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[maxmaxmax2012]

Have a good day everyone and I wish you well. 

[ckimodog]

@maxmaxmax2012 

It means if you have your payment account set up, you'll receive your funds in 2 days.  If you don't have a payment account set up (bank account with routing and account number) you'll get your funds in 180 or 6 months.  Many people come on this forum to sell items only to neglect opening a bank account and then come here on this forum to express their frustration & complain.  I wish eBay would fix this issue and block those who try to sell without a payment account. You need a bank account to be paid for your sales.  Period.  If your bank account is all set up, you should have no problems getting your money.  Congrats on your sale! 

Happy Selling

[maxmaxmax2012]

You entirely missed the point of my question. Thanks for the reply nevertheless.

I am talking specifically about the mechanism of the automatic payment after 180 days and as to what that exactly means, in particular in those questions I wrote down for it. And also what you have written down isn't even making sense. The 180 days have nothing to do with having a bank account set up or not. 

I have a bank account linked and already recieved payments in the past. It's not about any of that. I need to understand the mechanism behind the automatic 180 days payouts. 

[maxmaxmax2012]

Why are people marking his reply as helpful!? It's not even answering the question one bit! The first two sentances, of which the second part is not even correct, are in some way connected to my question, the rest of it is him unloading his frurstration with whatever other people here on this forum. Sad to hear that, but what has this to do with me or my question? Everything is alright with my account and I do receive payments just normal. 

My actual question is revolving around the 180 days automatic payout if you don't have intervals set up. I mean, I have written down what my questions are. AGAIN: 

The questions I have are:

1. what does "last time we credited your account" mean? Which account, my bank account or my ebay account, that got credited after selling an item?

2. If "your account" means my bank account, then what happens if I have never before got a payout on my bank account, when do the 180 days start counting then?

3. If "your account" means actually the ebay account, then would that mean the 180 days start all over again, if I again sell something within the 180 days?

4. Irrespective of what "your account" means; is this automatic payout referring to the entire money on your eBay account or this whole automatic payout process only in context to each invdividual sold item, that you recieved money for, so that basically the 180 days are individually running for each payment you recieved after selling something?

And those questions are just in context to this quote "If you aren't on scheduled payouts,funds are paid out automatically after 180 days from the last time we credited your account."

This is what I need to understand, in detail. So if someone knows how this mechanism work and what this means, I'd be thankful for your help!

[ckimodog]

@maxmaxmax2012 

It may just be a random message.  Since you are located in Germany, your account and eBay site may be different than what sellers here in the US experience.  My suggestion is to post your question on the UK board, since you are located in Europe.  Here's a link:

ebay.com/uk

 http://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Discussion/ct-p/13

[maxmaxmax2012]

There is a reason why I am here and ask this question right here on the US forum. I've been in contact multiple times with the ebay support hotline here in germany and the people there, who obviously aren't really meant to answer such deatailed questions, told me 3 different versions each of the 3 times I talked to them. 3 different versions, how that mechanism apperently works. So that information was not only contradicting each other, but also was highly unreliable given there were 3 different versions.  But I can't blame them, they are not schooled for such questions but more "simple" things.

And since googling the half internet also didn't get me any further, I compared both the german and US version of this mechanism, in terms of how it is phrased and it turns out, it is prhased exactly the same way. That's why I came up here and asked this question right here, in hope there would be just more people here in general who could maybe help.

So let's just wait and see if someone knows what this phrase is actually referring to. 

[ckimodog]

@maxmaxmax2012 

Good luck and have a great day.  Sorry I couldn't have been more help.  

[maxmaxmax2012]

Thanks and no worries. Sorry for being a bit toxic on my side, but I'm a bit annoyed due to not getting an answer for days and days and even ebay can't explain me how their regulations work. 

Thanks for your attempt to help nevertheless! 

[albertabrightalberta]

@maxmaxmax2012 

This doesn't answer your question requesting clarification of what it means for funds to be paid out in 180 days, I want to clarify that the part that reads "the funds will typically be available within 2 business days" probably won't apply to you. 

New and previous sellers who haven't sold in the last 90 days will have their funds subject to holds for 30 days. And since you haven't been selling within 90 days, you will likely be subject to 30 day holds on your funds.

[maxmaxmax2012]

Okay, but yeah, this is irrelevant for my question. 

Maybe I should have left out everything except the last sentance in my initial post, because that's only what it's about.

Since it says  "funds are paid out automatically after 180 days from the last time we credited your account.", the question is what happens if your account never got credited, besides the even bigger question, what account is this referring to. It could mean when your ebay account got credited, or when your bank account got credited, meaning the last time you had a payout.

For the situation its talking about the bank account, the question is there what happens if you never had a payout yet. And also what happens if you for example, after 170 days make a payout of only 10% the money you have on the ebay account. Will the 180 days start over again, for the rest of the money on your ebay account? 

For the situation it's talking about the ebay account itself, that got credited on x day, then does this mean each time you sell something again, the 180 days start over again? because then it credits your account again.

It's unbelievable to me that no one, in particular people invovled at eBay, are able to explain this process. I mean, for sure there are people who know how that works, but how to get in contact with them?

But all I wanna know is, when the automatic payout actually happens and how it happens. Is it talking about all the money on it, or only individual parts of the money, from each sold item? 

Edit: @albertabrightalberta I was just reading the last part of your words again. Can you explain me why almost everyon here can not stop to project whatever scenario onto me? And then such replies get upvoted for both projecting a random situation and not answering the question!?

Not that it even matters for my question, but I actually did sell something in the last 90 days. Everything is fine with my account. I am not asking all this because I need money. My payouts work fine. I just need to understand how this regulation works. That's all, really. So please everyone stop to make up things with every reply that comes in. 

There is a question up there, if you can help me, I would be thankful, if you can't, just ignore it. No need to make up whatever things that may or may be not true regarding me and the intent of my question.

Thanks

[brightlightbookseller]

I know in the US, after 180 days usually funds go to the Unclaimed Funds department of your state (which varies by state, but they all have something like that).  Does Germany have anything similar?

[albertabrightalberta]

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@maxmaxmax2012 wrote:

It's unbelievable to me that no one, in particular people invovled at eBay, are able to explain this process. I mean, for sure there are people who know how that works, but how to get in contact with them?

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Are you aware that you're talking to ebay members - buyers and sellers - like you? We don't have the answer to your question, probably because you're getting that notification on the .de or .uk websites. 

On the .com site, there's nothing about 180 days and automatic payouts after that time. 

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/getting-paid-items-youve-sold?id=4814&st=3&pos=1&quer...

Although I don't speak German (nor have taken German in many years), I can understand some and even on the German site, I don't see what you're referring to. 

https://www.ebay.de/help/selling/getting-paid/getting-paid-items-youve-sold?id=4814&st=3&pos=1&query...

If you have your account set up with your banking information, my suggestion would be to wait out the 30-days post delivery of the Graphics Card you sold on June 7 and see if the funds are released and show up in your bank. 

[a_c_green]

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@maxmaxmax2012 wrote:

Here is the full quote:

"When will I get paid?

Once your buyer’s order is confirmed, the funds will typically be available within 2 business days. You’ll receive them in your next scheduled payout or you can request an earlier payout date. If you aren't on scheduled payouts, funds are paid out automatically after 180 days from the last time we credited your account."

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Can you please post a link to where this quote appears? I cannot find it.

If eBay has your bank information but does not have your choice of payout interval (e.g. every day, once a week, once a month), then eBay must divest itself of your funds after 180 days; they are not allowed to keep your money indefinitely. Funds that have not reached the limit of 180 days do not have to be paid out. (In the U.S., if for some reason they do not have your bank information either, the funds would go as Unclaimed Money to the treasury of the state in which you reside.)

PayPal has similar terms for their accountholders. I see you are in Germany, so eBay Terms and Conditions for this question may be different than those of us in the U.S.

[eburtonlab]

 the question is what happens if your account never got credited, besides the even bigger question, what account is this referring to.

It refers to your checking account. eBay appears to be saying that if you do not schedule payouts daily or weekly, eBay will, once every 180 days, pay out to your checking account regardless. eBay will choose the day.

If you want to know more detail than that, ask eBay directly.

[brightlightbookseller]

This sounds like a reasonable interpretation!