‘eBay Balance’ to replace Managed Payments

[murdered_by_ebay]

I had 2 accounts suspended because of this in the past with paypal

foreign run accounts were always present in large quantities , nowadays it is hard to do because UK banks are very restrictive

[marianico]

Originally Posted by rsot

MP replaced in many if not all eb countries by now - i dont know if any exceptions exist....anyone?

In spain not working..

[JamesNorth101]

Originally Posted by OldTom

Lets keep it real and less of the bluster.

We're not talking about foreign sellers who can't get a UK bank account, we're not talking about paypal. We're talking about your unsubstantiated nonsense post above.

I will eat my hat if a private seller ever posts saying they were banned from ebay for using their balance to make purchases because it was deemed more of a risk than if they'd simply withdrawn it.

It's a great move by ebay, simply offering an option to spend your earnings with them and even then you have to override the current default payment method. Nothing more complicated than that but yet again you try and turn it into a perceived issue with more of your misinformation.

Honestly I dont see an issue with using the funds to spend on eBay all the time.

Maybe mixing in some withdrawals is a good but really I dont see eBay suspending accounts if the funds are spent on eBay always. That is the goal here afterall from eBay POV. For all we know it could actually make the eBay account stronger if you are showing eBay that all the money you earn on eBay will be spent in eBay.

The only thing I could see people doing and causing problems is if they are using it to dropship and are adding in a new deliver address for each order.

Originally Posted by SaiJin

Wrong... if that's all you have experienced that doesn't mean it's valid for everyone.

Seriously, don't even try....

So for the UK it is instant it always has been but for the US and other countries its different and can take a day or 2

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

I had 2 accounts suspended because of this in the past with paypal

foreign run accounts were always present in large quantities , nowadays it is hard to do because UK banks are very restrictive

You would be surprised there are still a lot of banks overseas that can generate a UK account number and sort code that can be used in the UK. The main high street banks are stricter but there are still dozens of easy to open options for people based overseas wanting to run a .co.uk account and withdraw.

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

You would be surprised there are still a lot of banks overseas that can generate a UK account number and sort code that can be used in the UK. The main high street banks are stricter but there are still dozens of easy to open options for people based overseas wanting to run a .co.uk account and withdraw.

this can only be EMI's which are not real banks , with real banks it is hard to do because they are only allowed to take in a foreign resident if they have a banking licence for the country of residence

and red flags , do not forget the bots. ebay are like a monster with tentacles , one tentacle tells you you can sell unlimited quantities , another one suspends you for driving up sales for example

[OldTom]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

Honestly I dont see an issue with using the funds to spend on eBay all the time.

Maybe mixing in some withdrawals is a good but really I dont see eBay suspending accounts if the funds are spent on eBay always. That is the goal here afterall from eBay POV. For all we know it could actually make the eBay account stronger if you are showing eBay that all the money you earn on eBay will be spent in eBay.

The only thing I could see people doing and causing problems is if they are using it to dropship and are adding in a new deliver address for each order.

The voice of reason.

@murdered_by_ebay posts that much nonsense he almost had me questioning my own logic.

[solefoodbk]

If you bought a shipping label on eBay and there was issues with it, then you did a chargeback in a hypothetical situation...

I would imagine that would compromise your account in the process.

[JamesNorth101]

Chargeback is just with a CC

Anything else is just a dispute which you do through eBay

[solefoodbk]

If you do chargebacks on marketplaces they will suspend you. I guess maybe it's different in this situation. Last time I did a chargeback was on Paypal and I did get restricted.

[agent006140]

the only thing I could see people doing and causing problems is if they are using it to dropship and are adding in a new deliver address for each order.
Good point,Ebay does not allow retail arbitrage,and this is violating Ebay policy.and the seller could get suspended.