I too am upset at ebays new policy of holding funds.  I have 100 percent feedback and 1896 feedbacks.  Most of that is buying for over ten years but i do sell once in awhile.  My seller feedback is excellent but because I don't sell enough my funds will always be on hold.  I think this is immoral if not illegal.  Paypal states it is just a transfer medium but now is policeing things.  I use other sites with paypal and they don't hold funds.  What a stupid policy, now the unscrupulous buyers will look for low rating.  This is just a tactic so Paypal can collect interest on the money.  It shouldn't even take 3-4 business to transfer funds from my Paypal account to my bank.  ebay has been forgetting its customers and just thinking of the shareholders.  ebay let me know when you reverse the stupit holding funds policy then I may sell on your site again.

Well, YOU have good feedback, but maybe the buyer doesn't.  In some cases, they're likely holding the payment to make sure the money's good....

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

IT'S OUR $$$$ AND FYI.. AS LONG AS PAYPAL IS HOLDING OUR FUNDS,..EBAY WON'T GET THIER PAYMENT FOR MY SELLER FEES...SO THEY ARE ALREADY TARGETING MY ACCOUNT FOR SUSPENTION AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OF IT.. EBAY OWNS PAYPAL..THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR THEM TO GET THE PAYMENT..AND TO GIVE US OURS!!!!NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS "COMPLETELY AUTOMATED" THERE IS ALWAYS A HUMAN BEHIND THE MASSIVE COMPUTER PREPAIRED TO UNPLUG IT.. I WANT TO UNPLUG EBAY RIGHT NOW.. CANT WE GO ON STRIKE OR SOMETHING?????????? THEY CANT RUN A SUCCESSFUL SITE WITH NO SELLERS!!

Amazon has a similar policy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1161282

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

DON'T BE SOLD UP THE RIVER IT'S EVEN WORSE,A-Z claims will kill you,they will give refunds and the customer gets to keep your item.OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE THIS IS CALLED CORPORATE GREED.THEY ARE USED TO MAKING BILLIONS FROM US,SALES ARE DOWN THEY WILL NOT EXCEPT LESS.SO THIS IS THERE SOLUTION,HOLD OUR MONEY AND EARN INTEREST,OK THEY OWE YOU 79.00 NOW MULTIPLY THAT BY MILLIONS OF HOLDS THAT THEY ARE EARNING INTEREST ON.BBBBILLIONS YOUR COMPLAINTS ARE GOING TO DO NOTHING.WE AS SMALL SELLERS ARE SCREWED AND CORPORATE GREED WILL KEEP GETTING WEALTHIER.YOU BETTER PUT YOUR SEAT BELT ON AND HANG ON IT'S GOING TO BE A ROUGH RIDE FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME

i am also an ebay seller since 1999 with 3327 feedbacks....100% positive.   i have 750 in my paypal account that is being held hostage.   i cannot get my money, pay my fed ex bill or have xmas for my kids this year.     would anyone like to buy my 750 dollar paypal account for 700 bucks?

can they do this?   man, im in shock!!!!!   for some reason ebay hates it own sellers!

I think this policy is unfair as well. I proved my self to them. They are supose to review your account every 35 days but I have been selling for 4 months and they still hold my money. I have another problem that has me very upset...

I have been trying to reach a resolution with them for 12 days. Paypal paid my seller invoice fees for Dec. I also paid my fees (with a credit card) Ebay got paid twice. Now Paypal wants the money back (2 weeks later) and I have had the biggest nightmare over this. The facts. I paid my fees on the 17th. They are paid, but Ebay and Paypal keep trying to take money from my bank account and have me $114 overdrawn at my bank. Not to mention it took forever to figure out why since I paid my fees...So my bank wouldn't cover it but Paypal did? Now Paypal gave Ebay $219 which Ebay will NOT give back (to me or paypal) they applied it to my future bill which is NOT due until Feb 15th. So I have to wait a month to get reiembursed and I had to end up prepaying my invoice because they screwed up. Ebay told me yesterday they would credit my Paypal (since I had to pay them back) but I guess I have to WAIT till the next billing cycle is over to get my refund. I am so angry over this whole ordeal. I have been selling since last October with no problems at all. Perfect selling on my end, but I couldn't get anyone to help me with this. They talked to me like It was my fault, and I was stupid, and they lied to me about the credit. I payed my fees. I can't understand why their screwup cost me $219. I am also going to lose my bank account over this because I don't have $114 for the overdraft fees and they won't take them off. I had the funds in my Paypal accout on the 15th and it was specified to take them from Paypal. I had to vent. I would have wrote Ebay a letter but can't find an address and I am sick of calling when I get nowhere.

I have 100% pos. feedback, ebay is holding funds till expected delivery date. Gave the buyer the option of cheaper shipping from Alaska so I get to wait 19 days to receive my $325 since my last sale was over 90 day ago.

Looking into alternative online auctions

hi there so sorry to hear of this issue your having. they suspended me for 3 days, because they say i didnt say enough about my items. i had new shipments come in this week that my customers are wating for. it makes me look bad because i cant relist or put my new items in my store right now. not untill they lift this crap off of me. ive went to exstream to do right. and its not easy sometimes. i most of the time have close to 500 items to keep up with. im a new store owner of 70 days now. i wish you luck. and im so sorry there doing this to you. most of the time they make me wate 3 days for each of my sales to hit my bank. its crap that we have to not get our money when we have to ship asap

I'm soooo pissed off  because Ebay is holding my money. I have a 99.7% rating , 1385 score and opened my seller account since 08', I always pay they're fees on time ( $300-$450 a month) and this is the way I get treated:

I got a few low dsr ratings on shipping.  A few customers were angry over the holiday season because they expected items to arrive sooner.  The reason they  expected them sooner was because  ebay mislead them by putting  "EXPEDITED SHIPPING" right next to the price on ALL ebay listings even though it's not even offered by the seller.  First they mislead the customers, then they punish us by dangling our own money over our heads and telling us to ship faster, ship faster!!!! Then they offer us credit, so they can charge us interest on our own money!?

And another thing, according to Ebays "Preview of the new top seller program"  I had 130 out of 131 transactions with tracking  uploaded within stated handling time, that's 99.24%.  A seller needs only 90% to qualify for the new top seller program. So why do I qualify for the top seller program, yet my money is being held?

I do this full time; I don't have any other jobs and right now they're holding more than two months salary, happily and greedily collecting interest on it!!! I don't know what to do!