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Report eBay Technical Issues

If you experience a technical issue on eBay, we want to know. Share your experience here.

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Resolved! Has the category breakdown that shows how things are listed, disappeared from the top of the page?

Has the category breakdown that shows how things are listed disappeared from across the top of the page? It is very useful for me as a seller to see how I should list similar items, and also useful for me as a buyer to give me a variety of ideas on h...

USPS not scanning tracking. Scan forms are useless. Ebay won't remove neg because usps didn't scan.

Any one else having this problem? First off , please don't tell me to use a scan form. The scan form is useless. Most of you do not know that the packages on the scan form are NOT accepted packages. They are pending acceptance until some one scans th...

feedback policy change proposal

As a long time, consistently excellent buying customer on eBay but never a seller, my biggest complaint revolves around sellers who do not reciprocate the positive feedback that they receive from a buyer. I have read many posts regarding this, most o...

INAD return

I just got a return request on a book. Here is what the buyer claims: It is all Black and white . You did not specify. There was a color edition. I want the color edition. Thank you. A quote from my description: It contains b/w illustrations. Serious...

My item says it’s delivered, but USPS withheld it and is asking me to pay for postage?

I recently purchased an item with included shipping costs of $6 via USPS Ground Advantage. Today, I received a notification that the item has arrived. However, when I checked my mailbox, there was only a slip instructing me to pick it up at the USPS ...

The buyer order is cancelled

Hello, the buyer order was canceled automatically by eBay(System issue), after contacting ebay , they cannot do anything about the defect and the negative feedback i received. Is anyone else here having the same issue? Thank you

Anybody elses seeing an Uptick in Free return scams in the last year?

I've been an ebay member since the beginning and just recently I have notice an increase in fraudulent returns. I Sell used powersoprts parts for the last fourteen years. And always build my listings with the year make, and models of machines, that t...

Multiple buyers return different item and ebay SYSTEMATICALLY doesn't care!!!

We have a small business with 2 eBay accounts for selling used auto-parts. We have been increasingly getting cases where buyer (accidentally or intentionally) returns a different item or sometime an empty or unrelated item and eBay sided with thew cu...

Resolved! What is "Ad Fee Standard"

I listed an item with 2% promo ad fee, however, when the item sold, I was charged 13% "ad fee standard." What's going on?

Offers to buyers

I have had the chance to go into different people's products several times, and literally a few minutes later I already received an email notification that I was offered an offer or that the seller is asking me to make an offer.But when I as a seller...

Your payouts are on hold !!! FAKE!!!! WARNING

Your payouts are on hold until you update your account details. Please update by May 21, 2024 to avoid further restrictions. THAT IS A PHISHING LINK THAT IS THERE FAKEkycrededyweb.ebay .com <<<< THIS IS WHERE IT LEADS AND LOOKED LIGIT PAGE WANTING YO...

Store Issues

Our store has had serious issues since about January 21st give or take a day or so. We have reported them at least 20 times. This last round of issues are going to put us out of business. We have just under 11,000 listings. Q3/Q4 2023 we had an avera...

VAT within EU

Hello, I have a question about VAT. The seller is from Spain, I’m from Bulgaria so both countries are within EU. On the bill there is 20% VAT. I’ve never paid VAT when buying from Spain or any other EU country. Does anybody know why now there is VAT ...

why is ebay adding the sales tax to the seller's income from sale. Sellers never receive sales tax

I couldn't believe my eyes, but apparently Ebay is charging the seller to include the sales tax to the amount received, we don't receive any sales tax from customers, and when they get their 12% which already way too high, but this is downright theft...

ebay search within my own store not working properly. 0 results on only some titles?

Anyone had this problem? I cleared cookies tried multiple browsers. I am searching active listings within my own store (Overview -> Listings -> Active) to check my own active inventory. It is giving me 0 results on several titles. for example:search:...