Method #5 -> Selling on ebay the old stuffs

ugh, still no money.. it was delievered today!! Paypal said this is to protect the buyers and I have to wait either three days or until positive feedback was left. That is probably why the poster in this thread was asked to leave feedback, because they did not get their money! I am not about to ask for feedback to be left, I feel funny doing this but c'mon now.
They said they can hold it for 21 days but will most likely give it to me on Saturday. I really just want to cry! :'( I need this money so so so badly..
I have another update! I am really only doing this to warn others.. the latest I could possibly need this money is by Saturday.. as long as it has been delivered today that will be fine. But she was not home to pick up the package. Sooooo i have to wait until Sunday now-- a day too late. I am heartbroken, I did not even want to sell this purse! So I did I left her a polite message asking her to please leave feedback when it was received. I hate to be a jerk, but me paying the bill relies on her feedback. I am going to sell on amazon from now on this is just crazy to me! I actually filed reports with the BBB against ebay and paypal. I would not recommend ebay to anyone anymore.

I will be honest with you, I think the Paypal policy of holding funds is ridiculous. I've been a victim of it myself.

However...it must be said that this DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH EVERY TRANSACTION - only a select few. I've sold for years and only had it happen once since they enacted their new policy.

The item you sold - a purse - must have been a designer name brand item, right? That's what triggered it. There have been so many cases of fraud and imitation items being sold as the real thing, that Ebay and Paypal have basically slammed the door on those items, making those who sell them prove their identity, the authenticity of their item as 'the real thing' (like a Coach purse), and holding their funds until the customer confirms the item was received.

Unfortunately, selling on Amazon, filing reports against Ebay and Paypal with the BBB....none of this will help you get your money out of Paypal any sooner. It's a company policy, and a BBB report will not help to change it.

I do hope you can find a good place to sell, and I'm sorry you're finding this so disappointing. You might want to stay away from selling items that create such problems - making money on Ebay is possible, but you have to know what you're getting into when you do it. No offense, but did you read the rules about selling the type of item you sold before you listed it? I'm pretty sure they mention the fact that this sort of item is subject to the payment hold by Paypal there.

I did make a little progress, paypal said that they will release it when it is delievered, rather than three days after that. or when she recieves feedback. but still, they left a notice for her and she chose not to pick it up yet from the post office. how is that my fault?!?!
they said this is because my feedback score is less than 100. what does that mean? less than 100 items were bought/sold? or is it that one negative feedback a buyer gave me over a misunderstanding and edited her wording but did not change it to a positive?
i know complaining will not do much but it made me feel better
it is crazy.. i never did anything bad to a buyer, i ship my stuff on time, i give honest, fair prices.. i do not see why they are treating me like a criminal!

Search the feedback boards--if you have less than 10 feedback--eBay will hold the funds until the buyer leaves you a positive---if they (buyer) do not do that you can go through a process of providing delivery confirmation through pay pal and have the funds released...you have to do the work NOT them!!!!..where is the new eBaylike site? someone out there should be able to create a new environment for honest sellers to fleee the site as a mass exodus and thrive without all of the new rules regulations and outrageous exorborant fees they charge small sellers while giving their "diamond" sellers free and preferences because eBay wants to prove they can out-do Amazon?---not gonna happen i.m.o.

i have more than ten feedback, they said it was less than 100.. i did add the tracking number but they said they still hold it three days after delievery or until the buyer leaves feedback. without tracking info, the hold is twenty one days.
i did get the funds released, the buyer was nice enough to leave feedback asap.

eBay is running off some very reputable sellers and many of them ---sadly--------they left long ago----search the feedback threads in the community forum to get a real good take on what has really happened!

i have to say im one of them. I was making a little money on ebay selling handcrafted necklaces and braclets and sort. and frankly till i paid the fees and i mailed the stuff i was barely breakin even. everything has just gotten to expensive to sell on there now. i had a store open and till i paid the monthly fee, my materials, and sort it just wasnt worth the aggervation any longer.

i agree, i will never ever sell on ebay again.. i let go a treasuered item because i needed the money.. whatever that's my fault, but i mean they charge so many fees and paypal holds money unless you sell a lot of things (and how can i sell more things if it is this frustrating???) and the buyers are pretty difficult these days. i notice that many will not bid unless you practically give something away and ebay as well as paypal only caters to the buyers.

I was a silver power seller on ebay and made a lot of money before it went sour and got flooded with people try to make a profit on shipping only. I am actually planning on writing a book about it titled "You Got What for That?" as soon as I can get a computer that will read all those old picture CDs. This Dell notebook will not play them. I have been dealing in vintage stuff for thirty plus years! I still buy stuff but just for the thriil of the hunt! I even blog about it! www.myfrogpatch.blogspot.com

i was making handcrafted necklaces and to sell them i could only get about 5.00 out a piece and to ship them, and pay my fees it just wasnt worth the agervation any longer. so then i started "flea market" and yard sale shopping but then i was having problems with people sayin things were arriving broke,(which it was packaged well and they refused insurance) and to keep good feedback i would do anything to keep them happy so i just thought that it was beginning to become too much aggervation.

Etsy is a good place to sell handcrafted items. Very low fees!