So my friend who has been devasted by slow sales jsut got a rude awakening. He's been on ebay since 2001. 17 years? He somehow managed to squeek out 3 small sales. 2 were about $15 each and the 3rd was $30. He went to check his paypal account to print out the shipping labels. To his surprise the $30 was being held. So he called ebay. He was told that since his monthly sales had dropped below $250 a month ebay would hold those funds for some time - can't remember how long he said. (maybe 15 days) Anyway he informed the cs that he couldn't ship the item till the money was freed up. The cs rep then informed him that it would effect his ranking on ebay and might reflect his listing status. The rep did eventually free up the money. But the question is - is ebay going to bring back this policy now? I remember it a long time ago but this is the first I'd heard of it in quite awhile (years) With sales so slow now I can't imagine it's not going to impact alot of small sellers.
