Go to the thread with the title starting with ANSWER....PAYPAL_ANDY. Read what he says. You can also read the post I just wrote in answer to someone who is on here to get you riled up so you will want to leave just because they are very unhappy about this addendum to the policies. I think you can get a better idea of how you can make it work. I will say this, but since you are on hold anyway, it won't matter at this point. You say you want to ramp up your business. Anyone starting to sell items other than like they have been selling, will be looked at. They don't see a history of sales in categories not used before or items not sold before, and they want to see this. This is why they are strict on new sellers.
I do wish you well. You sound like you were happy, things were going well, but this 'speed bump' came along. If you will read Andy's answer of how things will go down, you will see a way to make it work for you. I do believe what I am saying. Of course, one thing Andy did not state because I did not ask a question where he would have mentioned this. Paypal/eBay will review sellers every 35 days to see how things have gone. Quitting is not the answer since sellers will not reach that 35 day goal to see if that changes the hold. We, although it may be difficult at this point, have to trust that this will be done. But, even if it isn't, consider what Andy says about the release of shipping funds and how to handle that.
I hope you will indeed ramp up your ebay. Like I mentioned in another post where I just replied...look above on this same page (I think), once you get past the first cycle of the shipping holds that you have funded, you have that money back to use for shipping other sold items if you do not transfer the shipping funds of a few items out of Paypal to your bank. So, you just use a certain amount of the shipping funds released over and over. Pay for the label and from seconds to 24 hours, if you do it through Paypal (not eBay), you will have that shipping money released.
I come on here only to try to help those who are upset and don't know what to do. Instead of calling Paypal names, I chose to ask one of the moderators directly, and I think we have a good answer. As I said on my other post, even if we got different conflicting answers from Paypal customer service, I do not think Andy would not put the honest truth since he posted it here in black and white for all to see, including Paypal. If he were wrong, Paypal would likely have had him post a retraction and correction.
