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UK Paypal receiving limit
 

Opened a Stealth Paypal account a few months back.

The account was almost immediately limited (don’t know why) and I was asked (demanded) to send in documents which I did (uploaded stealth d/licence and utility bill). The account was quickly deemed ok and I’ve been using it since (about 4 months).

However, I’m now approaching the receiving limit. From what I understand when lifting this they will ask for I.D?

Any idea what will happen as I’ve already supplied I.D?

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You'll need to submit it again.

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Ah ok.

I guess they will ask for it again as I approach the limit.

Thank you.

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dont forget to update the date on the utility bill.

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Ah yes thank you. Within 90 days i think.

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You should have the option to increase your limits at any time before they demand documents so rather than wait until the deadline you can manually request it at which point they may or may not ask for documentation but you can get the ball rolling early so you don't have any interruptions to the account.
Once I left it to the last minute and before they'd checked the documents the account was limited and I had to wait. Nowadays I try to increase the limit before I need to.
This is assuming you plan to continue with the account long term

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Yes the option to lift the limit is there. I was just wondering if they would ask for the same documents twice (accept the utility bill would need to be more up to date, the d/license would be the same though).

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I can't answer that but you have to wonder why they would ask for documents a second time anyway.
If they do I doubt there would be any reason for them not to accept the same ID and an updated version of whatever you presented before- unless they already had suspicions.

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It is wrong to assume that because documents were accepted once that they will be accepted again in future. Nothing is ever that simple when it comes to Paypal. It always comes down to the individual that does the review.

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Actually wrong. He was limited the first time for obviously selling his first few items. (Happens now and then.)

Now he is limited for the receiving limits. It is a different kind/type of limitation so docs need to be resent.

When you send id in for a limitation. Paypal dont just lift your receiving limits (i wish) you have to have them inspected again as ebayorbust says.

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This is bad advice (again).

To get full use out of the account, sell right up to the limit (just before), and make sure you have withdrawn all the money, sometimes it means waiting for holds payments to clear. Then tip the scale so it is limited and demand docs. Then submit the docs. If it fails, then at least you made the full amount out of the account money wise. Uploading them early, means it could be culled at any point and you would loose any money or pending payments in there.

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Understood. So keep selling till they ask.

I guess my opening question should of been 'why did Paypal want the documents from the off'. I was expecting to send them in when limits were reached, not before.

If Paypal goes down will that take the eBay account with it?

Either way i suppose the best advice is to open more accounts?

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Don't forget to begin building backup accounts

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Lots of people do prefer to get this all out of the way before using the account though. It's not a given that users have to do it this way however, most probably would. Most importantly make sure you have no funds in the account apart from those to pay eBay fees

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Yes I agree, but your words there, BEFORE the account is used, that makes sense, I certainly wouldnt submit it while using the account as you never know when D day may come and you could have a grand worth of holds in there when computer says NO. :) In this case, the OP is already using the account.

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I created stealth several months ago, sold 1 item, instantly was asked to submit docs. Submitted them, they were accepted. Later on, when they saw a trend that I will bump into yearly limit in the nearest future, they asked for docs again. Sent them the same docs I used in the very beginning, it worked, and voila - PP got all limits removed.

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Excellent muzzie. Thats what I wanted to hear. The limit will be hit pretty soon so I'll let them get in touch then send in the (updated) docs.

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It is important to remember (like everyone else has said) that even though they have passed once does not guarantee that they will pass again. It will be a different person and possible a different department looking at the docs.

There have also been a lot of changes in the last new months at PayPal and how they review docs.

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No point in leaving money in the account to pay for ebay fees as if they reject the documents and limit the account those funds also will not be accessible either

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Thats not what Callidus is referring too.

He is saying, and quite rightly, that never leave money in your PP account, just enough to cover ebay fees (so that an auto payment does not try to take it from your bank account through paypal causing a name to appear on the transaction) and to cover one or two refunds, in case it goes to a hold for an INR or SNAD case.

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I can't be dealing with all that ID stuff anymore, would recommend unlimited accounts from the market place or limited to just ditch or wait a year from bunny. Saves me so much stress

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Lol hun when first read this i thought you meant i make you wait a year for your accs haha..

I see what you are doing. You sell to just under the receiving limits and then wait for the reset the following year.

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Nah you're great lol. And yeah, have some bigger ones with ID sorted that i keep going and then 4-8 a month I just use up to the £1500

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Dan running all those accounts, your brain must be mental on keeping up with them!

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Being organized is key.

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What is wrong?
Even if he's been limited for a second time they give you the same documentation choice so the same ID can be used - it won't have changed after all , and an updated version of the utility bill would also be ok.

I didn't say they wouldn't ask, I asked why they would bother.

