I'm with casey on this one.

The ebay policy for a long while now has been that irregular sellers are to be treated as 'new' sellers and so funds go on hold for a month.

The reason for it of course is ebay want to cover themselves as they have a money back guarantee.  Of course, if a customer makes a claim, ebay wants to get that refund money off the seller, not out of their own coffers. Buyers only get 30 days in which to open a claim though so ebay figures if it puts a hold on funds for that long, they are covering themselves. I see this as perfectly reasonable if a seller suddenly lists items after a long period of inaction.

But where it is unfair is when it applies to sellers such as yourself. I can see that you have sold quite a few things in the last few months to a year. You have a fairly steady pattern of recent sales and 100% satisfaction rating.

You've been an Australian member since 1999 and you've received over 4000 feedback, some as buyer, some as seller.

You're what I would see as a fairly regular seller or a steady seller at small volume.

Since you have that steady (though not high volume) record over the last 12 months, if I worked for ebay I would not see you as high risk.

You're the very type of safe seller who made ebay great in the early days. You're here in Australia and you're likely to have items that people won't see everywhere else.

But you're right, ebay has not been wanting to deal with small, occasional sellers for years now. I suspect they see it as potentially too much work, sellers who may not know the ropes etc and I also think they have been chasing sellers of 'new' stock.

Big mistake in my book.

I think the tide may be turning slightly, going on past posts I have seen, in that they may also start to push the image that they also cater to those looking for high end second hand designer products. That's not your market though.

Facebook isn't that bad for sales but depends what you sell. I'd guess your pet carry cages would sell on marketplace easily, individual books etc not so much.

For those, just persist with ebay but just mentally allow a month before expecting funds.