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Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 976997)

Well, that gives me some hope I guess.

Wouldn't it be relatively easy to provide those tax documents since you're no longer working with a stealth account once you've upgraded?

Originally Posted by vigilantex69 (Post 976959)

Verifying it with what exactly? If it is a stealth account, the details aren't real. And yes I confirmed it with bank account and credit card so those are confirmed?

Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 976961)

Accounts used to become fully verified once you added your business name and EIN. Is that not the case anymore? Do they still want a SSN even if you upgrade to business?

That used to be the workaround for becoming "tax ID verified".

Originally Posted by ghostdude (Post 977186)

if you list slow and I mean slow then you wont have any issue.

Originally Posted by treysupreme (Post 977277)

can you elaborate on how slow you mean? My account is 7 months old and I've sold $10 the first month (2 items), $20 the third month (2 items), $50 the 4th (2 items) and $220 between the 5th-6th month (3 items). I wanna get ramped up but I'm scurrrrd lol

Originally Posted by ghostdude (Post 977310)

Thats not bad in my opinion, I think you can kick it up a little.
how many were you thinking about listing? Whats your limit right now?
Are you shipping fast?

Originally Posted by vigilantex69 (Post 977377)

Was told by someone that one of the reasons they are not allowing you to keep or spend ANY balance in PayPal was because people were buying gold bullion and such on eBay to launder money. This is coming from a high up at a bank that has had to deal with PayPal numerous times regarding issues.

Originally Posted by ivanicon (Post 977384)

Is it still asking for claim it?

Originally Posted by bjc104 (Post 977410)

I wonder if we can have a prepaid card attached to the account for a customer refund, etc?

Originally Posted by vigilantex69 (Post 977403)

My biggest fear is what will happen when someone files an item not as described dispute? There is no money in the PayPal account to hold or anything like that?

Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 977447)

I'd guess they'll try your backup payment method which usually goes through without a problem. eBay has been pulling fees directly from my bank account on a few accounts for years.

Originally Posted by nodeal (Post 976679)

I am baffled by everyone having trouble paying fees. I went through each account and I can testify to the fact that while I do have a decent amount of accounts rolling over to the "claim it" feature, I am still able to automatically have PayPal fees deducted from my PayPal balance.

Originally Posted by vigilantex69 (Post 977920)

You haven't had any issues paying eBay fees with a bank account? Also, what if I paid for it with my credit card that is in my real name? I never really noticed that it offers a credit card/bank account option until recently because I always had it set up on autopay through PayPal.

Originally Posted by treysupreme (Post 977277)

can you elaborate on how slow you mean? My account is 7 months old and I've sold $10 the first month (2 items), $20 the third month (2 items), $50 the 4th (2 items) and $220 between the 5th-6th month (3 items). I wanna get ramped up but I'm scurrrrd lol

Originally Posted by pperry (Post 976647)

So far a few of mine say claim it but they let me pay for shipping labels. Lets pray it stays that way

Originally Posted by spinningtop (Post 976849)

I guess I've been doing it all wrong all these years. I assumed that paypal wouldn't like it if we moved money out of our accounts too quickly. So I always left money in paypal for a while before withdrawing it. So it wouldn't look like I was trying to get away with something. Now I know better.

Originally Posted by Moscutter (Post 979526)

it wants me to withdraw all 10k or whatever

Originally Posted by yankee (Post 976612)

I find it interesting yall are just having these problems now because ALL my accounts had it late summer and into the fall and again just after the 1st of the year.

Originally Posted by ddm50 (Post 976705)

World is ****ed up because US PayPal - the most regulated country in the world requires SSN.

Originally Posted by CAPH (Post 981035)

What about stealth accts with attached bank accts? Will PP required a verification process Everytime I do something? Does the stealth acct seller help me Everytime PP wants a verification? I'm going to travel To USA just to open a bank account. I don't want to spend that money just for nothing because of the " claim your money?

Originally Posted by rsot (Post 981042)

Try it and let the forum know - help build the knowledge base :thumb:

Originally Posted by CAPH (Post 981035)

What about stealth accts with attached bank accts? Will PP required a verification process Everytime I do something? Does the stealth acct seller help me Everytime PP wants a verification? I'm going to travel To USA just to open a bank account. I don't want to spend that money just for nothing because of the " claim your money?

Originally Posted by nodeal (Post 976484)

Bank withdrawal is my preferred method of taking out my money, but not being able to pay my fees sounds like a real pain. I can't imagine buying enough gift cards to keep up with all my eBay fees.

So far, though, I have a decent amount of PayPal accounts with the "Claim it" feature that still allows me to pay my fees from my PayPal balance.

I wonder if this will change as time goes on, but for now I do not believe I have a single account with the "claim it" feature that does not let me pay my ebay fees.

Originally Posted by vigilantex69 (Post 976482)

Ok well, it seems as though it has been made official. All PayPal accounts, now even whether it is aged, set up a certain way, or no matter what will all currently have the "Claim Money" feature or it will be coming in just a short matter of time. I had one that had a pending PayPal balance of $900.00 that all of a sudden went to "Claim It" the other day.

My last PayPal account on a 6+ year aged PayPal and eBay account just moved over to "Claim It" today. Every payment, no matter what, everything seems to go into that "Claim it" hold.

Once your account gets this feature, you will not be able to use any PayPal balance to purchase shipping, or even pay eBay fees. Let alone you cannot ever spend the balance to buy anything on eBay.

When you go to checkout and print shipping on eBay and try and pay with Paypal it will say "Error processing Payment with your PayPal account" and will go no further. It will give you the same issue if you try to pay your eBay fees with PayPal.

The only luck I have had so far is this. If you go into PayPal after you have received payment for an item, you can click "Print Shipping Label" and you can pay for it via your pre-paid gift card.

You can also do the same with eBay fees, pay with a prepaid gift card.

This has become somewhat of a pain now because I am going to have to go purchase a Pre-Paid card and put $400+ on it to cover all the shipping charges and the eBay fees. EVERYTHING has to be done on it's own as well. You cannot use the automatic fee payment feature on eBay, you will have to go manually enter in the card number and pay the eBay fees. You will have to login to EVERY payment on PayPal and use your credit card to purchase shipping labels as well and upload tracking.

So far, this seems like the only way to deal with it. Another big pain in the ass means that you cannot use your PayPal balance to buy anything ever again. The most you will ever be able to do is transfer it to your bank account and that is that.

I will keep you updated as I try and find out more. If anyone has any suggestions to make it easier please post. Can eBay see the name on any of the credit cards? What if I used one of my own personal credit cards to pay the fees and shipping rather than messing with these pre-paid cards?

Originally Posted by pperry (Post 976647)

So far a few of mine say claim it but they let me pay for shipping labels. Lets pray it stays that way