Ebay Seller limit increase. What should I do now? Upset. $1000 to $1200

golferman · #1 12-30-2015

Ebay member since 2012, seller account last 3 years

Everything is perfect. perfect feed back, Above Standard ratings, never had a chargeback

My limit now is $1000/10 items

Called Ebay hoping to get an increase and as soon as the lady picked up I knew I should had hung up because she sounded like a b *tch

Anyways she ask (demanded) what i will be selling and I said same stuff as before. i fix/repair things and resale. It can be anything.

She put me on hold comes back and says she will increase it 2 items to $1200!!!!!!

Should I call back again?
IF I buy a Ebay /paypal account from here with a 5k limit when I accept payment wouldnt my paypal get limited?

I'm so upset now

jakobrockz · #2 12-30-2015

I would've hung up and got a new rep the moment she said she could only do that high of a limit increase...

Unfortunately you will have to wait 30 days until you can get it increased again

BOZZA · #3 12-30-2015

they will have that phone call on their notes or recorded.

Wait 30 days and hopefully sell to the limit and it should be lifted.

BOZZA · #4 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by golferman

Should I call back again?

NO

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Originally Posted by golferman

IF I buy a Ebay /paypal account from here with a 5k limit when I accept payment wouldnt my paypal get limited?

You would have to start low with a stealth account and build it up slowly listing low risk items to begin with.

It always helps to spread out over multiple accounts, and have some back-ups for incase they restrict/limit your account?

golferman · #5 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by jakobrockz

I would've hung up and got a new rep the moment she said she could only do that high of a limit increase...

Unfortunately you will have to wait 30 days until you can get it increased again

I denied the increase. I told her nope, keep it I dont want it, I'll wait

I knew she was going to be a jerk the moment I got transferred to her

What happens if say i have $200 left in seller limit and I do a auction starting out at $5 and the bidding goes over my seller limit?

golferman · #6 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by BOZZA

NO

You would have to start low with a stealth account and build it up slowly listing low risk items to begin with.

It always helps to spread out over multiple accounts, and have some back-ups for incase they restrict/limit your account?

Its not even a stealth account. Its my main account since 2011 10 item/1k limit

I usually just sell what ever I dont need anymore around my house or my old cell phone and electronics or what not

When they ask what will you be selling what do i say?

BOZZA · #7 12-30-2015

You mentioned purchasing a stealth account on here, that answer was in regards to that.

When they ask what will you be selling: I guess you say that, personal possessions I no longer use, or stuff picked up at garage sales,

Otherwise they may well ask for invoices from suppliers.

BOZZA · #8 12-30-2015

very unlucky to have this happen to your real account as well, was the account inactive for a longtime? god I hate eBay...

golferman · #9 12-30-2015

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very unlucky to have this happen to your real account as well, was the account inactive for a longtime? god I hate eBay...

Nope not inactive but I had 46 transactions this year for a total of about $4500 and some buying of goods

BOZZA · #10 12-30-2015

So will the 20/1.2k limit have a big impact, i.e you have more than that to sell over the next 30days?

$4500/12 = $375/m

golferman · #11 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by BOZZA

So will the 20/1.2k limit have a big impact, i.e you have more than that to sell over the next 30days?

$4500/12 = $375/m

Yes lot more
Basically my items will be higher priced now and its not 20/1.2k , the girl said 12/1.2k lol. @ more items a month

BOZZA · #12 12-30-2015

ahhh, sorry to hear that...

I still think you will have to sit out on the 30days frustrating I know...

phaz0rz · #13 12-30-2015

@OP - You would save yourself a whole lot of frustration if you just spent the money on a 1000/25000 account from the marketplace on here. There are several reputable sellers with high-limit USA accounts. I've purchased several and they work great, and you'll never have to worry about your puny selling limit ever again.

They probably only gave you that tiny increase because of the tiny amount of sales on your account. On Christmas day I had two accounts bumped from 5/500 to 20/1500. The accounts were only two months old but I had maxed out the selling limit both months. That's the key to getting your selling limit automatically bumped up.

Honestly with the type of things you sell, you probably wouldn't even need a 1000/25000. You could get an account with a 500 item limit and it doesn't sound like you would ever come close to that.

golferman · #14 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by phaz0rz

@OP - You would save yourself a whole lot of frustration if you just spent the money on a 1000/25000 account from the marketplace on here. There are several reputable sellers with high-limit USA accounts. I've purchased several and they work great, and you'll never have to worry about your puny selling limit ever again.

They probably only gave you that tiny increase because of the tiny amount of sales on your account. On Christmas day I had two accounts bumped from 5/500 to 20/1500. The accounts were only two months old but I had maxed out the selling limit both months. That's the key to getting your selling limit automatically bumped up.

Honestly with the type of things you sell, you probably wouldn't even need a 1000/25000. You could get an account with a 500 item limit and it doesn't sound like you would ever come close to that.

Thanks , I have now figured it out

I didnt know the limits applied to the starting price. The final bid can go over the limit. The limit is only the listing price

I was worried because I had a item that will sell for around $2500 that i wanted to list but now I know I can list it as long as the starting price is below my seller limit of 1k. Now I have only $50 left for this month or so. So I will have to srat a $250 item with a starting bid of $50 and pray it ends with a price close to $2500 which i think it will. Its a macbook

golferman · #15 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by BOZZA

ahhh, sorry to hear that...

I still think you will have to sit out on the 30days frustrating I know...

See above post. I figured it out now

phaz0rz · #16 12-30-2015

I was responding to your original question about how to get a higher selling limit. It's not a good idea to go past your selling limit by such a dramatic amount though. I once had 40 listings removed and my selling privileges revoked because I went over my item limit by 2 items.

golferman · #17 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by phaz0rz

I was responding to your original question about how to get a higher selling limit. It's not a good idea to go past your selling limit by such a dramatic amount though. I once had 40 listings removed and my selling privileges revoked because I went over my item limit by 2 items.

Its impossible to go ver your limit as Ebay will not let you

BOZZA · #18 12-30-2015

good luck, i'm fairly new to stealth and this forum known about it for a while but Phaz0rz is an established knowledgeable poster, I don't think I have come across any of Phaz0rz posts that are not helpful.

Hope you are able to sort it out.

phaz0rz · #19 12-30-2015

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Originally Posted by golferman

Its impossible to go ver your limit as Ebay will not let you

Ok bud. You're right.

The account had been linked to my original (suspended) account, and as a result the selling limit was reduced over night from 2700/15000 to 0/0. But the account wasn't suspended and none of my listings were pulled. So since they didn't pull my listings I left them up. Two sales later, the account was suspended for going over my selling limit.

But you know everything

GreenBean · #20 12-30-2015

Be careful pf a macbook listing.

Be very careful.

yankee · #21 12-30-2015

macbook is for local CASH sales...

Someone witty will scoff your cash and mac off ebay 50% of the time.

jakobrockz · #22 12-30-2015

If he DENIED the limit increase, I think he would be able to call back and see what another rep says.

Make sure you have no return requests or anything going on. Respond to all messages, leave feedback for buyers, process/ship everything before calling in so you don't have multiple items waiting to be shipped... just make your account look as best as it can so when they "run it through their system" you might get a better result