numbers in the name like R2D2 or something.

How very dare you use my name.


Been an old favored account.

[glacier922]

Originally Posted by corleone

When I open the paypal account, I immediately add the card. When I first opened a paypal account years ago that's how I did it, so I keep the same frame of mind, even as a professional stealth user.

Is it important to verify the vanilla card right after you add the card? I don't want 1.95 lost when they're going to mc999 it. Actually, come to think of it, I would be losing close to 7 bucks. 4.95 for the vanilla card fee plus the 1.95 paypal charges.