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@bahi_12,
All new members have a limit placed on their account, until they show they will pay promptly. The number of transactions it takes to raise the limits is not a set one, it depends more on the cost of the items you buy. Until your limit is raised you will be limited on how much you can spend and/or the number of items you can purchase in one day. The link posted below explains most of what you need to know.
What is not really mentioned in the link are Open Transaction Limits. The number of open transactions (OTs) you can have at one time is 4 or 5 which is a rolling number. As you pay or lose an auction, you get back the number of OTs you used.
Open transactions are:
Items you have committed to buy but have not yet paid for.
Bids on auctions are open transactions that last until the auction ends and you either win and pay, or lose the auction. (more about that below)
Offers, that are waiting to be accepted or declined, an offer automatically expires after 24 hours, if not accepted/declined. If you and a seller are sending counter offers, until one of you accepts or declines the transaction remains open.
Bidding:
Each bid you place on an auction remains open, even if you get outbid, until an auction ends. That is because a bidder could retract a bid(s) or a seller could cancel someones bid(s) leaving you the winner.
Read the information about bidding in the link below, especially the parts about Automatic bidding Tips for winning auctions and Bid Sniping at the bottom.
If you are unsure of what the item is worth, click on the Advanced button next to the main Search button on an ebay page. On the page that opens type in the item you are bidding on or want to look up. Then check the Completed or Sold listings box, and search.
On the page that opens, above the first listing All Listings is the default setting, you can select Auctions or Buy it now to see only those listings. To the right of that set the Sort option to End date: Recent first.
mudshark61369
·1 year ago@bahi_12,
All new members have a limit placed on their account, until they show they will pay promptly. The number of transactions it takes to raise the limits is not a set one, it depends more on the cost of the items you buy. Until your limit is raised you will be limited on how much you can spend and/or the number of items you can purchase in one day. The link posted below explains most of what you need to know.
https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/buying-limits-restrictions/buying-limits-restrictions?id=4012
What is not really mentioned in the link are Open Transaction Limits. The number of open transactions (OTs) you can have at one time is 4 or 5 which is a rolling number. As you pay or lose an auction, you get back the number of OTs you used.
Open transactions are:
Bidding:
Each bid you place on an auction remains open, even if you get outbid, until an auction ends. That is because a bidder could retract a bid(s) or a seller could cancel someones bid(s) leaving you the winner.
Read the information about bidding in the link below, especially the parts about Automatic bidding Tips for winning auctions and Bid Sniping at the bottom.
https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/bidding?id=4003
If you are unsure of what the item is worth, click on the Advanced button next to the main Search button on an ebay page. On the page that opens type in the item you are bidding on or want to look up. Then check the Completed or Sold listings box, and search.
On the page that opens, above the first listing All Listings is the default setting, you can select Auctions or Buy it now to see only those listings. To the right of that set the Sort option to End date: Recent first.
simba6
·1 year agoNo need to worry. New users have limits. They will go away in time.
kathiec
·1 year agoMost brand new members have buying limits. It doesn't mean you've done anything wrong. You can read more about buying limits here.