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ASK ME ABOUT: Product Research (formerly known as Terapeak)

Hello Everyone, We're thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new interactive series, which is set to take the place of our former "Monthly Chat with eBay Staff" program. This series is designed to bring you closer to the heart of eBay's operati...

I demand an explanation.

I had a zero sales day yesterday.I demand an explanation.Shall I contact ebay?

Buyer Asked to Cancel Bid - accusing me of a SNAD

So I have an item up for auction:https://www.ebay.com/itm/186398249269 So you can look at the listing yourself and tell me if I'm missing something. He tells me that what I'm selling is actually a 5 centesimos, not a 2 1/2 centesimos as advertised an...

New Unwritten Policy Against Sale of Cow Bone - I Guess Sellers Need to Have ESP

I just had 2 Civil War era scrimshaw cups removed. They were made from cow bone. They are not even close to looking like ivory. And every similar example ever sold on eBay or elsewhere online says they are made of cow bone (never ivory). When I conta...

New All-Time Low-No Replies Needed

I have reached a new all-time low, one sale in the past 14 days, I know the cheerleaders are going to say it's my fault, my inventory, my this, my that, BLAH BLAH BLAH, & to those I say you are Very Wrong!, This has become a pitiful place to try & co...

Ty beanie baby

I have a few in great condition! Gracie is the first up for sale.

I'm not the post office.

Sometimes things get stuck in the system.But why do buyers think I personally work for USPS, FedEx or UPS?I shipped something on the 1st of May, and it did the classic cross country tour.But tracking HAS been updating, it's not stuck or sitting somew...

Posted image radically different from actual .jpg file

Never realized this before... so ebay can't even upload images that are true to the file ?I never really noticed before today... other posts on the topic claim photos are desaturated; mine has a CRAZY hue shift. You think these bozos would make enoug...

Package Taking The Scenic Route

I have a package that is supposed to go to southwest Missouri, that has instead spent the last week going from Orlando to St Louis, Missouri, then to Springfield, Massachusetts, then back to St Louis, Missouri, then to Kansas City, KS. Fortunately th...

Is eBay the last stop for overpaid incompetent corporate criminals? It has been for decades.

Your managed payment systems are beyond brokenhttps://www.ftc.gov/media/71268 There are several national and regional regulators you could convey the inaction of eBay’s criminally incompetent corporate looters”leaders”, but given eBays profoundly bro...

Insanely excessive fees

I occasionally sell stuff on Ebay that I have no more use for. Guess I haven't sold anything in a while. I remember 2-3% seller fees in the past. For the item I recently sold I was charged 17.24% for ($15.34 on a net item value of $89). That is insan...

Search will be the demise of eBay

Wanting to see if it's worth listing an item, so I run a search.Impala Bucket Seat Brackets.Switch to used and 1300+ results. Guess that tells me what I needed to know. Don't list Impala Bucket Seat Brackets because nobody would ever be able to find ...

What has eBay become ? Rants from sellers the future of “Outta Here” cThis is for you.

I had auctions which OFFERED free shipping with an option to pay additional for faster shipping.One buyer WHO WON 2 ITEMS demanded that I combine his FREE shipping and refund him anything I might save for combining. He went on to make other demands, ...

NEW eBay Price Match Guarantee Feature?

Hello,I hope this message finds you all well. Today an interesting thing occurred on the app that has never happened to me before. I am going to write this in point-form.1. I sell an item to a buyer2. Buyer immediately requests to cancel sale after p...

Wrong Address From Buyer Left Negative Feedback

I sold a pair of eyeglasses and shipped last week to address the Zero feedback buyer provided. Today the buyer apologizes for wrong address and asks what he should do. Tracking number shows package is attempting to be delivered to address provided. I...

eBay Promoted listing soft cap on sellers

It appears eBay is limiting or putting a cap on sellers promoted views/impressions. Yesterday I relisted my entire store (950) items. My organic views and impressions were up 300% but my promoted views and impressions were down 40%? That's mathematic...