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    Done Buying. Can't delete the listing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 520 View Post
    Liking the new spread sheet! Do you expect the CPU's to be listed or labeled when we send them in or will you figure all that out? I am just thinking for the $.25-1.50 cpu's I am probably not going to want to power on each computer to get CPU specs.
    That would be a lot of extra work to pull the specs. There is no need to power up the PC's or do any type of testing. My only requirements on the CPU's are that there are no missing or broken capacitors/any other visible damage. Thanks


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    It is with great sadness that I must suspend this buying thread for the time being. I do not know how long this suspension will last or what I can do to fix it yet. On a 1 to 10 scale this is a 9.5-10. For those who have shipments either delivered or in transit: you will still be paid. The issue is not a monetary issue. Unfortunately I cannot answer any questions with regards to this situation at this time. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience/issues this may cause your ventures.
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    Hope whatever it is works itself out! Thanks for the heads up.

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    Yes as JJinLV said "Hope whatever it is works itself out". You are a great buyer and will be missed until your return.

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    I have emailed this buyer a week ago telling him that I have some CPU'S to send and if the prices are still the same. I was quoted the same price posted on this forum and was also told it is looking good for the "Next Few Months" . While I am happy I did not send materials in I am hoping all of you will get paid as well. My guess here is that the buyer is either trying to sell an overflow of inventory that is not selling very well before buying even more materials.
    Anyone tried to buy CPU'S off ebay and sell it to him? The overpriced CPU's on ebay seems to be a "VERY" good investment considering the piece rate on the Intel Pentium Ceramic and black fiber. I almost started buying every lot I see on Ebay to make a $45-$80 profit on each lot I buy. If I did went ahead and did that I swear I would be so pissed at this guy right now lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrapStar View Post
    I have emailed this buyer a week ago telling him that I have some CPU'S to send and if the prices are still the same. I was quoted the same price posted on this forum and was also told it is looking good for the "Next Few Months" . While I am happy I did not send materials in I am hoping all of you will get paid as well. My guess here is that the buyer is either trying to sell an overflow of inventory that is not selling very well before buying even more materials.
    Anyone tried to buy CPU'S off ebay and sell it to him? The overpriced CPU's on ebay seems to be a "VERY" good investment considering the piece rate on the Intel Pentium Ceramic and black fiber. I almost started buying every lot I see on Ebay to make a $45-$80 profit on each lot I buy. If I did went ahead and did that I swear I would be so pissed at this guy right now lol.
    Whatever came up was probably unexpected as I received a message from Anthony in regards to pricing for items not on his price sheet just days before he stopped buying. From my experience he has shipments sorted and paid within a couple days(unlike other buyers) so I doubt he has much of any outstanding debts to sellers.

    As far is losing money trying to play the market on CPU's IMO that is part of business. How often do scrap yards have 100's of thousands of pounds of material while the market drops over night because of new tariffs or something like that? With CPU's at least you could just throw them back up on ebay and get your money back minus fee's.

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    No need to speculate. Am sure 406 will update if and when it's any of our business.

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    It is our business to find out and know as much as we can that way we are not left putting so much time and effort to collect and stack up something for someone who is about to stop buying. I got a lot of microwave boards i have been stacking up and raised my buying rate for cpus expecting to sell to this person and I would hate to waste my time collecting things and also buying them relying on his pricesheet if he is about to disappear. I bought microwave boards half his buying rate to sell to him and im happy i did not go and buy cpu's off Ebay to sell otherwise things would have been bad. Take it the way you want to but it sucks when something like this suddenly happens. If i told you i buy plastic and you go around like a fool collecting and stacking them up how then would you feel if I suddenly told you I would have to temporarily suspend buying? I just wish he could tell us earlier or be upfront that way we are not wasting our time and money as well.

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    406 provides a service. For whatever reason he will be unable to provide that service for a time. He let us know that something came up, apparently quite suddenly. That's the extent of the obligation for any service provider. Don't see the problem here. You can sell control boards and CPUs elsewhere for the time being with a little digging. Anyway again best of luck to 406!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrapStar View Post
    If i told you i buy plastic and you go around like a fool collecting and stacking them up how then would you feel if I suddenly told you I would have to temporarily suspend buying?
    I would make sure I had several buyers before I went around like a fool collecting and stacking anything. To do otherwise would be foolish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrapStar View Post
    I just wish he could tell us earlier or be upfront
    What evidence do you have that he was not upfront or that he didn't tell us ASAP?

