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Payment on Hold - What to do?

I have been selling art work on e-bay for over 10 years with almost 400 items sold. Exceptional rating and never any negative feedback. I sell military artworks ( historic battle scenes ). The market has fallen off and no artworks have sold for 12 month; until July 29th. My customer received the package on August 1st. The customer messaged me and thanked be for the "awesome" artwork & delivery. I provided him positive buy feed back.

I messaged my customer with instructions for him to send me positive feedback.

Is there more required of Me . Do I just wait for my money ( $195.00) ? How long does this process require ?

Thinking about a future notification to the US Commerce Commission. I can not imagine how much interest free money eBay is withholding from their sellers. Does not seem correct nor ethical. 

swampfox18yt5
swampfox18yt5
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tobaccocardyahoo

tobaccocardyahoo

·2 years ago
5565View listings

**bleep** is the U.S. Commerce Commission?

 

Is there a U.S. Commerce Commission?

 

Do they want you to pay them some fee to do something?

 

 

                                       
simba6

simba6

·2 years ago
2327View listings

Not much you can do other than to just wait it out.

                                       
bennotbill

bennotbill

·2 years ago
1025View listings

The new or infrequent seller policy makes little sense when it's the same seller selling the same sort of things.

                                       
swampfox18yt5

swampfox18yt5

OP2 years ago
364View listings

Ebay finally released my funds on 7 August.  Still plan to notify the USCC . 

                                       
kensgiftshop

kensgiftshop

·2 years ago
389View listings
@swampfox18yt5 wrote:

Ebay finally released my funds on 7 August.  Still plan to notify the USCC . 

 

For what, they don't own Ebay?

 

                                       
bonjourami

bonjourami

·2 years ago
2513View listings

"Ebay finally released my funds on 7 August.  Still plan to notify the USCC ."

 

 

Yeah, that will work.

                                       
buyselljack2016

buyselljack2016

·2 years ago
107View listings

USCC will be happy to see that eBay is in full compliance with the rules set forth in the UA that you agreed to when listing an item to sell.

                                       
12345jamesstamps

12345jamesstamps

·2 years ago
8852View listings

Wait is usually 30 days.

If you sell something every month...even just a post card or such...you won't get these 30 days on hold anymore.

"notification to US Commerce Commission"...waste of time....

Everyone goes through this....normal

Your past history unfortunately doesn't count for much as a returning seller.

Good Luck.

                                       
mtgraves7984

mtgraves7984

·2 years ago
2740View listings

Sorry for your quandary, but hang in there. Here's the long read. >> Payments on hold | eBay

                                       
dy60609

dy60609

·2 years ago
0View listings

@swampfox18yt5 

Per ebay policy, infrequent sellers may have payments held for 30 days.

 

10 years makes no difference if there have been no recent steady sales.

 

There is nothing to report to USCC.  When they sell, sellers agree to the terms presented.

 

  • New or infrequent sellers will experience transaction holds while learning best selling practices. This helps sellers become established and build a strong selling history on eBay. New sellers typically experience holds for up to 30 days, although sometimes it may be longer
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