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Need Quality/Secure Packaging as a Feedback Category

Has there been any serious discussion from ebay of adding a feedback category about the quality/security of packaging? When buying, I would much rather have that info than any of the current four categories (except maybe accurate description). I am a...

Resolved! Worst experience ever

Never again 7 years with eBay and just realized Amazon is the way to go I will not spend a dime on eBay sellers lie eBay lie 2 times and they are ok with the fact that they lie , lol what a joke of a company, I’m going to make so much noise for this ...

eBay, you are turning your sellers' auction titles into garbage with your translation "feature".

Please make auction title translations optional.

EBay GSP is a fraud

I purchased an item from US. I’m in Australia.seller done his bit, sent thru GSP, via USPS, then Pitney Bowes.last tracking data - in customs pending clearance. 8 weeks now.ive contacted my local postage(APG e-commerce) who sent me an email saying th...

Seller says item shipped but tracking says different

I purchased a laptop from a seller on the 28th of April, I contacted them a few times after a few days of not seeing any update in shipping just to make sure all was good. I was reassured that it would be shipped, and later on that day the seller cla...

BUYERS' Feedback Left for Others, ("Serial Negative Buyers")

Recently I sold an item and as customary I inspect a Buyers "Feedback Left for Others", upon opening the buyers feedback for others, my first thought was this guy is Color Blind, NO, just kidding, I opened to 200, and counted 149 Negatives for Others...

eBay Global Shipping

I was just informed that eBay's Global Shipping confiscated another one of my packages. These were radio tubes from the UK. I did get a good deal on one of the tubes. It seems that if you get a good deal, the item gets confiscated and resold by someo...

defective ebay card

I bought an ebay gift card that does not work, the store that I purchased it - won't issue a replacement or refund, is there anything else that I can try?

Wrongly charged VAT on import shipping charge

Having made a purchase from the USA eBay added VAT. The issue being eBay didn’t just add VAT to the item (£115) but also wrongly to the USA paid shipping charge which is not subject to VAT meaning ebay made @£15 extra profit from me!

Aquiline Tracking Scam

The posting for the item I purchased claimed to require 5 days before item would be shipped. 5 or 6 days later, tracking info showed item shipped the same evening (Sunday evening) I made the purchase and arrived two states away by 7 am the next morni...

Seller is selling crap

I bought I bought a lot of things from eBay and this seller particular seller is not selling everything with the item. He waited until he already shipped the crap and didn’t tell me what it all existed of

Gift Card Missing the Last 4 numbers

After a month of talking with several eBay representatives, I was told today the money is gone. When I called the first time, I was told the money was there and ebay will load the gift card on my account within in 36 hours after receiving a picture o...

Real vs Fake USPS forever stamps with Pics

I've seen a lot of fake forever stamps out there so I decided to make this post. Here are some examples of real vs Fake stamps. The real ones I purchased from the Post Office. Look similar at firstMissing bottom stripeHas bottom stripeUSPS logoMissin...

Resolved! Counterfeit fake designer handbags _ EBay does not take action in removing listing

Counterfeit fake designer handbags are still allowed to sell on EBay site even though it goes against their guidelines. I have reported a few counterfeit handbags. I provided brief explanation as to the reason handbag is counterfeit. All the counterf...

Search keywords seem broken

Since about the beginning of the week ebay's search has been turning up way too many results for the terms I use when buying. In the postcard field many sellers use the tag RPPC to mean real photo postcard, but searching for that term now gives many ...