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Sales tax on gold and silver bullion

I noticed ebay is charging sales tax on bullion, I live in California and there is an exemption for gold and silver bullion orders over 1500$ and I'm being charged 9% sales tax and ebay's support does not help. I think this is illigal anyone have any...

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Resolved! Item shipping delayed

Bought an item on Tuesday, 5 March - item was dropped off the same day with post office, being shipped priority mail. Normally I’d see that item by Friday or Saturday at the very latest. USPS sat on item until the following Monday, 11 March which was...

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Any news of search function updates?

Ebay used to have the best search engine for finding exactly what you wanted to buy.All you had to do was be specific.These past two years or so it has gone the way of Amazon, suggesting items that are similar but in no way what was actually searched...

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"Sort by" not available

For the past few days, whenever I get the result of a search, there's no possibility to sort items by date/price/etc, - I've tried different browsers, both logged on and logged off.Does any one get the same problem? Does any one has a solution to get...

failed gift card

I bought a gift card for 50 bucks. Took a picrjtre of the receipt and the scratched off number strip and emailed to a friend as a gift,. Less that an hour later friend tried to use its and got an error notice. No was to redeem or talk to an agent. Ba...

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I AM DONE BUYING ON EBAY. SINCE YOU CAN NOT CALL THEM ANY MORE THE SELLERS ARE SCREWING US OVER

TOTALLY DONE WITH EBAY, NOW THAT YOU CAN NOT TALK TO ANYONE OVER THE PHONE THE SELLERS NOW THIS AND ARE SCREWING US OVER. I PURCHASED AN ITEM ON THE 14TH OF AUG. THE SELLER TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THAT ITEM ANYMORE AND THAT IF I WANTED A REFUND....

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Unable to see seller store .

Hello there, Today I tried to see a seller store but it says “ Seller doesn’t have any items for sale”.When i go to my watchlist I can see his listings that I watch and probably I can order them. Also does not show that the seller is in vacation mode...

no more completed / sold items box?

I liked seeing the recent sales or completed items from certain sellers; I would check those boxes when viewing a sellers items currently for sale. Now that box has dissapeared. So this feature is entirely gone?

counterfeit product - how to report or money back?

I did purchase weight loss Supplements in March end for myself and a friend from my account. I found this product is fake? What do I do? I feel cheated. Can someone help me how and where do I report about it? Why is ebay allowing to sale fake product...

can I leave feedback after filing an INR?

Seller hasn't shipped item. after the required timeframe for delivery, I will file an INR. Am I able to then leave feedback ? on a side note, aren't these absentee sellers still being charged when their items are relisted each month? doesn't seem lik...

Seller wants to send half the order, have me provide pick up code, then send the second half

I assume to reduce any “risk” somehow. This is a large concert ticket order and they want to send 2, have me provide the code, and then send the remaining two. Does that seem ok to you all? To me, it seems like I’m telling eBay “we’re all good here” ...

Did not receive item charged for

So I'm being audited. Went back to purchased items on eBay. Seen that Almost 2 years ago I was charged for an item I didn't receive. Contacted seller and was told because it was so long ago that their was nothing they can do. Question: Is there a sta...

Warranty option disappeared

An item I purchased originally gave the option to add a warranty. The listing was a buy it now but no best offer. The seller sent me an offer and the check box for a warranty disappeared. I accepted the offer but no warranty was offered at check out....

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Resolved! I received an empty box

Hello,i received an empty box from the seller. The box had no visual damage.How do i get my money back?Sent photos to the seller,he said he will look at his cameras etc.Read through other similar topics and all adviced not to open "not received" case...

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