@ernholdt wrote:
Ebay is a fraud! They do this so they can maintain large sums of money, not to protect customers but to instead collect interest on money. This is how PayPal was formed! I just listed an item, hadn't in a couple years, and they held back all of the money for up to 21 days. I can't get a hold of anybody at ebay. When I try, the phone system hangs up. This is a sad, sad company! It once was so good. Please everybody, just simply quit using eBay. I will soon never use them again.
Again, this is an OLD thread you are digging up, but here you go:
First off, eBay and Paypal are not affiliated anymore. Haven't been for at least a couple of years, so NO, eBay is NOT doing this to maintain large sums of money, it's PAYPAL that holds funds, not eBay. Further, it says PLAINLY in the eBay and Paypal user agreements that if you haven't sold anything before, or if you haven't sold anything in a while, they reserve the right to hold your funds for up to 21 days, or until the buyer of your item posts positive feedback, showing that they got the item. This is nothing new, and you agreed to these terms when you clicked the "sell" button. It's pretty simple, really. I know it's frustrating, but you should not sell on ANY venue without reading up on the requirements first, especially if it is somewhere you have sold in the past but haven't listed anything in a while on... it only makes sense to do so for your own self-protection. Has your buyer got the item yet? You DID ship it with a shipping method that has a tracking number, didn't you? Again, that's basic stuff, but you SHOULD know to do so. If you got a tracking number but did not post it to your listing, get it from your receipt and post it to the listing ASAP. You'll get your funds as long as you can show it delivered and there's not case opened on the item.
