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Somehow my ebay account got suspended
 

To cut a long story short, I was trying to sell a few computer hardware on ebay poland. So I opened an ebay seller account and list only my E6600 for sale since I thought they will be suspicious if I list all those items at once. But when I wake up in the morning, I found my ebay account banned saying Ebay abuse.:( Do anyone know why am I banned? Is it because I am trying to list an item right after I sign up or is it E6600 is an expensive item and hence they think I might not be legit?:confused:

I once was interested in buying a laptop on ebay and I was amazed how many people were bidding £300 on an item whose seller had zero feedback. I wouldnt bid: would you! I bet there are many instances where a buyer gets stung for £300 and complains to ebay. So when Ebay sees a high priced item they get nervous- you would too! They know from experience there is just a chance its not legit. A seller would only want to sell a high priced item after a few feedbacks in order to get a better price. This looks suspicious. If you understand and follow Apskins guide and dont act in a tricky way I cant see how you can get suspended. Spammers have their own rules and ways of seeing things- they dont see any harm in their activities and its hard for them to see things from a straight persons perspective- they just dive straight in and go for the money in an instinctive manner which you need in commerce but you do have to control it sometimes. Prior to reading apskins way I opened a new account and was rumbled within 4 days and they usually state you are connected to a specific suspended account. The fact that they have not named the account, I think means they havent linked you but suspended you for sus activity. I dont know for sure but the fact you ask means you already know the answer





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Just next time you open an account, list small items at first and not too many and you'll be okay. Listing expensive items from the get go may set off an eBay filter to suspend you. It happens sometimes.

It's funny how ebay has adopted the account suspension policys of paypal despite being the one who bought them out.