Need To Vent!!

[ErinsChins]

So I've been using eBay for a while now. I fix Red Ringed 360's and re sell them as refurbished 360's. Well, when I first started, I sold about 5 of them and made around $1000. ALL of that was put on hold by paypal. I had to spend $80 out of pocket to ship something that I (basically) haven't been paid for. I was informed that after a while and some positive feedback that this would stop. Well, that money has since been unlocked and placed in my bank account (a few months ago), but EVERYTHING I sell is STILL being placed on hold. WHY? I NEED the money. My job was slow this week, I worked 30 hours last week, but am only working around 20 this week. I know it seems stupid, but i've got 100% positive feedback and i'm just pissed with ebay/paypal right now. If I had known this then I would've just used CL.

Sorry, just needed to vent

Before you say anything, I do have an E-Chin fund, but that isn't for this kind of thing.

 

[caiti]

I used to sell stuff on ebay with paypal and I am pretty sure they hold payments until at least the person gets the item shipped to them. I sold small, light stuff like old clothes and shoes so the shipping was never too much, and when I sold books it was through media mail shipping which is cheap, so I didn't care too much about it.

That's a bummer, sorry. I had all positive feedback too but it was always like that. I stopped using ebay when they started really charging for listings. CL might be better, you can try it out.

 

[greychins]

I know when I used to use Paypal, there was like a $500 limit or something that you could withdraw per year. Maybe it's something like that? Could you call Paypal and ask them why the money is being put on hold?

 

[Christina Noraas]

Paypal holds money that's over $500 just because of security reasons. It's probably because it's such a large amount, but you should contact them and find out what's going on.

 

[threewingedfury]

These are reasons why Paypal/eBay will put your items on hold:

You have been an eBay member for less than 6 months, and you sell an item for more than $100
You have an eBay feedback score of less than 100, and you sell an item for more than $100
You have a buyer dissatisfaction percentage* greater than 5%
You have an average DSR of less than 4.5
You have received fewer than 20 Detailed Seller Ratings in the last 12 months
You are listing your item in a high-risk category such as gift certificates, video games, cell phones, computers, or consumer electronics.