Do ebay really close you down for many 1 and 2 stars?

[Melissa1971]

Originally Posted by craigle

im holding off as long as possible with another account, as its alot of hassle opening new bank accounts,phone lines and a reputable address

The sure fire way to get DSRs back to normal is to offer free shipping.
Then buyers can't screw with them, you automatically get a perfect rating.

Another downfall to bad DSRs is you don't qualify for the free insertion fee promotions either ( if you decide to drop your store)

[sax4]

Originally Posted by craigle

im holding off as long as possible with another account, as its alot of hassle opening new bank accounts,phone lines and a reputable address

Not so much hassle really, apply for Halifax Basic account online, soho66 number for £2 a month, Entropay VCC card, some empty commercial premises as your address, and you're done. Then should you decide you need another account somewhere down the line, then you have one warmed up ready to go.

[isitworththestress]

Originally Posted by craigle

So now ebay have put a restriction on my selling and put me under review. Seems i can only sell under £100 a month until its lifted, thats only if my ratings go up

what i would like to know, is that if i put my shop on holiday for say a month and not sell would the low 1 and 2s time out eventually and put my shop back into the standard zone instead of below average? or would i have to have constant feedbacks over 2 stars to do this?

the email i got stating that i am restricted wasnt that clear on whats gonna happen

That may backfire on you, as it is dependent on when you got them, as your good scores can fall off the end and leave you with only the bad so your account looks worse than it is. As far as I know it seems to work the same as feedback.

I think others are right it is time to open those other accounts, even if you drop off this account or run it into the ground you should be building your other accounts while you still have an income.

You can open up a co-op account on line (google it) or depending on what bank you have you can normally ask them for a second or third account. Often you can do that online when signed in to the online banking. sipgate will give you a free number. For the address if money is tight, then read through the posts on here, you often have to read between the lines but you will work it out so that it costs you nothing.

Sorry I had to edit that my return was lost in the post, hopefully this works.

[forummember]

They will more than likely send you an email saying you have fallen below the standards they expect. This email will give you suggestions on how to get your DSR up. I personally would leave the account alone for a year until the DSR resets. However, I know it's not the most practical thing to unless you have tonnes of accounts at your disposal.

Take things a bit easy and make sure you post items out asap. Include stickers/flyers with orders.

[isitworththestress]

Yeah I love those emails

We are not going to tell you which item or what buyer you have a problem with but we want you to fix the problem you are having with that product and not upset that buyer again.

I assume they send it out with telepathic thoughts in some new age hippy **** thing , telling you how to fix it but I like most people I missed that class at school.