How to sell coins and currency,it seems ebay has a limit

[arniegerbe]

I have some proof US coins and US currency I would like to sell on ebay. I tried but they have a limit of 500 dollars and 5 items a month. I am a collector thinning out my colection not a business and most of the items I want to sell are a lot more than 500 dollars. I have nothing to sell for just a few dollars. Is there any way ebay could keep the funds in escrow for 30 days until they trust me. Or is there any other way...Thanks for any info  Arnie

[ted_200]

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@arniegerbewrote:

How?

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https://www.ebay.com/help/home#

Enter "selling limits" in the search bar.  Click the first result.  Scroll down, there's a button to request raising the limit.

[timemachine777]

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@arniegerbewrote:

How?

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Also...

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/selling-limits?id=4107

[luckythewinner]

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@arniegerbewrote:

It seems they would rather do business with large volume sellers only..Thanks for you feedback Arnie

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A seller who suddenly and uncharacteristically wants list a number of of high-priced items is pretty much the poster child for fraud. 

If you stop and think about it, eBay probably has good reason to be cautious about sellers who match that profile. 

[ted_200]

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@luckythewinnerwrote:

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@arniegerbewrote:

It seems they would rather do business with large volume sellers only..Thanks for you feedback Arnie

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A seller who suddenly and uncharacteristically wants list a number of of high-priced items is pretty much the poster child for fraud. 

If you stop and think about it, eBay probably has good reason to be cautious about sellers who match that profile. 

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He didn't "suddenly" do anything.  He has a 10 yr. old account with 79 sales, and his limits were already 5 items / $500 before he attempted to list anything. 

[luckythewinner]

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@ted_200wrote:
He didn't "suddenly" do anything.  He has a 10 yr. old account with 79 sales, and his limits were already 5 items / $500 before he attempted to list anything. 

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Exactly - his limits prevented him from listing high value items. 

The OP's 10 year history means nothing to eBay when it comes to setting limits or evaluating sellers. All the OP's selling feedback says "more than a year ago", which is probably why he is being treated like a "new" seller.

So in eBay eyes, "suddenly" is probably how they would describe it. 

[femmefan1946]

It's not eBay: it's you.

All new and occasional sellers have limits on the number and value of their listings.

This is both a buyer and a seller protection.

Buyer Protection against the 'take the money and run' scammers. This is in addition to the Hold Paypal puts on your customers' cleared payments.

Non-US sellers have to wait 21 days to claim cleared payments. US based sellers can claim sooner.

You can in either case use the Held funds to buy a shipping label, and those may have a discounted price.

Seller Protection because new and occasional sellers are scam magnets.

While you are learning the ropes , eBay is ham-handedly trying to make sure you don't lose too much money.

It's hard enough when you goof yourself-- probably on shipping. Shipping is HARD!

While you do learn the ropes, and build your feedback, look around the house for stuff you never use and practice selling on stuff you can afford to lose.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Meanwhile...in another thread we have a new seller with one sale in the past year who listed a $23k watch and is now worried about a scam Paypal payment.

Gotta love Ebay