    Anthony has always been very fast at giving updates on shipments, prices and answering questions so for me there is zero reason to believe he delayed in notifying us and by notifying us he is clearly being upfront.

    Your expectations are very unreasonable IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrapStar View Post
    Take it the way you want to but it sucks when something like this suddenly happens.
    I'm confident Anthony would be in 100% agreement with that statement.

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    I found this thread interesting and contacted the buyer about a few things........I never sent him anything because with all that I'm doing I just never got around to being able to accumulate anything.......It did however make me think and I started checking newer appliance that I got in for recycling and sold a few control boards on ebay.......If I can ever get caught up I may look into this more frequently........So if nothing else I appreciate the buyer opening my eyes to new avenues of selling boards........I hope he is well and it all turns out well for everyone involved

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    Another thing to consider he just purchased a building to setup for his business so Im sure what ever it is has put a crimp on his plans

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    Quote Originally Posted by gorven View Post
    Another thing to consider he just purchased a building to setup for his business so Im sure what ever it is has put a crimp on his plans
    Gorven is correct. I had forgot about the building. Buying a (12or20x40) building hardly sounds like something a person would do if they knew that in a few days they were going to shut down.

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    Update on the situation:

    1. Appliance parts are back on the buying list! I will be taking the next 2 weeks off to clean the shop and implement a better inventory system. Any shipments that come in during this time will not be opened until the new inventory process is in place.

    2. The resale ewaste and scrap/collector ewaste categories are still not open for buying. I am currently working on finding a solution, but it is going to be at a minimum 2-4 weeks before I can start accepting shipments on these categories again.

    3. What happened? About a week ago I was informed by ebay that I was no longer welcome to sell on their platform. Simply put I got the boot. Their "decision" was absolutely final and could not be appealed even after multiple calls. This normally wouldn't be a big issue except for the fact that ebay comprises 95% if not more of my business revenues (the other 5% is scrapping and local sales). As soon as I found out how severe the situation was I suspended my buying ad until I could evaluate the problem and find a solution. I was already planning to leave ebay 2-3 years from now. Needless to say this completely blindsided my operation especially so recently after purchasing the new building.

    4. What's next? I am in the process of launching an e commerce site to replace the online selling. I will most likely be increasing prices on items in the near future due to no longer having to pay 10% of every sale to ebay.
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    Just a suggestion.....i have multiple ebay accounts just for this reason

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    Just a suggestion.....i have multiple ebay accounts just for this reason
    As it turns out, when one account is shut down, all of your accounts are shut down. My second account was doing extremely well, but my first account was the one that got shut down. Apparently when you have multiple accounts they are linked so my one that was doing extremely well got shut down.
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    from what I understand if you don't allow them on same IP address Ebay will not link them...........I don't do it personally but a buddy of mine does he keeps them on separate networks and they haven't got linked as one of his got shut down but not the other.........I have never tried this but may be something to look into in future

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    Basic Stealth Information for eBay and PayPal

    With every account, you need to do the following things:
    1. Different IP
    2. Different user account on your computer (you can create new ones from the control panel)
    3. Don't mix and match different accounts, it will link them together and all will get banned.

    How to change your IP if you're in the United States or Canada:

    To do this, log into your router (if you have a router) at 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1 or 192.168.0.1 (depending on your router), and manually change your MAC address (a couple digits is fine), and save the settings. Afterwards, turn off your router and your cable modem for 10 minutes and turn them back on. Use whatismyip.com to check that your IP address has changed.

    ? Go to whatismyip.com to check your current IP address
    ? Log into your router

    ? Change the last 3-4 digits on your MAC address (should be an option inside the router)
    ? Save changes, and cut the power to your router and your cable modem
    ? Start them up again 10 minutes later
    ? You should have a new IP address now
    ? Check at whatismyip.com to confirm that IP address has changed

    Safety Guide for PayPal

    How to use PayPal without getting limited

    If you want to learn how to prevent getting suspended on PayPal, you're going tohave to first understand a little bit about how it works. First off, PayPal limits accounts with suspicious or "high-risk" activity in order to prevent losses. The way it does this is by robots that are trained to identify certain behavior - certain triggers cause them to freeze up accounts.

