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How to avoid 21 holds.
 

Hey guys,


Can you share couple methods with me on how to avoid 21 day holds (US/UK accounts). I heard that positive feedback from buyer will release your money right away. Is that true? Is there any other methods as well?

Also, is there any to register UK seller account on ebay without 1$ credit card verification? Seems like I can attach my credit cards only to US accounts without being 1$ verified.

re: How to avoid 21 holds.
 

You can't avoid fund holding unless you establish a good standing ebay account.
However, US accounts can get money releases sooner if delivery confirmed by en or buyer left a positive feedback.

this is strange
ive been back on ebay 10 days ive got only 2 feedback for selling 1.99 items
both of these payments got put on hold for the 21 day hold period
now ive got the feedback for them and recently ive sold something for 80 and 100 pounds and both of these the funds have been released straight away.
it seems as tho i dont have a 21 day hold anymore if tho ive only been back on 10 days

Sometimes it does happen like you say schris142.

However as quick as they can go , they can come back just as quick if you dont ship fast etc.

Best thing to do if you dont want holds, create accounts well in advance - make a sale and let it sit for 60-90 days and shouldnt have holds after that, this is my own personal experience.

This won't work in US.

@igotsuspended,

Why don't you think it could work for the USA?

Be interesting to hear
:ranger:

Re: How to avoid 21 holds.
 

Cause' it's my personal experience. 6 months old account, several sales for few grands but still holds except limits increased.

@davey

ive just listed on 3 accounts created and fully pp verified in october

will report back to you when i get some payments in

You need to wait 90 days after your first sale and this should apply to all accounts. If this isn't the case for you then I can only assume that PayPal put the hold back on some time after that.

tsmt, edit the listing and look under the payment address section... if it mentions holds then you have holds. If it only mentions that funds settlement "may be delayed", you have no holds.

thanks Elijah i use a bulk listing tool so i dont usually see the inner workings but thats a nice tip

and something i didnt know

im some expert eh

well no holds on the first one yayyy

well well well

Good advice eh?!

Hit and miss if you dont wait the 90 days

I hate the holds.

I can't sell unless I can withdraw the money before I ship. Also finding an account that's an 04 with unlimited selling allowance helps too.

Shifted all my stock in a few days and withdrawn. :eek:.

Re: How to avoid 21 holds.
 

Its going to be tough to sell with that plan

Not sooooooooo long ago


i used to just keep adding and removing bnk account every withdrawal to make the limits alot less limitess if ya know what i mean.


Sometime get the odd one held as oppose to getting the odd one released.


ones that get held you can get released 3 days after sending it wether its been delivered or not as long as you have tracking.

Do see the point in them if you can get round them so easy anyway :shocked:

What do you mean?

What do you mean what do i mean.


What do you think i mean.


i might talk in riddles but com'on its obvious.

i dont know what you mean either :ranger:

^^^^^ correct

why dont people just prepare their accounts to sell for 3 months or more,
sell and get feedback up, sell stuff you do not need the money for low value stuff. What is the hurry.

What is the point of 21days HOLD.

Whoever has any MONEY held for more then 3days are not doing it correctly.

i have said in a good few threads.....you send the item...keep the tracking....Contact ebay 3 days after you SENT the item and funds will be released REGARDLESS of if they have been DELIVERED or NOT.

Some packages i send around the world can take 5-10 days to reach the destination......The money is usually released well before the items reach there destination.


i mean in the u.k under the old system...It used to take 3-4 sometimes more days for you money to reach the bank

Now it take you 3 days for PP to release it and 2-3 hours to reach the bank.

Whats so bad ?

Actually this isnt correct, on several occasions and several accounts,
I have submitted tracking to paypal and they have said the tracking has to show as delivered for 3 days, so they can check the post office matches the region on the buyers address.

Elijah,

I have a question where can you look in the listing to see if it has holds or not? Like specifically I could not find either one of the things you said in the edit listing screen? Guide me guide me please

Well it is for me so all i can say is somethings wrong becuase it worked for my accounts....last time was around febuary.

Point out the email where it states the item must be sent ...

In the email no mention of delivery or in any of there t.c's

Once i pointed that bit out .... they started releasing my money....regardless of if delivered or not.

another thing that might help is if you attach a copy of the recipt with the tracking no and address when you send your email .

The part of the listing where you enter your PayPal email when listing/editing, in that section it should say.

thank you I will take a look

Just a quick question guys. Is that true that PP 21 days hold isn't exist to items listed on ebay.co.uk?

Netiesa:) No it's not true.

As if.

Holds apply for the UK accounts.

Wait until paypal uk gives you a rolling reserve to deal with as you try to trade.

:ranger:

remove bnk account when PP account created.....as per savers.

Add to withdraw and remove....leave off till want to withdraw..rince and repeat for a litte more time.

What do you mean contact ebay 3 days after you ship the item? Contact them by calling them? and say what?

Also what does adding and removing your bank account do?

'Hello ebay, you suck' never works.

Should you (risk a) call, you say Hello, my user name is xxxxx I have my shipping details of the item posted 3 days. Please input into the system. Thank you for that and thank you for releasing my funds...

Words similar to the above.

That bank account is a UK trick. Not useful for Canada.

:juggle:

Adding and removing bank account is not effective for pp.ca

What do you say? You state you shipped the item, here is tracking, and hope that they release funds. Happens that they will say you have to wait for it to be delivered though

Isn't it pay pal applying the hold and not ebay?

It doesn't sound very likely ebay will release just after 3 days, that would make the 21 day hold pointless..

Thanks.

Re: How to avoid 21 holds.
 

The holds are placed by eBay. Anyway, they are the same now but different division. My holdings are mostly released by the end of second day after delivery confirmed.