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EBay scam

eBay (the company itself, not the seller I bought from) has scammed me. I never received an item and they are refusing to refund me despite the buyer protection policy being in place. They are ignoring all of my emails and contact attempts and now I ...

Is this a new type of scamming?

So I bought a banknote from the seller today. I made the payment properly, covered all the cost without any problem And then this guy came up and said he will not give me any tracking BECAUSE I HAVE A LOW FEEDBACK, Just who did he think he is to judg...

Resolved! I didn't receive it

Ebay says that if a purchased item didn't arrive, go to the item in purchases then...Select More actions beside the item and then I didn't receive it.But "I didn't receive it" isn't an option under More Actions. How do I proceed?

Why does eBay Tax Shipping and Handling Fees?

I'm a very active eBay buyer and recently I looked into the 'sales tax' that eBay charges. It turns out that eBay not only taxes the item sales price, but also adds in the shipping and handling charges prior to calculating sales tax. I believe this n...

Item to US arrived damaged; seller states I need to contact Global shipping myself

I ordered an item from a seller in Europe which arrived damaged. The box it was shipped in did not appear to be sturdy enough to withstand shipping and it arrived partially collapsed at the top, taped side of the box. I recorded the opening of the bo...

Ebay search engine algorithm changed to be too general: PLEASE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT!

Some time during the past week or so eBay has changed its search engine algorithm so that anyone searching for a specific item will get hundreds of results instead of the few that actually apply. This has the result of frustrating potential buyers an...

MYSTERY: Purchased item listing now only visible to buyer & no longer searchable by item number.

I recently purchased an item and paid for it with PP. Shortly thereafter, the seller deleted the item listing. Now the original item listing is ONLY available to me, the buyer, through my purchased items list. Searching for the item number no longer ...

Why is shipping so high? and keeps going up. Why can big corporations offer free shipping.

Why is shipping so high? and keeps going up. Why can big corporations offer free shipping. Does it matter what gas prices are doing? Economy. Political. I just want to hear what the community thinks. I know it's not ebay. Ebay actually has discounts ...

New feedback form

Am I correct in understanding that you can no longer leave feedback for a buyer without rating the merits of the item you purchased? In other words, if you buy, say, a book, you have to read it and decide how much you liked it before you can assess t...

How many times a day does this lousy website need to verify that I AM HUMAN?

If they want to lose great customers in droves, this is an excellent way to do it as it happens to me several times a day. I've closed my account once recently due to shady vendor shipping practices. I've bought thousands of items here on ebay over t...

Do eBay charge £10 to issue a refund?

Hi, Bought 2 tyres yesterday and the deal was free postage or fitting. I ended up only needing one and the guy said he would issue a refund for 50% the total value. They have now charged me £10 for issuing the refund and are saying that is the charge...

International buyer, woe upon you.

Buying from seller with Global shipping program may sound easy enough, so i decided it give it chance.I bought a item that was somewhat diffcult to find in my country. I made the purchase and immediately paid for the item. So far everything worked ou...

Resolved! eBay Account Blocked

I have a second eBay account (my first ebay account isn't blocked) i decided to check on the second account today and it says that my ebay account was permanently suspended (blocked) and I haven't done any suspicous things on it or break any of ebay ...

Bad feedback or no?

If I win an item for $1, $8 shipping and the seller cancels and refunds with no communication, should I leave negative feedback? Feels like they weren't happy with the sell price but that's what reserves are for

Can't leave a feedback.

I purchased an item that the seller never sent. I couldn't open the case on the item and had to contact ebay. Case is now closed and ebay refunded me. I tried to leave a feedback but it was not published. I want other potential buyers to know how thi...