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90 days later...no increase
 

I only got increase the second month from 10-20 items which i maxed.
Feedback is 100%.

What do you guys think?

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Keep selling, those increases will come naturally.

Cue the call for limit increases brigade :clap:

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Limits don't increase on a regular schedule. Luckily they already increased it by 100% once, hopefully you'll see another increase within the next few months.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Use the search function.

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...-schedule.html

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Is calling different/easier for europeans?

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

buy more accounts. i would say the max limit you want is about 5k anyways on 1 account.

more accounts is better in the long run anyways......

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

I know in the UK they have a chat option, which by all accounts I've read is supposedly easier. Can't say for the rest of Europe. I know in the USA, calling is a piece of cake.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

I wouldn't call. Just keep selling, maxing out your limits and making sure you ship right away and make everyone happy and the limit increases WILL come. They may not come as fast as we'd like, but they WILL come.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Really? Because I have an account with zero increase since I bought it 2 years ago. Lets go easy on the whole " WILL", what do you say?

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Why is max 5K on an account all a person would want exactly? I'd say a small amount of good high limit accounts, trumps having to run dozens of tiny accounts.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Let me start by saying I'm a huge advocate for calling eBay.

Now that that's out of the way....

Jeff has personally experimented with limits of all types. He KNOWS what he's talking about. Jeff has discovered that 5k per month is a "glass ceiling" for eBay, and recently had an eBay account SHUT-DOWN for NO REASON. The only thing that he can think was wrong was he recently let sales go above 5k in a month.

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...y-account.html

I agree with your sentiment---having a high limit account beats running a bunch of piddly 10 and 20 item per month accounts, BUT, having backups is a good idea AND going above 5k seems to cause account shutdowns. (See above thread).

I'll give you some free advice: You should watch the tone of your posts. Jeff is a VERY respected and wise member of this forum, and he will NOT steer you wrong. Your posts seem rather disrespectful, and it makes people less likely to assist you in the future...

My advice is to call eBay on your 20 item per month account following the guidance from the thread in my signature. Have two or three 4 1/2K per month accounts running, but I'd stay under 5k on ANY account.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

You are actually the first person I have heard of who is not getting ANY increases. Does this account have ANY problems associated with it? Because it is VERY UNUSUAL for limits to not increase, unless eBay feels uncomfortable with you for some reason.

I would call in on the account and ask for an increase at this point. I normally do not advise people to call eBay, but in this case it seems to be the only thing you CAN do, unless you are satisfied with the current limits.

If you decide to call in, use the phone that eBay has on file for you. If that is not possible, use the SPOOF CARD - or something similar, to get your phone number that eBay has on file to show up on their caller id. That goes a LONG WAY toward building trust with them. Just make sure to call their local number instead of their toll free numbers.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

This is a fairly typical complaint around the forums. Not sure how you missed these Jeff! :p

Where do you buy "Spoof Cards" and why call the local # instead of the toll free one? And where do you go to call the local #?

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Agreed I had an account I sold my max every month for over a year with 100% feeds and go zero increases in dollars or items. It is random how eBay works. If you get one increase likely you will get more in the future. If you get zero chances are you are staying that way.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

I haven't been on this forum consistently enough, but I've seen some.
The account is squeeky clean. 100% feedback. Almost top rated. Need more sales. $5000 limit, which I max out a lot, and I average $1000-1500 a month. Tho some months I don't list much. But ebay always says that my accounts are on top as far as sell through rates.

I should have called a long time ago. Now that I'm thinking about calling, I"m worried. Because while I need a higher limit NOW, my main account got 75% of it's limit cut, so this other account is picking up the slack, and I can't afford to lose it.

Only thing I'm worried about is that they will ask me for invoices. I haven't called ebay for that account in 2 years. Never heard of an ebay local number tho?

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: So long as your account is as CLEAN AS A WHISTLE (No VERO, no PHAKES, no bad buyer complaints, you pay your eBay fees, etc) you will have 0 issues calling and receiving an increase....check the guide located in my sig for more info.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

lol doesn't mean I'm still not worried! Not that I've ever had issues calling in....

