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Originally Posted by NoneOther What do you base your guess on? | Well just that it seems incredibly difficult to sell on ebay and be unscathed by policies that you didnt know of, vero, feedback idiocy where neutrals count against you, scammers dinging your DSR to justify their claims, etc, etc. So before you know it and without warning the real account you`ve had for many years is hosed with no appeal possible. And weve seen it countless times on eb where the same item shows up under multiple accts (mostly to chinese sellers seems to me) and also sellers or your competition disappearing for some time and then appearing later with slightly altered ids.
And this is only for us oldtimers that have to rely on ste*alth just to get back in business. What about every new kid starting out wanting to sell on eb these days and looking at 10/1000 limits staring them in the face.
Of course then there are those who do it to spread their sales out among a number of accounts - either to get around limits or for other reasons.
It just seems to me that as eb becomes more draconian - and the trend says it will keep getting worse - more and more will be forced to embrace the ways of ste*alth.
So no, I dont have hard evidence to back a claim of 20% but I have to believe that at least 1 in 5 sellers has been impacted negatively by ebays tactics and have turned to going underground in order to survive.
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