@a-a3663 wrote:
Well this sucks.
I deactivated my account years ago and recently decided to start selling again. I'll be a very small volume seller, simply clearing out the years of outgrown kids clothes and the like.
The main reason I'm doing it is that we have huge medical bills and anything tha makes even a tiny dent in them is a bonus.
I assume I'll be subjected to this as my ID is only about a month old?
I'm already disgusted by the fact postage now attracts a fee as well, but surely there's a ton of small sellers out there who use the funds from the buyer to pay the post? I mean sheesh, we have four kids and with the huge unexpected medical costs we live week to week.
So if I sell say $200 worth of items with 3 or 4 lots of post totalling between $30-$50, I'll be out of pocket on that post for at least 21 days? Is that how it works? Plus the fees?
Is it seriously going to COST me for the next 3+ weeks if I list now? I knew ebay had gone downhill big time but this is ridiculous.
Yes, unfortunately, that's exactly what will happen. Even if you had kept your old account, you'd still be subjected to the hold because you hadn't sold anything for awhile.
PayPal tell you there are ways to get your funds released sooner, but unless you ring them, they forget to release the funds. My suggestion is to buy some cheap $1 items from China. Most Chinese sellers give feedback as soon as you pay. Pendants or beads are usually pretty cheap and a lot start their auctions at 1c, so quite often you can get them for less than a $1 with free postage. It doesn't matter really if they don't arrive because you are just after the feedback (I do understand though that every cent counts at the moment. Most will arrive no problems).
When you sell stuff, make sure you upload tracking numbers because they supposedly release funds quicker when the tracking number shows as delivered. As I said though, often you have to ring them and tell them. Apparently the buyer leaving feedback isn't enough because of feedback manipulation.
There should be info about it in the seller centre and also in PayPal.
