Sold Trademarked Products and Got Limited...

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by mulcahy

Also, do you think I should email paypal to try to speed up the review process?

Leaving your listings up at a stupid high price makes you look more suspicious than pausing all sales until you've resolved the issue with your Paypal account IMO.


I would try calling in if anything. There have been tons of threads on this forum about people who successfully sped up the process by calling in. Forum members say if you call in the rep will sometimes review your documents and make a decision about your account while you're still on the phone.

I haven't really noticed those kind of results with people emailing (I guess since it's slower), but that's something you could try.

This is all based off of experiences I've read about here. It's very common for UK stealthers to call in and speed up the verification they have to go through after a certain amount of sales.

[bjammin]

Well, I would not be too concerned with authorities at this point. But if they wanted to come for you, you did make it very easy for them to find you. But the limitation you got is usually not due to the authorities getting involved.

I would not abandon the account because frankly, it is too late if they want to find you anyhow. Best way for authorities to find the person is by following the money.

Good luck getting your account back. Do not sell anymore foos foos on your account if you value it. And also, above I said it is doubtful that the authorities know about this. But if you continue selling foos foos then that may very well change.

EDIT: Also, dont be signing for certified mail if you dont know who they are.... Just saying

Originally Posted by mulcahy

So I had been selling trademarked items on ebay, well knowing what I was doing was wrong/illegal. I ended up getting limited for selling "different items" than usual. Long story short, needed the money for an emergency medical bill.

I submitted the documents that Paypal had asked for, (this is my legit and only account), and now after reading a lot of posts here, I am starting to get anxious that I shouldn't have submitted those documents and had just abandoned the account.

I'm not worried about losing the money at this point... I'm more worried that the authorities will get contacted and I will be in serious trouble. I've read some awful things online.

Please let me know your thoughts.

[dallis]

Too late now to worry, so don't. Besides, who is going to come arrest you, the trademark police?

[ShowMeDude]

Originally Posted by dallis

Too late now to worry, so don't. Besides, who is going to come arrest you, the trademark police?

Keep making jokes, until Homeland Security shows up.

Attempt to commit and conceal offenses against the united states, class C felony here in Missouri.

That's what they charge you with when you import your trademarked knockoffs from overseas and the Chinese seller marks some off the wall thing like "Phone Cables" and puts a value of $.50 cents".

Ask me how I know

Knowingly importing items from overseas, and accepting packages that have been marked as gifts or incorrectly, will land you in deep **** if they choose to.

[SaiJin]

They won't speed up the process for anyone.
In the earlier days when I think like this, I ended up getting in deeper trouble with the reps, no matter how nice they sound on the phone.

Speeding up the review process means a manual review by a human and I just don't trust paypal to do the right thing ever.

But you decide what you think is best for you.

[iceman420]

Originally Posted by mulcahy

Also, do you think I should email paypal to try to speed up the review process?

no leave it alone, just wait out the 180 days, it already started when you first got limited..

[topnotchsports]

Originally Posted by ShowMeDude

Keep making jokes, until Homeland Security shows up.

Attempt to commit and conceal offenses against the united states, class C felony here in Missouri.

That's what they charge you with when you import your trademarked knockoffs from overseas and the Chinese seller marks some off the wall thing like "Phone Cables" and puts a value of $.50 cents".

Ask me how I know

Knowingly importing items from overseas, and accepting packages that have been marked as gifts or incorrectly, will land you in deep **** if they choose to.

[Yasav]

I have done a plenty of research on this topic and here's what I came up with;

No doubt, if you sell foo-foos, especially from your legit account you are exposing yourself to a lot of risk. If the items you're selling are already on the radar of the IP owner, then they would either takedown your listings or buy from you via undercover buyer and send you a C&D letter via certified mail afterwards. After that, if they chose to pursue you and sue you in a court (usually Federal court) they would be able to easily obtain a judgement of 100K+. That will tank your credit and most of your non-exempt assets would become a target. However, the good news is that it would be still a civil case.

As for the criminal matters; they are typically rare and most of them have 2 things in common - either a VERY LARGE amount of money is involved OR the items that you sell pose a safety hazard. If none of the two conditions are met, I wouldn't worry about it, personally.

And please remember, this is NOT a LEGAL advice - I am just sharing the results of my research. Always seek proper legal help if needed.