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Buying goods from China

Purchased an item as a guest three months ago and it does not appear on my purchase history. I have the item number and purchase number but the system does not recognise and the seller is making idle promises, refusing a refund

Yes, the fake 1 oz. gold bars are still on Ebay

This is only out of sheer embarrassment and not wanting anyone else to go through this.... but yes I bought a fake gold bar on here in June. I was needing some money so took the "gold bar" to the local coin storefront. Was told it was counterfeit. Th...

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Asking for advice on a terrible seller.

Hey there. So I’m looking for some advice on this as a long time buyer on EBay. I ordered a product from a seller (a puppet) as I collect them and found this puppet that was pretty cute. the pictures were pretty poor and they didn’t show the whole pu...

Resolved! Unjust - Unfair Account Suspension

A friend I talked to in the US the other day told me his eBay account was suspended indefinitely (or it may have been permanent) and he was at his wits end. He did nothing wrong and when he tried to get answers from eBay they in effect slammed the do...

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Resolved! Purchasing error Country adjustments...

I live in germany and i want to purchase item from germany... i updated my phone and adress and also region is sellected as germany. I am having error when i try to buy an item. Attention BuyerDer Artikel, den Sie versuchen zu kaufen, ist in Ihrem La...

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Resolved! Shipping overcharge

I bought something and paid for shipping. The seller paid for ground shipping but used a flat rate priority box to ship. I had to pay $11.41 to pick it up from the post office. I would have refused it but my hubby picked it up and paid. The seller do...

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No longer a register user. Is this a scammer and how do I get a refund if that is the case?

The item is gone and not listed anymore and Ebay is giving an error saying no longer a seller. I should not be out 47 dollars. We are protected on Ebay are we not? Also, if this is a scammer then they should be arrested. This is called theft. Theft i...

Seller's other items

When I was looking through ebay for a particular item I found one of interest on a search, I noticed down below the page more like it suggested however... when I clicked on sellers other items I was informed "No Results" despite me seeing on the sugg...

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eBay is preventing me from completing a purchase!

Hello everyone. I am having some problems, trying to buy a product from a seller since some time. I am hoping that I can get the solution here. Here is the situation. I want to buy a product from a seller. He lives in UK and my address is in Germany....

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Blacklist sellers

There are a lot of bad sellers on ebay amongst all the good ones of which are also plentiful. Why is it buyers can be blocked by sellers but buyers cannot have a seller blacklist so they can automatically have any backlisted results excluded from any...

Is there a way for a bidder to contact another bidder?

Someone bought an item on ebay I wanted to buy. This happened just as I was about to purchase the item. Is there a way for me to contact the buyer to ask if they would consider selling me the item at a higher price than what they paid for it? I was g...

Resolved! Purchased an expensive collectible, seller lied on the listing and is basically drop-shipping it

As the title says, I feel I’ve gotten scammed. I purchased a $300 collectible (Lego minifig) and even though the seller stated in the listing that I’d get “exactly the minifig as shown in pics” it turns out he never had such collectible, and is basic...

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refund

HelloAfter 20 years of positive activity on ebay as a buyer or a seller I got the surprise that they give a **bleep** on you. I bought an fake item and i asked a refound, I recognized that I didn 't wait for a retourn lebel because in the past it was...

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