    Now, here's the thing - they use robots to monitor your accounts. Since there are millions of PayPal accounts and thousands of transactions happening at every second, it is very unrealistic for them to have a big room of people monitoring every little activity. So these is essentially what happens in a nutshell when a limitation occurs.

    Suspicious activity being done --> Robot picks up on the suspicious activity and triggers limitation --> PayPal asks for additional information --> PayPal human employee reviews information to reinstate your account or permanently limit it.
    But here's the good thing about robots - they're actually very predictable. If you can learn what these triggers limitations, you can avoid them like land mines. So without further delay, let's start learning some of the types of behaviors thatcause limitations.

    Site Owners: Before you attach a new stealth PayPal to your website, READ THIS FIRST.

    If you?ve had a PayPal attached to your website before and it gets limited, PayPal then blacklists your domain name from ever using PayPal again. So if you try toattach a new stealth account directly to your site, you?ll get banned again. Luckily, there is a solution.

    Solution: If you use a third-party checkout tool that uses PayPal you?ll be able to accept PayPal without fear of being limited. Another thing that you can use is host the checkout on a different domain name so that the PayPal doesn?t see it. I?ve seen some people manually invoice their customers using PayPal too.


    0. Always know your stealth basics

    Learn how to access stealth accounts without getting limited. That means no proxies, no IP's that change every 2 seconds (so no TOR or HMA).

    Step 1 - Know your basics!

    Here are some of the most common mistakes committed:
    a. Use proxies, HMA, TOR, or any of those "IP hiding softwares". eBay and PayPal have blacklisted these IPs'. If you use them, you will get banned, simple as that.
    b. Not changing your user account between different PayPal or eBay accounts.
    The exception is if you use a VPS (remote computer) as the files are separated automatically then.

    Solutions:
    a. Change your IP legitimately through your cable or DSL company. Or even easier, just buy a windows-based VPS with an IP in the same country as your PayPal or eBay.
    b. Go to your control panel, create a separate user for your new PayPal or eBay account. Use your PayPal and eBay exclusively just on that user account. Even easier, just buy a windows-based VPS with an IP in the same country as your PayPal or eBay.

    1. Moving money too fast

    Cause: One of the most common ways to get an account suspended is by moving money too fast. Let me give you an example.
    Let's just say that you received $200 right. Then 5 minutes later you try sending that $50 to someone else or try to buy something with it. Boom, your account gets limited. In PayPal's eyes, the reason why they limited you is that when you move money too fast, it looks suspicious, so they limit your account and stop you dead in the tracks.

    So it applies to:
    Receive money --> send money
    Receive money --> withdraw money

    Solution: When you receive money in your PayPal account, let it sit in there for 2-3 days before you try spending it, withdrawing it, or doing anything with your money.

    2. Taking in too much money

    Cause: The second most common way to get an account suspended is by taking in too much money at one time. Look at it from PayPal's stand-point. If a guy that doesn't have an established history of receiving large amounts of money suddenly starts getting hundreds of dollars at one time, it looks pretty suspicious. Don't be the guy that receives too much money at one time, or you'll get PayPal limiting you and asking you for personal details.

    Solution: So how much money is too much? On a newer account, start off by taking payments less than or around $100 and don't let the total balance on the account get above $500. If the money gets near $500, wait a couple days and withdraw it or send it to another account. Of course, when your stealth account gets older, you can start getting larger amounts of money, but if you really want to be safe, that's the general guideline you should follow. Now if you need to receive more money than that, just use multiple stealth accounts to break the payments up.

    Another potential outcome if you take in money too fast is that they will ask you for social security information in order to make sure you're properly taxed. Now PayPal quotes that this number is something like 200 transactions of $20,000 a year, whichever comes first. However, if you come out of the gate taking in a lot of money, they'll ask you for social security much sooner. So the best way to combat this is to just receive money through different accounts so the funds are more dispersed.


