As far as I can tell, the only criteria I have not met (on that newer account) is the "90 days since your first sale" ... everything else I have covered.  So, I am now going to have funds held for 21 days, for no other reason, until the 20th of January.

Now here's an idea EBay should consider..how about waiting waiting up to 3 weeks on their FVF's till I get MY money.                              21 days after your buyer pays if you don't upload tracking and you don't mark your item as sent in My eBay  Our itemsare taken to the Post 2 times a day some days..1 on slow days. Some items sell for 1.75 + 1.70 for stamps and envelope. coming to 3.45. I am now supposed to tell them I am charging another 3.50 for a tracking number?? Geez, I'd be telling MYSELF where to go. At the end of the day EBay need to learn a very simple rule: If it's not broke...DON"T try and fix it!  I really do miss the "good ole days" when ebay used to be run by people with brains. They have been replaced by robots now IMHO.

They have been replaced by robots now IMHO.

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Robots.... and people for whom English is a second language.

Don't get me wrong, this is nothing racist at all - it's about basic communication skills.

If I cannot understand you, and you cannot understand me, how the hell can anything ever be resolved or worked on to any acceptable level?

I wonder how much Interest Ebay and Paypal are making each month by holding sellers payments for 21 days? I think it would be a lot so it is Just Another eBay Fee with out you knowing...

Crowsman

What's really grinding my gears about the whole deal, is that we are completely POWERLESS.  

WHY are we powerless?  If a store was trying this carp, we would go to the office of fair trading..... 

I wonder if it would work - or whether the company being based in the USA would make it different?

Does anyone know how much PayPal has to pay if the Ombudsman is called? My mate had no luck when he called them. He even resorted to telling them that he would be putting in a report with the Ombudsman and they said "if that's what you feel you need to do, then that's what you should do". I'd love to know how much PayPal has to pay when that happens.

 

Maybe if they get fined enough times they might reconsider this stupid rule for established, long term sellers who happen to start a new account.

I believe I read somewhere that the charge is $1500+ when the ombudsman is involved.  Disclaimer.....I don't know this from experience, just hearsay!!!

 

Edited for spelling mistake.

I hope that's true. I have no real idea myself other than once being told that the amount charged was "several hundred dollars" but if it is indeed $1500 then it's not hard to see why they make the occasional discretionary payments in order to do their level best to avoid involving the FOS. It's true when they say that knowledge is power, because knowing the above is like having a bloody big hammer to wield at Paypal if or when the need ever arises.