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Once again you are completely clueless or at least have no common sense.
My method is intended for those who want to carry on using their paypal accounts - not for people who waste time running up to the limit then getting closed and starting again. That really isn't the way to get an established long term paypal account.
Obviously(again) you withdraw money at least once a day in case anything goes wrong.
Your method is fine assuming things go wrong - which it probably does if you follow your own advice.

I do wonder why you waste your time on here

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You said he wouldnt/shouldnt/couldnt get asked for id a second time. So i said you wrong because both limitations he has had are different.

But just because he docs pass once does not guarantee them to pass the next time.

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Agreed but once again Wired assumes his way is the only way.
And with the aim being to have a long term established paypal account rather than needing to find f8kedocuments every few months you only need to listen to Wired if you intend to do the latter

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This is what I said:


You have to wonder why they would ask for documents a second time anyway.
If they do I doubt there would be any reason for them not to accept the same ID and an updated version of whatever you presented before- unless they already had suspicions.


Nowhere in that does it say he wouldn't shouldn't or couldn't.
It says if he is asked he can use similar documentation.

I asked why they would ask a second time - you explained why they would

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Yes and thats all i was talking about.
Glad you understand.

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lol, he's back for our entertainment.

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Not entertainment , just to correct all the misinformation that you post here all the time.
You seem to think, and try to pretend that just because you've posted on this forum longer than me shows you know more than I do.

Time and again your posts show that you don't.

You advise people to throw away a perfectly good ebay account just in case paypal catch on. Sound advice?

And your earlier posts about paypal show you know far less than you try and make out you do.

Post accurate comments and I won't need to counter them with corrections/ adjustments.

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Oh you do make me giggle.

This forum was set up, and the ways to operate where built to have the highest success rate. It works, and many people have been Stealth for a long time.

Unfortunately, you anedotal advice (no proof so it didnt happen) about your own Stealth way, is untested by many, therefore you are dangerous to new members, and I will continue to correct you.

Since you have been on the forum, you have yet to make any constructive threads, nor in fact ask any questions.

What many are thinking, is why are you here? Lonely life? sociopath needing to pick a fight with those bigger than him from behind his keyboard? The possibilities are endless.

So from now, keep your posts constructive, it will help you gain a few friends on here.

Happy to help, have a nice day x

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Yeah its not fun, I don't bother reading messages on the ones without receiving limits lifted to be honest with you which saves time and I'm not the safest stealther, lots of pictures get stolen from ebay.com and .de to say the least lol

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Theres always ways to get creative with the photos :)

You must have a spreadsheet to handle all of that? I do it differently 2 main accounts, 2 working their way up in sales slowly in reserve before EU limit, and 2 accounts ageing ready for action.

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You really must be some kind of sad loser.
You post on here all the time with your "advice" which most of the time is rubbish.
And if you're so arrogant and stupid enough not to realise that all your examples are as anecdotal as anyone elses then you're a bigger fool than I first thought.
Time after time after time you post drivel that is at best dodgy and based only on your own experience and at worst complete fiction.
I'm not the only one who's picked you up on it yet you continue to post here as if you actually have knowledge.
The fact I've been a stealther since 2003 shows that I am likely to have more knowledge than you can ever hope to.

It's disappointing that people ( who I expect know no better) listen to the rubbish posted by you and then ( as in a previous example) will throw away a completely perfect ebay account that they don't need to on your advice.
That nobody who runs the forum ever takes you to task about the inaccuracies you post is a sad indictment of the forum.

So I guess you win.
I won't waste any more time on you or the forum as just like you , the new members who come on here for advice confuse time spent on here with time spent on ebay - 2 completely separate things.
You may have been on the forum longer by by heck you certainly show your lack of experience and knowledge by parrotting the info given in the guide as if its the one and only way to do what is necessary.

So I'll leave you to your sad little power trip in the hope that others will wake up to the fact that you are more often than not completely wrong in your "advice" and I just hope that not too many genuine people looking for help end up following what you say.

Me not posting means your drivel goes unchecked. So people - be warned- he knows nothing.

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stuartalex , ignore wired. Hes attention seeking;)

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The counterfeiter and the troll, thats like a newage fiction book even Gibson would be proud of writing!

However i doubt we have seen the last of him dispite his not so graceful exit, sociopaths never give up they are like boomerangs.

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Well, had an issue. Due a mistake, there were some funds in the account when I bumped into the limit 2500. They asked for docs, and they were accepted. But... they passed the account to another department next day. Which didn't like what was in the account, and suspended it with the money, which I was not able to remove before due 21 day hold. I made a huge mistake of not stopping all sales waiting 21 day to remove moneys before submitting the docs. So several issues combined and PP is gone.

To make it short - I suggest sending in all the docs in the very beginning of the account to get PP fully verified, so they will not pay another piece of attention to it when it has already made some trades and is worth something.