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Size of items

A few of the things I've been getting are much smaller than the picture shows, especially the games, toys, and utensils. It would be nice if eBay would require a seller to list the actual size of what's being sold.

Did I Buy $3,000 of Counterfeit Stamps? Listings got Taken Down

Hey. I bought $3,000 of stamps on eBay through 2 product listings (2 different sellers but noticed they're both in UK). I wanted to buy more but noticed that both listings got taken down. If they're taken down, I'm assuming something's wrong. I read ...

Will I get a strike for a bid retraction?

A few days ago I bid on an item and discovered after the bid - through a conversation with the seller via PM - that the item had a broken piece and 4 missing pieces. Without these the item is unusable and it will cost me $100+ to obtain the replaceme...

How is someone bidding 32 sec after time is up?

I'm new to this so I may just not understand. I found an item my daughter wanted. There was just 1 bidder at the time. Today a cpl other bidders came and brought it up about $10 more at 66 dollars. I did some research and signed up for esnipe. I put ...

Feedback is a joke

Seller posts a photo of a sound meter & lists it as a humidity meter they look the same until you zoom in so buyer makes a offer seller accepts buyer realises the photo doesn’t match and messages seller seller doesn’t respond item doesn’t arrive sell...

Monthly Chat - December 14th at 1:00 pm PST

Hi everyone! This month’s chat will be an open forum for you to ask questions to the Community Team. Post your questions here on December 14th at 1PM PST so we can have an informative and fun filled chat!

ebay wrongfully removing negative feedbacks

seler doesn't communicate and ignores messages he prints shipping labels when he gets paid and does not ship on time to manipulate the system i've seen several people leave him negative feebdack which i have screencapped for the valid reason he doesn...

Resolved! Ebay escalated my INR request without my asking. Is this normal?

I bought a rare widget that did not arrive and the seller did not provide me a tracking number. But because the seller is new to eBay, and given the USPS's numerous delays, I decided not to submit a INR request until the very last minute in order to ...

Ebay vendors sending false tracking numbers

Recently there appears to be a group of vendors offering TetraFin Goldfish Flakes Fish Food 4.52Lb Bucket for sale that are scammers.Twice I have ordered this item from two different vendors, both vendors gave false tracking numbers at theoretical sh...

Resolved! How to check the invoice number on buying a car is true

How can you tell if a invoice # on buying a car threw ebay is true and not a spam

where do u find / look up items u did not win?

I would like to know under which menu do u find the list of items u did not win. I want to know final price,

Drop Shippers Should Have To State In Listings They Are Drop Shipping

I wish eBay would require listings that are from drop shippers to have to state that up front. I am so sick of ordering something on here only to find when they don't send me a tracking number or that the day of expected arrival comes and goes withou...

Issues with Seller, Should I allow extra time for Holiday?

Won and paid for an auction on November 16. The seller sent a message that they had just returned from being out of the country but would send the items either Monday or Tuesday morning at the latest which was the 22nd. Late on Tuesday, I messaged an...

Shill Bidding

I suspected Sellers practicing shill bidding for some time and I sent 1 Seller a screenshot of the page I reported them to eBay and he was bold enough to relist the item within 24 hours at a set price which I also sent off to eBay. Another Seller whe...

ebay should give us a sound alert when we receive a new message

This is just a suggestion that will help make communicating with the sellers/buyers easier. There has been a couple of times when I completely missed the seller message because I was busy on another tab, and if there was a sound alert i think it woul...