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I have also been hit with this. Ebay account that was opened in January but Paypal acct only opened a month ago. The weird thing is that after I hit 20 dsrs they stopped holding my funds but evidently at the end of the month my account got reviewed and they gave me the red bar 21 day hold message which applies to every transaction.

Well I might take this opportunity to recommend to have paypal account living and working B4 putting it near ebay.:peace:

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i got the same message you did at about 60 FB, and just over 3 months old ebay account. i got the normal holds that you get until i hit 20 DSR's, which they stopped. the next 30-40 payments went thru no problem. when i got the message about holding ALL payments, the day before the holds started, i added a card to paypal to remove the sending limit, and payed ebay fees with that card. this is a verified pp account btw. the second round of holds stopped almost a month and 20 so feedbacks later.

Who knows what it is. The account that I had with this problem I sold 1 thing and withdrew the money and then a few days later I get a email saying that my payment holds have been lifted. So I don't know what it really means.

People are asking b/c who wants to have valuable items going out the door and they haven't officially been paid? 1 or 2 is ok, but when you have 5+ items that you have sold and all 5 are being held, you kinda start getting pissed b/c now to have to slow down and wait for the money to be released.

Also, "#1. We can confirm that the item was delivered," is a lie, it does not release as soon as it delivers, it used to be 3 days now its more like 7.

Just created a brand new stealth account and sale used cell phone, I put them up for sale just right after the account created. It is 3 days now and have sold 4 items (all used cell phone) and none of them on hold.

Another two account was created last month and before that sometime it hold sometime it doesn't. Don't know what happen but new account running very good.

I agree. Its not unreasonable on new accounts or a spike in sales or anything out of the norm. They need to protect themselves, sure

But after a certain point it becomes BS. I have an account thats a year old. Dozens and dozens of transactions in the $300-$600 range. All delivered. Never a single penny chargeback. Never a single pimple or blip. All full on smooth sailing

I get an order today for $550 and 21 day hold. Its a full on insult if you want to know the truth. Is it the end of the world? No. But after a year of a steady 100% proven track record its BS. They may as well say "We still think you are a scammer somehow and even though you've been perfect for a year, we still think you will rip off this one customer"

Its stupid, plain and simple... There is protecting themselves from suspicious activity, and then there is just poor business.

What I would love to see is a way to voluntarily have a 10% rolling reserve. Paid out 90 days later. Hold 10% of all sales and let me move on with my business and give me 90% immediately. That reserve is more then enough for protection. If you are getting more then 10% chargebacks you need to be booted anyway...

Again, the holds are not the end of the world. But if you get a good chunk in holding it can sure be a nuisance for business flow....