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Fraud

I purchased an item from a fraudulent seller who has not honored the warranty, or refunded me and messaged me that the item is no longer available. However they are still listing the item as 116 available, so I contacted eBay about this fraudulent li...

Bidding…

Restrictions have been lifted on my account…I can buy it now but still can’t bid, please help.

feedback

how to look up a sellers feedback?

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BUYERS' Feedback Left for Others, ("Serial Negative Buyers")

Recently I sold an item and as customary I inspect a Buyers "Feedback Left for Others", upon opening the buyers feedback for others, my first thought was this guy is Color Blind, NO, just kidding, I opened to 200, and counted 149 Negatives for Others...

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Shipping Charges When Buying from Overseas Seller

I am in the U.S. and I see plenty of listings from overseas sellers and I look at their quoted shipping charges, I wonder if this is going to be what the actual shipping is going to be, or are there going to be surprise charges by the time it reaches...

EBay scam

eBay (the company itself, not the seller I bought from) has scammed me. I never received an item and they are refusing to refund me despite the buyer protection policy being in place. They are ignoring all of my emails and contact attempts and now I ...

Resolved! LIED in Listing About Domestic Shipping Origin

I learned my lesson about buying items that are shipped from China, and the next time I ordered something, I selected NORTH AMERICA on my search. I purchased an item that has: Shipping: Free Economy Shipping. Located in: Fort Lauderdale, FL, United S...

Is this a new type of scamming?

So I bought a banknote from the seller today. I made the payment properly, covered all the cost without any problem And then this guy came up and said he will not give me any tracking BECAUSE I HAVE A LOW FEEDBACK, Just who did he think he is to judg...

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Fraud.

I recently opened a box from a seller. The printer cartridges were ALL empty. It looks as though they were packaged to be recycled. When confronting the seller, I was told they were outside of the return window. (Purchased Feb. 7) Not even a hint of ...

Resolved! I didn't receive it

Ebay says that if a purchased item didn't arrive, go to the item in purchases then...Select More actions beside the item and then I didn't receive it.But "I didn't receive it" isn't an option under More Actions. How do I proceed?

Why does eBay Tax Shipping and Handling Fees?

I'm a very active eBay buyer and recently I looked into the 'sales tax' that eBay charges. It turns out that eBay not only taxes the item sales price, but also adds in the shipping and handling charges prior to calculating sales tax. I believe this n...

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Item to US arrived damaged; seller states I need to contact Global shipping myself

I ordered an item from a seller in Europe which arrived damaged. The box it was shipped in did not appear to be sturdy enough to withstand shipping and it arrived partially collapsed at the top, taped side of the box. I recorded the opening of the bo...

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Ebay search engine algorithm changed to be too general: PLEASE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT!

Some time during the past week or so eBay has changed its search engine algorithm so that anyone searching for a specific item will get hundreds of results instead of the few that actually apply. This has the result of frustrating potential buyers an...

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