Hello everyone!
Just stopping in to introduce myself. I'm goofball (at least by name on this forum,well.... and to some degree in my real life too lol...cause life deserves at least a bit of self depricating humor, otherwise I'd just want to shoot myself half the time.)
Like most others, I found my way here because of suspensions and limitations on both ebay and paypal. I'm not new to forums and have belonged to several over the years. So when I got suspened I went a looking knowing there would inevitably be a forum for these types of situations. And here I am. And to the credit of the Admin and the moderators and all those contributing, by and large this is an amazingly insightful and knowledgable forum!!! Thank you all!!!
A little background about me: Until recently I had been selling regularly on ebay with the same unlimited account since 1999 (ever since the days when buyers still sent you personal checks, money orders and the like...even ocassionally cash on cheaper items... lol. That certainly may date some of us). I also had a paypal account from the begining of time itself. Long story short, I had no issues, ever, until I had a huge spike in volume a few months ago.
I understand why this caused the supensions etc as I worked for a credit card company for several years and understand well the risks associated with the velocity in my case. Paypal first and then ebay were simply protecting themselfs against potentual risk.
I have been here on this forum only a few days now but I have been reading, reading and doing even more reading
. I purchased both the
eBay Stealth and the
Amazon Ghost books. I have already had several questions answered from my readings and have also generated a ton of more questions for myself from this. You guys are great! I'll start posting and contributing where I can soon. I just wanted to take the time to read and help formulate my own questions etc and also see where what's been already posted helps cover my questions first.
Again thank you to all for the forum. I'm excited and happy to be here and know this forum will be extreamly helpful in getting me back up and running. I have made a bit of an attempt at creating a stealth account prior to joining here. After what I have read I know I was on the right track for the most part, however I also made a couple of small but critical mistakes with my first attempt. Just being here a short time and reading I see now what I did wrong.
Phew, ok that was a bit long winded....I just wanted to give you all a piece of who I am. Thanks for taking the time to read it all. I look froward to getting to know many of you and to becoming part of the community here.
Cheers!
goofball