Maybe you can give advice. I sell watches. I've given them no reason to ask for an invoice from me tho. But I do sell a good amount of money, that they might be worried about?

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

What kind (brand) of watches? Are they phake? (I don't care, but eBay does). What is "a good amount of money"? Where do you buy them?

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

I would give calling a shot but i used my own(banned)name and address with variations.
Also used different town.

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I can't give advice for European eBay....only USA. No idea whether or not Europe eBay is easy to call or not.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

How long would the call last? 15 min?
Should i request 50 or 100 item limit?

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Let me preface this by saying:

This has been my PERSONAL experience calling USA eBay.

Calls generally last about 2-5 minutes. Reps ask basic simple questions:

"What types of items are you selling?"
"Where do you get your inventory?"
"How do you ship?"

My calls sometimes last longer because I make small-talk with the rep (getting the conversation off-topic and getting them out of their script is the best and easiest way to get a limit increase with no fuss).

I have never requested a specific item limit. The reps always increase limits based on a certain percentage of your current limits. You don't get to decide what limits you get. BUT, if you're at 20 now, you can expect AT LEAST 50 for your first increase, IN THE USA. Again, no experience with eBay Europe. Proceed at your own risk.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Mostly skagen, fossil, timex, some Seiko and Michael Kors.

Non of them are ⊗⊗⊗⊗. Perfect feedback. All satisfied customers.

My dad is a watch maker, and has connections with watches. No receipts to speak of tho. These are just excesses from stores.

Maybe it's not " a good amount of money" to ebay. Who knows. But right now I'm averaging lets say , 15 watches at $100 each.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

1,500 a month? That's not a lot. Your watches aren't "high end" which is what I was asking. If you were selling Rolex, you'd have an issue.

Can you provide details (not to me, to eBay) on how you get your inventory? i.e. exactly what "connections" your father has, and how he get's them? Right now, it sounds like the watches "fell off a truck" (not judging, just saying) and it sounds VERY fishy to me. *I* don't care, what you do or sell is NONE of my business, I'm just telling you how it comes across with limited info.

Based on what you've said thus far, *I* wouldn't call. You haven't been very forthcoming with info, and that leads me to believe you aren't confident in your merchandise. Maybe you are, it's hard to tell via written text, but the bottom line is this:

If you aren't selling VERO/high risk, eBay reps decide whether to increase your limits or not based on your sales history, feedback, and the impression they get from talking to you. IF you are 100% confident in yourself and your inventory, you should have no problems. But I get the impression you aren't, which makes it likely you WILL have problems.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

I'm confident in my inventory. Most people on this forum ( other than newbies) typically won't post as much info as I've posted, and that's where my lack of being forth coming comes from.

Only issue I have, is that it's hard to explain how I got my inventory. That's the hard part for me. I obviously didn't buy it from a known distributor, so I'm not really sure how else to word it while speaking with ebay.

It's not stolen, and it's not phake. But there is no paper trail.

Issue I ran into 10 years ago when I was selling $2000 Tag Heuers and Omegas. Perfect feedback. Some seller complained ( I"m assuming) that my stuff might not be real. They suspended me. Said " we aren't sure if you are sure if your products are authentic". Never accused me outright.

They were grey market watches. Manufactures sell them for much cheaper, because they don't have to provide warranties.

Re: 90 days later...no increase
 

Yeah, but no one is going to be able to call your dad up and say "Hey James dad, I want to buy some watches off of you!"

I don't care how you get your product. None of my business. BUT, you're asking me for my advice, and I can't give it to you without these details.

Bottom line: You don't know how to explain to eBay how/where you get your product. It sounds fishy to ME, and I'm not an eBay rep. *I* would not call and risk the account in your particular situation.

What I WOULD do is this:

Create a new eBay account, using Google Voice to verify the phone #.

As soon as you try to list your first item, you'll get hit with 0/0 limits.

Call eBay and act confused. Pretend to be new.

Get an increase to 25-50 items per month, day 1.

Next month, call again and test your story on the rep. If you lose the account, no biggie.