    3. Spending/Withdrawing Exact Amounts of Money/Not leaving any money left in PayPal

    Cause: Let's just say that you have $600 in your PayPal balance. If you try to go ahead and withdraw $600, you'll get limited. Always try to leave some money in PayPal, at least 10% (don't make it exact). When you withdraw like all your balance, it makes PayPal think that you're robbing the bank and skipping town. That means it's suspicious, so don't do this.

    Solution: Always try to leave some money in PayPal (at least 10%). So for example, if you're withdrawing $600, leave like 60-70 dollars in there, don't withdraw everything. You'd be surprised how many people get limited by this sort of problem.

    4. Error: When you try to send money, and get this message: "Add funds in your PayPal before sending money" when you do have money in the available balance

    Cause: When you try to move money too fast on a relatively new PayPal account. PayPal has this this filter that prevents you from sending out money. If you have a relatively new account and get this message, your account is under a soft review. However, don't freak out, because chances are, if you don't do anything else that's suspicious during this time, they'll usually release the balance in a couple of days.

    Solution: When you get this message, don't try to send money out over and over again. Just leave the balance for a week and come back to try to send it again. It could last up to 21 days, so try again here and there. Most of the time, it's resolved after a couple of days.

    5. Ask for "identity verification" through phone call.

    If this happens, just press cancel, and they will let you confirm other information, specifically your full bank account numbers. After you enter this, your account will go back to normal status.

    Part 3: Safety Guide for eBay - How to not get Limited

    Using eBay without getting suspended is very similar to using PayPal without getting limited. This shouldn't be very surprising because PayPal is owned by eBay. The only thing that differs really is the function. eBay is used to buy and sell items, PayPal is used to send and receive money. So let's get started with the most common suspensions on eBay.

    1. MC999 Suspension - When you're a relatively new user and you get this notice when you're trying to list your first item.

    So you just got an account, and you list your first item. After 12-24 hours later, your item gets taken down and they give you this notice when you log into your account. However, don't panic, because this is relatively common - about 25% of new accounts get this the first time that they list.

    Solution: Within 48 hours of getting this notice, call eBay up directly at their phone number. I believe it's 1-866-877-3229. Talk to the customer service representative and ask them why your account got limited. Then answer some questions and confirm account details with them. The questions that they're going to ask will go something like this:

    First, they will transfer you to an account specialist.
    This account specialist is going to ask you the following questions:
    Is this your own item (respond yes, and nod your head)
    Is somebody helping you with listing (respond no, and shake your head)
    Are you drop shipping the item or have it in your possession (tell them that it's in your possession. do NOT let them know you're drop shipping, even if you actually are).

    And that should be it. Then they'll take 2-3 minutes to review your account, and give you 3 possible responses:

    Possible response #1: If you listed an item that is relatively low risk (non-branded or a brand that's not commonly counterfeited), then they'll tell you that they've unlimited your account and you're ready to list again.

    Possible response #2: If you listed an item that is pretty high risk (a brand that is commonly counterfeited and protected by their VERO - verified rights owner program), then they will tell you that you're selling items that are too risky, and that they cannot do business with you anymore. At this point, they will permanently suspend your account.

    Possible response #3: If you list an item that is high risk, they will ask for you to verify your identity with the account by faxing in your ID and some personal information. Of course, if you have a stealth account, chances are you won't be able to provide this documentation.

    This brings me to the second most common suspension reason.

    2. You're selling items that are too high risk!

    One of the most common mistakes when it comes to selling on eBay is that people think they can sell just about anything. This couldn't be further from the truth. On eBay, items are either high risk or low risk. It all depends on the brand name of the item. Brands like Dre Beats are high risk whereas other brands like Abercrombie and Fitch are low risk. If you list a high risk item, your item will get delisted from eBay and you'll get suspended (if you're new, you'll get suspended permanently. If you're a veteran, they'll put one strike on your account - you can get three strikes before getting perm-banned).

    Solution: Know which items are high risk and which ones are low risk. The only definitive way is to just go ahead and list some items and mark down which ones get removed and which ones don't.

    The key to eBay is simple. Start slowly without selling items that are high risk until you have a good amount of feedback and established selling history. Disburse sales through multiple accounts to diversify your risk and decrease the volume per account.



    I didn't read all of this but # 1 on the list for having diff Ebay accounts is diff IP Address
    Lastly, sorry for the long read, but I hope you found some things helpful. Always appreciate "thanks".

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