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Default eBay Won't Let me Bid on anything

So I created a new stealth account on a new windows VM with a fresh US 24VC VPN. I had browsed eBay without making an eBay account yet twice about a week ago and today I made it's eBay account and confirmed the phone (real TracFone). I started browsing for a bit then tried to place a bid on an iPhone 7 and got this message:



I then created it's PayPal account with a vanilla visa (zip code verified) + the same TracFone and then linked the two through eBay but it still gives the same message whenever I try to bid on anything. I have not yet added a bank account but I don't think that would be what is causing this. Maybe I just tried to bid too soon after creating my account (15 minutes or so into browsing after creating the account). Hopefully this will not affect my selling ability once I try to list my first item in about 3 days.

Has anyone else had this happen? Did it turn out okay when you went to sell?

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It does this all the time on new accounts. Even if you place bids for low amounts and you are winning 4 auctions, it won't let you bid on a 5th auction. It's a "security measure". New accounts don't have the privilege to bid freely.
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That makes sense but it's strange that it never let me bid at all. It stopped me before I even placed my first bid...
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Probably because the accounts is really new.
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That makes sense but it's strange that it never let me bid at all. It stopped me before I even placed my first bid...
Because you are trying to bid on a high risk item as your first item and have no history. Go bid on something cheap and low risk like a book, game, clothes, etc.
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