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op.bre64 · ‎10-21-2023

I'm looking at getting a rare figure for my TF collection, and I made an offer to the seller to start a negotiation of the price (it's quite high despite being rare). Anyways, they made counter-offer back to me for a slightly lower price. I want to make a counter offer back for a higher amount than my initial offer, but eBay isn't letting me. I get this error message:

"You’ve reached a temporary buying restriction.

You can only purchase this item if you add it to your cart and pay for it immediately at checkout. To continue, click on the “Add to Cart” button in the listing."

My account is new, and I have had issues with eBay on new accounts in the past, but this isn't like any I've seen. Can anyone tell me what's going on here?

frankenhobbit · ‎10-21-2023

@op.bre64 wrote:
My account is new, and I have had issues with eBay on new accounts in the past, but this isn't like any I've seen. Can anyone tell me what's going on here?

New accounts? Have you been kicked off eBay before?

*lady*madonna* · ‎10-21-2023

@op.bre64

The message that you received --> "You’ve reached a temporary buying restriction.

You can only purchase this item if you add it to your cart and pay for it immediately at checkout. To continue, click on the “Add to Cart” button in the listing." is usually received by buyers that have not paid for 2 or more purchases.

Have you paid for ALL your purchases/orders?

*lady*madonna*
Volunteer Ebay Community Mentor

ajs_coins_and_alchemy · ‎10-21-2023

You can always message the offer to the seller and find a work around...just a thought.

Your error message is likely as lady*madonna* explained

mudshark61369 · ‎10-22-2023

@op.bre64,

The reason why you cannot make any more offers is because you just created this account. eBay places a limit on how much new members can spend until they prove to be prompt payers.

https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/buying-limits-restrictions/buying-limits-restrictions?id=4012

You can try using Buy It Now, but may not be able to because of the limit.

" I have had issues with eBay on new accounts in the past, but this isn't like any I've seen. Can anyone tell me what's going on here"?

If you have had ebay accounts in the past that had issues, and created this one using the same IP address, street address, and financial info, you may be on ebay's radar and your past issues may be coming back to bite you.

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FOOLPROOF, BECAUSE FOOLS ARE SO DARNED INGENIOUS!" (unknown)

woodland_gnome · ‎10-22-2023

That error message seems to be associated with running into your Open Transaction Limits. To get below your limits you need to pay for the outstanding unpaid items that now count towards your limits, but that might not be immediately possible because eBay counts items that you committed to buy but cannot pay for at this time against your limits:

1. At least some active auctions that you have bid on (including the one you are trying to rebid on). Originally only those you were in the lead on counted, but it is very likely that the rules have changed since they were last made public to include your outbid bids on running auctions and also any pending Best Offer. To minimize the effect of these wait until near the end of the auction to bid only one time at your TRUE maximum you are willing to pay for the item, and then pay immediately after it ends, to minimize the time it counts towards your limit. You can't pay until you win, so don't use up your open transactions on bids you can't pay for until hours or days later. Waiting to bid also keeps your options open (once you bid you are committed to that auction and can win and have to pay even if you are outbid during the auction--exception if it is still "Reserve not met" after you bid) so you can safely bid on an auction that ends earlier or jump on a great Buy It Now price that gets listed in the interim.

2. Transactions cancelled at your request (or due to problems with your address). Note that these also can result in lowering the limit, so make sure you are going to buy (and CAN buy, that the item ships to your location) BEFORE you commit to buying.

3. Unpaid Item Strikes. Again, don't bid/commit to buy unless you KNOW you can and will pay for every item.

To get these and other buying limits raised or removed in the long run you need to establish a pattern of reliably paying for what you commit to buy.

ed8108 · ‎10-22-2023

@op.bre64 wrote:

You can only purchase this item if you add it to your cart and pay for it immediately at checkout. To continue, click on the “Add to Cart” button in the listing."

Follow the directions you have been provided or decide to move on