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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1920 on: March 21, 2016, 03:39:34 PM »
That's a far cry from what you responded to me.
Fact is you're allowed to have 2 accounts.
Yes, I didn't mean to write that they will shut you down just for that. A few posts back I was clearer that it's just a red flag. Truth is you don't know if they have any other flags on you so it's best to play it safe. As for the official rules, I have spoken to them on the phone and they said that I must request permission to open another seller account, and they may shut me down if I have 2. I have a few friends also that were shut down for having multiple selling accounts. No other reason was given in the email, nor over the phone.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1921 on: March 22, 2016, 11:11:37 AM »
Sold something on eBay and was disputed (about 4 months later!) Claiming that the buyers account was hacked. I don't have seller protection because, as I realized afterwards the item was against eBay rules (digital gc emailed to buyer). So my PayPal account is now in a negative balance. I was thinking of just ignoring and screw that PayPal account. Did a bit of research and it seems like PayPal will send to collections, hit my credit, etc. etc. Anybody with experience?

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1922 on: March 22, 2016, 11:13:54 AM »
When will people learn not to sell eGift Cards on eBay....

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1923 on: March 22, 2016, 11:16:05 AM »
When will people learn not to sell eGift Cards on eBay....
I learnt 4 months ago :(

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1924 on: March 22, 2016, 11:58:13 AM »
I tried to purchase one of the discounted Staples gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts. When I went to checkout, I received the following code:

Error Codes: 70245 70358 TRANSACTION_REFUSED

I called Paypal and they told me that I cannot purchase from this seller since the account was flagged. Has anyone had any experience with this and know when I will be able to purchase gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts again? I was able to buy one of the gas gift cards from SVM without issue, the issue is only with Paypal Digital Gifts.

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1925 on: March 22, 2016, 12:13:56 PM »
I tried to purchase one of the discounted Staples gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts. When I went to checkout, I received the following code:

Error Codes: 70245 70358 TRANSACTION_REFUSED

I called Paypal and they told me that I cannot purchase from this seller since the account was flagged. Has anyone had any experience with this and know when I will be able to purchase gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts again? I was able to buy one of the gas gift cards from SVM without issue, the issue is only with Paypal Digital Gifts.

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

Seems like my account is flagged as well..

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1926 on: March 22, 2016, 12:21:17 PM »
I tried to purchase one of the discounted Staples gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts. When I went to checkout, I received the following code:

Error Codes: 70245 70358 TRANSACTION_REFUSED

I called Paypal and they told me that I cannot purchase from this seller since the account was flagged. Has anyone had any experience with this and know when I will be able to purchase gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts again? I was able to buy one of the gas gift cards from SVM without issue, the issue is only with Paypal Digital Gifts.

Any insight is greatly appreciated.
How many gift cards did you buy from them in the last week?
PayPal digital gifts is known for flagging accounts for aggressive buyers and people that circumvent the limit system.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1927 on: March 22, 2016, 12:44:00 PM »
How many gift cards did you buy from them in the last week?
PayPal digital gifts is known for flagging accounts for aggressive buyers and people that circumvent the limit system.

is it flagged from paypal or the sellers side? seems like paypal says to try again in and hour or buy from a different merchant.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1928 on: March 22, 2016, 12:47:03 PM »
is it flagged from paypal or the sellers side? seems like paypal says to try again in and hour or buy from a different merchant.
Did you try to buy something else?
I'm guessing it's a issue paypal digital has with the flagged account.
Although it can be just a temporary thing

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1929 on: March 22, 2016, 01:05:13 PM »
How many gift cards did you buy from them in the last week?
PayPal digital gifts is known for flagging accounts for aggressive buyers and people that circumvent the limit system.

I only bought a couple of other cards from them in the past week. I read that the limits were no longer in effect. This is the first time it's happened to me, have never had an issue before. No indication of when I will be able to purchase again from Paypal Digital Gifts.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1930 on: March 23, 2016, 04:31:37 AM »
I only bought a couple of other cards from them in the past week. I read that the limits were no longer in effect. This is the first time it's happened to me, have never had an issue before. No indication of when I will be able to purchase again from Paypal Digital Gifts.

I've never purchased from PP dig. gifts before and I got that error as well.
Called Paypal, they had no idea what was going on.  After 30 minutes we still couldn't get it fixed.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1931 on: March 23, 2016, 08:14:53 AM »
I tried to purchase one of the discounted Staples gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts. When I went to checkout, I received the following code:

Error Codes: 70245 70358 TRANSACTION_REFUSED

I called Paypal and they told me that I cannot purchase from this seller since the account was flagged. Has anyone had any experience with this and know when I will be able to purchase gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts again? I was able to buy one of the gas gift cards from SVM without issue, the issue is only with Paypal Digital Gifts.

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

I had the same issue as well.
eBay told me to use an international eBay site which worked.
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1932 on: March 23, 2016, 11:50:35 AM »
Targeted 16% ebay bucks on fashion.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1933 on: March 23, 2016, 12:35:02 PM »
Targeted 16% ebay bucks on fashion.
And 8% on everything else.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1934 on: March 23, 2016, 01:53:27 PM »
I had the same issue as well.
eBay told me to use an international eBay site which worked.

So for good I now need to use an international site??

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1935 on: March 29, 2016, 08:37:01 AM »
Targeted 20% ebay bucks on fashion and 10% on everything else!

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1936 on: March 29, 2016, 08:42:11 AM »
Targeted 20% ebay bucks on fashion and 10% on everything else!
You're seeing 20% ?
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=61722.0

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1938 on: March 29, 2016, 08:53:49 AM »

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #1939 on: March 29, 2016, 08:54:50 AM »