Holds on funds getting ridiculous.

[treasur75]

Anyone know what this means?

"Funds available within 24 hours of order delivery Estimated release on Aug 1"

The buyer received it on July 3 and left me glowing feedback. She already sent it to someone on the other side of the country as a gift and I'm still awaiting my funds. I can't run a business like this.  Why is Ebay acting as though the product hasn't been delivered when the tracking says Delivered July 3 and she left me great feedback?

[brettjet38]

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@wb4iuy wrote:
Personally, the "infrequent seller" tag is kinda BS. I've been selling 3 years, 62 all positive reviews, prompt shipping, 0 complaints. My last 3 sales are on hold until delivery, I was told it was a random hold, because I was an infrequent seller. To me, to hold funds from a good customer with 0 issues, seems to be nothing more than an excuse to hold money.

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A - You have been a member since 26-Mar-21 in the United States or 4 years this March (2025)

B - You have sold a total of 33 items thus far during those 46 months or 3.83 years (to date)

C - You are selling on average 9 items per year...

You are an Infrequent Seller, which is why your payments get held.

The same applies to anyone who sells occasionally.

Your FB as a Buyer is irrelevant as it has no bearing on your account, nor does eBay use it. It's a PR thing from the last century.

[brettjet38]

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@bigboschsales wrote:

**bleep** are you talking about? Businesses are founded or are registered, would you believe, NOT ON EBAY! Ebay have appointed themselves as an escrow service that no seller ever agreed to. Their advertising breaches advertising standards. In reality they should tell sellers the truth. "Put your stuff up for sale, send it into the abyss, to a total stranger and we MIGHT pay you for it, some day, but if we do, it will certainly be in the distant future."

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This is a random post, from a dormant account in Germany, that has not sold anything in over a year and never posted anything on the boards other than reply to this thread.

This smells like a "Sour Milk" post or a hacked account.

Oh, and the info in the profile leads to a closed business on Google Maps in Berlin, nice city was there a few times after the wall fell, good times!

[brettjet38]

@mrdutch1001 This is a world of Must Have Now/Instant/Yesterday

You nailed that but I would phrase it more like...

This is a world of ME, Myself & I, and I DEMAND that I Must Have it Now/Instantly/Yesterday why should I have to wait for my $$$, why should I have to earn my "Merit"

I have been on here for decades how social norms have degraded in the last 20 years is astonishing, but then again look at the state of the Western world... 

[mooshygirl]

EBay's transformation especially after dumping PayPal has been its downfall. For those who have been here since 1998/1999 A.K.A the beginning it was not like this. It was more like

Sellers did not ship until they got their money. Wow...imagine that eh? the sellers were trusted 100% and we could use the funds plus the shipping cost from the sale to actually afford to sell the item.We didn't have offer free shipping we didnt have to wait for the money to be released from eBay prison. I resent that I have to be out of pocket for shipping costs. Don't get me started on the fees which are 3 times the cost now! EBay was always a global garage where you could make a Buck quickly. with the motto" you buy as is where is" and not a store that accepts returns and sucks up to the customer .  the reason  I got on eBay was to sell stuff to to survive in the recession of 99 Now that we are in hard times again it's policies seem very bougie

[mrdutch1001]

This is 2025...did you not think after 25+ years that things would have changed? did you expect that everything remained the same here after that length of time?

BTW sellers do NOT "have offer free shipping"; and that when you decide to sell on a site, on eBay or any selling site, that you agree to that sites TOUs, rules, policies...It is your responsibility to know how to play the game before you play...your responsibility to know that as a returning seller you don't get to just pick up and carry on like nothing changed from 25+ years ago...Payment holds are NOT unique to eBay...most every selling site these days has gone that direction...If you are selling on eBay you are considered "as doing business" and therefore abide by business policies.

Perhaps the 2025 eBay is not a good fit for your 1999 ideals or what you think eBay should be or what you want eBay to be or what you feel you are entitled to for your selling needs. This is eBay's site,eBay's playground>don't like them rules? well I guess you can always find another playground that suits you better and fits your needs...