Ebay fund witheld...how long???

I don't sell a lot on Ebay. I sold my 70-200L is 2.8 markII this week on ebay. Apparently, my thread here attracted little attentions with my asking price $1850. I guessed everyone was expecting to pick one up around $1600. Hahahah... Anyway....the funds, according to Ebay, are supposed to be available in my PayPal account as of today. Not yet. The lens was delivered with tracking information. I haven't heard anything from the buyer even though I emailed him about leaving me a feedback. How long I have to wait to get my money?? Is the "date" accurate?

Never mind, this is a loaded question, apparently. Sigh.....

what does that even mean?

mpix345 wrote in post #16474852
what does that even mean?

One of the major craps people are complaining about. It means in the ideal situation with all the stars and planets are aligned correctly, your funds should be available. However, in most cases, if Ebay is feeling moody, the funds aren't available in a timely manner. The word discretion comes to mind.

TooManyShots wrote in post #16474909
One of the major craps people are complaining about. It means in the ideal situation with all the stars and planets are aligned correctly, your funds should be available. However, in most cases, if Ebay is feeling moody, the funds aren't available in a timely manner. The word discretion comes to mind.

I've been on ebay for more than 10 years, 1000 transactions. my money always come from paypal as soon as the buyer pays. i'm not sure what you are talking about.

ed rader wrote in post #16474930
I've been on ebay for more than 10 years, 1000 transactions. my money always come from paypal as soon as the buyer pays. i'm not sure what you are talking about.

If you haven't sold anything for over 90 days, they can hold your funds. If you don't enough sales records, they can hold your funds. If the dollars amount is too high (can't confirm it), they can hold your funds. Back in April, I sold my Mamiya C330 kit. I was surprised that they didn't hold my funds. The sales was only $400. Now with my 70-200L sales, they are holding my funds as least until tomorrow, supposedly. I was a member for 10 years too. That didn't mean anything to Ebay.

It's based on the amount of sales you have. I have been on eBay since 2005, same user name, feedback score of 71 (100%) and I have only sold about 20-30 items. Since eBay considers this low, they will hold funds until your seller status is "established" (who knows when that is?). On one of my sales, I didn't see funds for 5 days after it said I should have. Give it a couple more days.

With big money items I think they hold it right? Call them up, they'll release it to you if it's by the date already.

maverick75 wrote in post #16474974
With big money items I think they hold it right? Call them up, they'll release it to you if it's by the date already.

They held mine on a $50 Canon 28-80mm I sold on there, so it's regardless of price.

Yeah, not much I can do but to wait. Maybe I bribe them??? I will see how this goes.

I've never had that issue but it doesn't surprise me. I use ebay only because for some things its it's the best way to go and certainly not out of any sense of loyalty.

my buddy e-mailed me yesterday and said his seller account was terminated indefinitely and he could not open another account. oh, they were willing to let him keep buying but just not sell. he had 100% feedback with straight 5s for about 1400 transactions.

he sold a watch that was made by breitling for another brand and I guess ebay has a problems with fake breitlings so they took exception with the wording of his auction and terminated his seller's account. he even called and talked to a couple of people and they said there was nothing they could do.

of coursed he opened another account under his wife's name but all that history and money he made for ebay over the years was just flushed down the toilet in an instance.

the rap on ebay used to be they favored the seller but that certainly isn't the case anymore.

rant off.

They definitely have no favor at all for sellers. I recently had three people not pay for items I sold...and I was unable to leave them negative feedback.

ejrj6586 wrote in post #16474987
They held mine on a $50 Canon 28-80mm I sold on there, so it's regardless of price.

Pretty sure they held yours because you had the trial period when you're new to selling:

http://pages.ebay.com …ts/fundsavailab​ility.html

After that they haven't held anything I've sold, I only sell $500 and less though.

ed rader wrote in post #16475004
I've never had that issue but it doesn't surprise me. I use ebay only because for some things its it's the best way to go and certainly not out of any sense of loyalty.

my buddy e-mailed me yesterday and said his seller account was terminated indefinitely and he could not open another account. oh, they were willing to let him keep buying but just not sell. he had 100% feedback with straight 5s for about 1400 transactions.

he sold a watch that was made by breitling for another brand and I guess ebay has a problems with fake breitlings so they took exception with the wording of his auction and terminated his seller's account. he even called and talked to a couple of people and they said there was nothing they could do.

of coursed he opened another account under his wife's name but all that history and money he made for ebay over the years was just flushed down the toilet in an instance.

the rap on ebay used to be they favored the seller but that certainly isn't the case anymore.

rant off.

This could be my last auction on ebay...

maverick75 wrote in post #16475014
Pretty sure they held yours because you had the trial period when you're new to selling:

http://pages.ebay.com …ts/fundsavailab​ility.html

After that they haven't held anything I've sold, I only sell $500 and less though.

Yeah, I think I might have like 24 sales lol. First time I sold on eBay was in 2006 and I have sold items over $250, successfully.