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Resolved! Walmart delivered Ebay order ? Possible Triangulation fraud?

Yesterday morning, I broke my coffee pot and went on Ebay to see if I could find a deal for a cheap replacement coffee pot. I found a Mr Coffee replacement cerafe for only a dollar less than the Walmart price, offering free shipping - I paid $15.69. ...

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Resolved! Refund for item not received

So I purchased a vase for $20 on July 2. Waited and waited for the seller to ship and kept messaging them with no reply. Well August 9, I get a message to reveal it’s the sellers daughter and her mother(seller) died June 4. She said the bank account ...

Search functionality

Why if i'm searching auctions and i change from Best match to ending soonest does my results change?Shouldn't the results for auction searches be the same if I'm doing best match or ending soonest or newly listed or price + shipping?This is hurting e...

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Purchased Item description revised when re listed cancelling out original description on sold item

Hi, i purchased a football match on dvd, which clearly stated ''full match''. As a collector i was a bit suspicious of this ''full match'', as it was only broadcast as 55 mins, and the full 90 mins has never been seen in collecting circles. I always ...

A problem with USPS you need to know about!

Recently eBay was fooled by a Mail Fraud Scam. In effect eBay became part of the scam, because they didn't track the package and request a proof of delivery. instead, eBay heeded to a fake Poof of Delivery that the seller sent them. eBay became align...

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Seller service scam

I purchased a service to repair a vehicle tcm for 137.00 on Ebay. Sent my tcm to seller along with old tcm for cloning service. Seller then refunds my money on Ebay saying Ebay takes to long to pay out. Then asks to be paid through venmo. I paid 184....

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Resolved! Feedbacks

How do some eBay sellers maintain 100% positive feedbacks without answering questions ?

Authentication Wait Time Watches

Hello -- I bought an item on Sept 18, it arrived at Authenticator on Sept 20, and now nothing. EBay should have some sort of status, once at authenticator... not just who sold it. So what stage, processing, package review, package authenticated, pack...

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Ebay Money Back Guarantee is a SCAM

I bought an item and received the tracking number as usual. When the item didn't arrive, even though the tracking number indicated it had, Seller was not helpful so I contacted my local USPS and they traced the package was mis-delivered and the packa...

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How to spot FAKE Allen Bradley products with PICTURES

As a "seasoned" seller and buyer on eBay, THEPLCDEPOT, makes sure that we never become the victims of buying FAKE Allen Bradley products. There are many ways of trying to avoid getting caught up in the Fake market schemes. How do you find Authentic A...

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Resolved! Unhide orders no longer working

For years I have placed fully completed purchases into "hide order". Recently, I have no longer been able to retrieve nor view these hidden orders. The option to do this is not shown anymore. This occurs with both firefox and edge.These items still i...

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I made an offer and was never notified it was accepted and eBay automatically charged my card.

I made an offer on an item yesterday and did not hear anything. I only found out that my offer was accepted is that the seller shipped the item. eBay also charged my credit card. I would have liked the option of choosing a payment method when I go to...

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