After days of testing and using my computer programming knowledge, I'm 99% sure I've figured out what's triggering the 0/0 limit. Also, I've included loopholes and tricks I discovered along the way.
Your cookies and flash cookies are the main culprits here. Not only do they track your activity, but they hold information that tells how to execute the code on the webpage. For example, when you try to list with an ebay account with a 0/0 limit, you're not able to get past browse categories page, but if you delete your flash cookies then click continue, you'll be able to access the next page. In fact, you can continue all the way to the end by deleting the flash cookies, but you still won't be able to list, because it reads from your regular cookies at that point.
So, what's happening at the phone verification? After you verify your phone and address, a cookie is stored/modified on your computer to tell if they were able to verify your info or if you're linked. But instead of updating their servers with this information, they just pass that information to the next webpage. They don't update their servers until after you've added a payment method and ask what would you like to sell. The objective then is to have a cookie that doesn't contain any info that will give you 0/0 when you add a payment method.
The Method
So here's how I just turned a 2 minute old account into a seller account and ended up with a 10/1000 limit. This had worked 10 times already, but to show longevity wasn't an issue, I created a new account. Here are it's features
1. Gmail
2. Textplus
3. iphone tethering LTE
4. ⊗⊗⊗⊗ address but within area code given by textplus
5. No browsing, bidding, buying, watching... Completely new
6. Created listing through ebay motors just to be sent to phone verification
7. Received phone call instead of text.
Now after verifying my phone, I opened a new tab and searched for "ebay uk create seller" and open the first link. Now that you're on ebay uk, click the link to create a seller. It'll redirect you to the US site and ask you to login. After you login, you'll be ask to provide a payment method, but this time there isn't anything on your computer that will trigger the 0/0 limit :bounce:
Total Time 10 minutes
So, you should now have a 10/1000 limit account, but doesn't mean a restriction won't be triggered, haven't figured that one out yet :juggle:
Like I said, it's a possible solution, there are other factors that I can't test
1. Different browsers store cookies differently(I use chrome, will test on FF)
2. Different OS (Windows, Mac, etc)
Brute Force Fun and benefits for hidden 0/0 limits *extra
I said earlier, you can't list at the end because the browser reads from your regular cookies and you can't delete your regular cookies without having to sign in again. But if you click the preview button, it'll modify your cookie for less than a second, so if you click the preview button and immediately click the continue button and time it perfectly (about 4~2% chance), you'll be able to list your item. But it's not worth it, because after 2-3 hours ebay will take your item down, because, well, you're over the limit :/, but if you list on ebay motors it will stay.
Here's an example of a $1,000,0000 listing on ebay motors I did with a new account with 0/0 limit -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/test3-/18146...pt=Other_Boats - ebay motors doesn't affect limits :bounce:
Now if you have a hidden 0/0 limit guess what, you can list freely on ebay motors :bounce:. Since your limit are hidden, you don't have cookies showing you have a 0/0 limit. Also ebay motors listing setup runs different code than the regular site that doesn't compensate for the missing cookies. So what are the pros and cons -
Pros -
1. You can sell on that account (Have to add your own item specifics)
2. Unlimited selling (Don't have to worry about raising limits)
3. You can sell on that account!
Cons -
1. You're selling in ebay motors (You're looking at 40-60% less exposure)
2. ebay motors doesn't have a Paypal option (Maybe a pro for some but you have to send paypal invoices)
3. The fees are ridiculous!!!(Not worth it, unless you're planning on not paying)
Well that's all I have right now. I'll continue to investigate and see what else I can find :bounce: