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Selling Limit on ebay - WTF?!
 

Hi Folks!

I cant believe this is happening again, I really dont know how ebay expect us to operate a business this way. I have only just got my Paypal account back from having a 21 day hold and now I have just tried to list some items on ebay and it wont let me saying that my 'Seller Performance' is below standard and that they have put a selling limit on my account. Now this is the first I have heard of this, just what is a selling limit? I'm hardly selling anything as it is, I had 20 items for sale this week, only about a third of which sold, now I cant list any more.

I mean I was having a problem with my Detailed Seller Ratings - for no real reason, I havent ripped anyone off, and I get feedback from people praising me for sending my items in less than 24 hours etc. My DSR has improved quite a bit over the past month, yet I am getting punished? I cant ****ing believe this **** again from these wankers! ! ! Sorry for the language but I am absolutely hopping mad, I have done everything by the book and done absolutely nothing wrong, yet you cant win! What on earth am I supposed to do? So how long will this selling limit last for?

And isnt it a bit of a catch 22 situation, cos if I need to improve my DSR, how the hell can I do that if I am restricted from selling? All I can think is I am going to have to set up another account, but then I am starting from scratch with zero feedback and I have got some stuff to sell - Iphone 4's / mountain bikes etc that I need to have a good reputation to get the best sale price... FFS!

simple way to stop these instances slowing down your selling too much.

Spread sales....

pointless getting f***d off about it

spread over a few accounts,simple answer to a well talked about question

unless you want to ring them up and give them a tellin off

there`s no guarantees you will get the limits lifted,you just never know what their gonna throw at you,you just gotta go with the flow and see where it takes you

Eh? I dont see how I am selling too much, how is selling 20 items too much??? And when they say limited what does this mean? Limited to what 10 items per week or something? FFS I am barely making pocket money as it is! Last week I withdrew the grand total of £28 from my Paypal account, ooooh! seems like I am getting carried away eh! So, if I had 4 'stealth' accounts then perhaps I could spread out my selling and maybe even make nearly £100 per week! Blimey, Alan Sugar eat yer heart out! Christ all f**king mighty.... And I am also supposed to pay the fees and pay peoples postage as well! Plus I have had two people out of my last ten sales saying that the items I sent them didnt work, now I know they did, and I think there is some scamming going on here... I dont know its getting virtually impossible to operate under these conditions!

If you dont wana play the game the answers pretty simple....

honestly mate

ebay is not for you,if ya cant handle their policys,get out before you have a heart attack lol

people have to deal with this all the time,their not picking on you

I dont see how anyone can handle their policies? I mean I havent done anything wrong, is it cos I am registered as a personal seller and not a business seller? What can I do to improve this, I mean I am gonna have to open some more accounts, but I cant handle all this stopping and starting, ebay is my main source of income apart from been on benefits, and 6 months ago I hoped that I might be able to earn enough on ebay to get off benefits, but all I have had is hassle for no reason at all... How does anyone cope with this?

multiple accounts is the answer!

Agreed - I dont know how many times we have to say it :doh:

WOW MAN talk about attitude (i know I'm a fine one to talk but... ), Don't take this personal, your attitude needs fixing but before that you need to take your blinkers off, If you don't every account you open is going to end up the same Way Your running that account, of course the LOW dsr is your fault, blame anything you want from bad buyers to bad weather, it makes no difference, you should bend over backward for ebay buyer, if you do you will see the reward in your sales, if not you won't.

Also why come here shouting at us, what have we done wrong ??? seriously man, that will get you know where fast.

P.s i personally think the best Way to pick up your DSR on this account is for you to STOP selling on it.

EH?!?! WHAT THE F**k?!??!?! WHO RATTLED YOUR CAGE TIZ WOZ?!?!

What I cant understand is that this place was created for the benefit of people who have been suspended from ebay due to their ridiculous regulations that get people suspended / banned for no good reason. Now it seems like it is full of 'goody two shoes' types like TizWoz who have a problem if anyone has anything bad to say about ebay, well Tizwoz if I have an attitude problem, then so do 99% of the people who use this forum. Why have I got an attitude problem for getting upset that I have been limited from selling on ebay yet I've done nothing wrong? I have got 97% positive feedback yet in the new ebay world this is a bad thing!!!! FFS!! It seems like this forum is starting to get like ebay! Anyway thanks for the good advice folks!

Errrrrrrrm, let me think about that one and i'll get back to you

You did

Seems like you need everything spelling out.

Your right it is and that what we all are, well some of get banned for a good reason but that besides the point.


Please explain why you think 99% of this forum have an attitued pproblem, Not seen many myself, i think i know of about 3, me and you been two, so i would love to hear you reasoning for saying that ???




WTF, FSS, SHOUTING and all that don't do nothing for you mate and 97 LOW DSR is pants, REALLY PANTS. 'you have done nothing wrong, it's not your fault', what am i supposed to believe that ??? :doh:

You're not even making sense Tizwoz, I cant even keep up with what you are saying. I havent done anything wrong yet my DSR's are low and I have a 26 item per month selling limit, even though my seller performance has apparently improved. I have got 2 negative feedbacks out of over 150 items I sold, and one of them was for an item that got broken before I sent it and I told the buyer yet he still left me negative feedback. See what I mean, you cant win, and then I come on here for some advice and I get some fool like you telling me I have got an attitude problem??!! Have you ever considered working for ebay customer services Tizwoz? Seems to me like you would fit right in! Heh heh heh! Know what I mean folks?!?! Ha ha ha!!!

OP all I am reading in this thread is practically you shouting "F*** all of you I don't want your help" to everyone. What makes you think we would still want to help you?

Bin4ry clearly you cant read then, I said nothing of the kind, its just this Tizwoz character started accusing me of having an attitude problem, well, yes I do have a problem with ebay - and who the hell do you think you are anyway?

Is there really any need to talk like this ?

Look mate, you have been here before same old same old, you have a much bigger problem than ebay and until you learn to listen you not going to learn anything, it's that simple, you will only get more and more pissed off as you lose accounts because the same thing keeps happening and it will be anyone Else's fault but your own I'm sure.

Thank you for demostrating my point. Have a nice day, and good luck working out your ebay matter on your own.

jonny,people dont want to listen to you swearing and shoutin about how bad you have been treated

it happens all the time to all of us

cussin aint gonna get you nowhere

your attitude is a problem

for the forum and for potential buyers

i though tizwoz was argumentative but you take it another level

Hmmmm - Not good!! Bad attitude on the board to people who are trying to help you usually means they turn their back on you. If you spoke to me like you are speaking to some of the others on here the only thing you would get from me is a trailer load of fresh chicken poo.

You might slag TizWoz but he has forgotten more than you will probably ever know - he's a much better friend than an enemy.

I have many friends on this forum - and they are all important to me - they help me and I hope I help them.

I can swear as good as you - but not here - it's not wanted here.

Hope you work it out - suggestion = have a vodka and come back tomorrow

Whats not good? Listen, I never came in here to shout at nobody, but it is starting to seem like whenever I come in here to try and get some advice about a problem I am having with ebay all I get is some muppet who is saying that I am in the wrong because ebay is always right....!!!

well, I have obviously got this website confused with a website that used to be about helping people who had fallen victim to ebays petty foilbles. In future I wont bother, I will just go straight to the ebay 'community' - and believe it or not I had more constructive advice from there.... Its a sad day for this forum when the majority of people in here start taking ebays side. Time to wind it up Aspkin!

Johnny

ebays not neccessarily right - but if you want to sell on ebay you need to learn to play by their rules! Come on be SMART! :doh:

Good night JohnnyLeeds - I'm sure you will sort it out

I don't think Aspkin needs any advise from you

Actually, I've realised that I can still sell a few items, the items that didnt sell dont count and now that they have ended I can sell up to another 10 items, I will just have to make sure I sell stuff that counts until the end of September anyway, hopefully by then I will have had some more good DSR's and ebay might upgrade my selling limit?

These stringent policies that eBay put in place is to deter fraud and other types of crime operating within eBay's selling platform, eBay doesn't single out sellers it's part and parcel of eBay I'm afraid. Selling limits are put on every new eBay sellers account now I've got one for £350 or 10 items doesn't sound a lot, but considering if you've got 3 stealth eBay accounts connected to one PayPal account.

Johnny, I understand exactly what your saying. eBay and PP are scum of the earth and I don't mind people venting their frustration over it. No problem from me.

BUT, the best way to get your revenge on them is by making thousands of pounds a month and then sit back and laugh in their faces.

You can only do this if you can tolerate their limits and restrictions. Like others have said, it is part of the game and needs to be stuck to.

And no offence, but you may need to start selling stuff with higher profit margins and over dozens of accounts. This is major work. If you wanna go full time on eBay, you need to put this large effort in so that you can then laugh in their face a while afterwards when you make the good money.

Go ruthless on them and never stop. Hit them hard. Good luck. :amen:

Sounds like just one more reason to hire a sellers assistant. You can get around the selling limit this way

The percent they charge, will be offset by the increased selling volume you can achieve with their help.

I would let that account be, let it sit until the reds drop off. Or just sell a few cheap items to add some positives to it then let the reds drop off

Start a new account using the same Paypal. It will probably be restricted to but not for long if all goes fine. Sell cheap items, buy a few things then sell your usual stuff. I found after I hit 10 feedback, it seems i can sell whatever from then on.

After a while, go back to your old account. Otherwise it seems when buyers see negs, they are more likely to cause problems. It's up to you but making new Paypals and new Ebays are alot of work

Wow.

I came here a few years ago and learned a ton and it saved my house from being foreclosed.

If I put out the effort and when I learned something I shared it with those who needed it.

But I was told early on to do my own homework, use the search button, make notes, read until I eyes bleed etc and it has paid off for me and I believe many others.

If you think you can have a hundred post and everyone is just to lay out a road map for you when vets here for years learn something new every single day then you might as well go bye bye.

Many have earned their way through the ranks and do not have major attitudes at all.

So what is considered an attitude? When someone does not spoon feed you the answer you want to hear?

All of us are experiencing the new selling limits. I have perfect accounts almost 2 years old that now have them.

Learn to adjust or you will be gone in no time.

No attitude, just pure facts.

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62% so you have been here a while.

Activity is 7% so you can not contributed to the forum much.

Most of these people have been overly helpful to me and many others.

I simply do not know what I would have done with my DH and myself were laid off, unemployment ran out and we needed to make money.

This place has been a blessing to me and my family and I cannot figure out who would have an attitude other then a few newbies who are demanding and a few vets who worked hard to learn what they have and do not want to just hand you their earnings.

You didn't identify that account as Stealth so my advice was basing it on that is your real account. My new Ebay accounts linked to same Paypal have 100 item sell limit and $5000 monthly limit

No one is putting a gun to your head to sell on ebay.. hell who knows... you're probably my competition so if you stopped selling the more for me.
If you cant deal with this.. like EVERYONE is dealing with it.... get out of the game.. plain and simple...
if you need help rephrase the question and stop B****ing make a new account and get over it!

You Never Said how Old your account was, you said you sold 150 items on it (Post 15),in Post 4 you said you sold 20 Items,,Im assumming in a Weeks time, Therefore Im Willing to Bet it is Fairly New Account 4, 5, Maybe 6 Months Old,,

Now you KNOW your Account is New, and you KNOW that a 98% Positive Rating is a MUST on Ebay,, as are ALL DSR's ABOVE (I Believe) 4.7 and with SO FEW Sales,,, Only ONE of your DSR's can have a Rating of 2 or less,,You KNOW All of this to be 100% FACT

Now you get 2 Negative Feedback,,and your DSR's Take a Hit,,all most Likely within a Month,,So Ebay Limits You,,They Lessen the amount of Items that they will allow you to sell on THEIR Site,,,So,,My Question is Whats the Big Mystery??,,,

What Ebay see's is a NEW Seller who get's into a Bit of a Problem,,So What they do is SLOW The seller down and Give him a Chance to Get things Right, Chalking it up up to this New seller just Maybe having a Bad Month,,They Did NOT Suspend you,,They are giving you a Chance in their Eyes. At some Point in the Future (90 Days) They will Take another Look at your Account,,and if Things have Improved,,they will Raise you "Limit"

Im QUITE Sure that EVERYONE Here had to go through this at some Point,,,What the Hell makes you Think that you are Being Singled out, or being treated Unfairly?

So what is your Response,,To start this Thread and ALL This RUCKUS,,at LEAST 3 Different Users told you that Multiple accounts was the Awnser,,You did not even Acknoledge that,,,

You want to turn around and try to make a case to convince US that you are a Good seller and that Ebay is Evil,,and then You accuse People Here of Being Ebay Defenders,,,

I got News for you, You are Wasting your Time trying to Convince Us, and Ebay for that matter as to how Good a Seller that you are,,

The ONLY Thing that those you accuse of being Ebay defenders are TRYING to do is to EXPLAIN How Ebay works and Thinks to you,,Not Defend Ebay,,But Either you are too "THICK" or too STUPID to Realize this

As for Ebay they don't give a Flying F%ck about what you think of yourself as a Seller,,Reguardless of what think,,,they DO NOT Care if Ebay is your Only source of Money,,They DO NOT Care if you Eat your Cereal out of a HUB CAPS in the Morning,,To them your are NOTHING more that a Potential Problem,,,

I Know that in Your Mind you Think that you are an ASSet to Ebay,,But Ebay (and a LOT of other People) Just see you as an ASS

Good Luck


Oh,,and should you in your GREAT Wisdom decide to Deprive us of your Spectacular Vernacular,,Fear NOT!!!,,For you Will NOT be Missed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

:amen::clap:

Heh heh heh! Well never let it be said that I dont know how to work the room! I couldnt believe the response when I logged in this morning and seen the backlash above! Ho ho ho!!!

But seriously thanks for the great advice folks, I think I had got a bit blinded by my own bulls**t - which I am very fond of doing, Some of the basic facts of my situation were kind of hidden by me thinking about how I used to use ebay years ago and me thinking I already knew everything. I am only using the one account that is less than a year old at the moment, and I know I need to set up some more accounts. Anyway I'm a bit busy working at the moment, I got a ton of things to take to the post office so I will pop in later on.

Cheers!

Johnny

you seen the light man

remember we all go through this sh1t!!!

We all make mistakes :clap:

I Prefer to call i misunderstood.

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Yes, well I think some people are inclined to over-react to things that I and other people say sometimes. I do really appreciate what this forum has done for me and other people. Its really incredible that as a result of ebays regulations and actions that leave people who have done nothing wrong with a suspended account.

Having to go through the process of creating these 'Stealth' accounts leaves me feeling like I have become part criminal / computer hacker + fraudster, just to be able to trade successfully on ebay. I really dont know how anyone could operate a business selling on ebay without knowing about 'Stealth' accounts. I mean I havent ever bought the ebay 'Stealth' manual, but to anyone new to this who has ended up suspended from ebay and who desperately needs to get an account that they can start selling with again I would most heartily recommend buying it.

I have learned about how to create multiple 'Stealth' accounts and manage them so that they dont end up linked etc. But it took me longer to learn this by gleaning bits of information from all over the internet. I have seen a copy of 'Ebay Stealth' and it is simply all the relevant information written in a comprehensive guide and if you buy it then there is no reason why you couldnt have set up several accounts that could be used to trade on ebay within the space of a week. You have to wade through a lot of garbage on the web trying to find out about creating new ebay / paypal accounts, a lot of it is irrelevant, repetitive or out-dated.

The 'Ebay Stealth' guide and forum are completely invaluable and I owe my current employment to it. Also this forum is great for discussing fine details that are relevant to each persons particular geographical location and I have always found that I can get a quick answer to my most random query. If you are considering buying it then definetely buy it and save yourself weeks / months of research. Its also important to learn about the stuff that can lead to getting your new accounts linked and thus suspended again.

But then again I am preaching to the converted here. You guys all know this, I just wanted to say it again for anyone new who might be reading this. Anyway I just wanted to say thanks again for all the priceless knowledge and I am sorry if my prior outbursts have offended anyone, that wasnt my intention, but it can get quite entertaining when people start shouting the odds! Seems to happen most times I post on here!

Kind regards

Johnny