Hi everyone, I'm hoping to understand whether this has happened to others or if there's something I'm missing.

I just received a permanent suspension from eBay (notice reference: MC081 FPA NOTICE B001 - eBay Registration Suspension). What's confusing is that I've barely used the app at all. I've had it for a year and I've never sold anything, never bought anything, I'd just browse listings. I contacted one seller once to ask whether some clothes (literally just a shirt and shorts set) could be shipped and delivered before a specific date because I was hoping I'd wear it on vacation, but the seller never replied and so I didn't order it. No disputes, no payments, no unusual activity (to my knowledge).

When I contacted eBay support, I was told that my account was suspended due to a "risk pattern" and that eBay had decided to "part ways in our mutual interest." They refused to give any specific example, saying they "can't disclose details to prevent policy circumvention". My appeal was denied.

I understand eBay can suspend accounts at their discretion, but I'm struggling to understand what behavior could realistically be considered risky given the lack of activity. Has anyone experienced something similar? If I want to buy something in the future, is it safe to make a new account, or can I manage to recover this one somehow? I’m not trying to bypass any rules, I just want to understand what happened and whether there's anything to be done to fix it.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share their experience.

I have not used Ebay in a while. I prefer to meet in person and use Marketplace regularly. This time however I was selling computer components and could not find a buyer locally. I listed the auction on ebay. It lasted 1 week. My buyer won the auction for $150. Ebay charged him $165. Ebay then took money out from me leaving me $123. The buyer paid me immediately, and I shipped the item the next day. This was a week ago. He received the item, but I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN PAID!!!!!! So ebay took $40 dollars from a $150 auction and still have not paid me over a week later!

The interaction with the buyer went great. He won, paid me and I shipped the next morning.

This is all ebay!

Im thinking to get more strategic about the buys I do on ebay next year ( new year resolution crisis i guess). I'm looking for tools that make life easier when looking for electronics and retro games. I use some browser extension but i feel like im scratching the surface here. SO for the OGs what purchases/subscriptions do you wish you didsooner? Especially something thats category specific with fast notifications.feel free todrop your recs, noshill please!

I was having a decent time on eBay, until someone shipped me a faulty 700 dollar gpu. You know what happened right after I requested a refund? eBay permanently banned me… I don’t know wtf is going on, but I haven’t been so pissed in a while. eBay won’t even let me figure out why I have been permanently suspended.