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authenticating a possible scam ad?

Reciecved a ebay listing that looks shady and too good to be true can anyone help prove its a scam from this listing? https://ebay.com.itm-cg.site/?itm=2017-yamaha-yzf-r6&sid=9291777985&id=101743964&awg_dvm=iAZFfaGzlDLRs5T9YbQtho

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Seller rejecting my offers can they reject a winning bid?

Seller has item up with both 'bid' and 'best offer' options. Tried best offer twice (with a reasonable offer) and rejected. I am NOT intending to 'lo-ball' the seller. So now I'm going to try to bid at an ever higher price .... can they still reject ...

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Resolved! REQUIRED Product Reviews - a No Go

Just tried to leave feedback rating on a seller for an item received today. The "Feedback" will NOT let me submit it unless I now "review" the item itself. This is **bleep**. If I want to "review" something, I'll write a separate review for it, most ...

Advice please

I ordered an ink cartridge and opened it without really looking and now see I have been sent the wrong item. Can I still return it although its been opened? Many thanks

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Scared to pay seller with 0 transactions

A seller with no feedback accepted my offer of 1100 for a 3 wheeler. They have sold nothing g before and do not want payment via debit card to their account because they will have to wait to get the money. Am I covered under the eBay guarantee on thi...

Opened by mistake

I ordered an ink cartridge and opened it without really looking and now see I have been sent the wrong item. Can I still return it although its been opened? Many thanks

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AUCTION SELLERS RENEGING ON WINNING BIDS

auction sellers should have to post a bond, If auction seller refuses to honor winning bid , they forfeit a percentage, say 25% of winning bid amount, with the refund The seller simply wanted more money, and made the choice to violate the terms of th...

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Ebay reviews are FRAUDULENT!!!!!!

I've bought from Ebay for nearly 20 years, and to my recollection have never left a negative feedback. I left one a couple weeks ago because this seller was horrendous. I find out today that the seller "hid" the review according to the rep I was chat...

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Supplements coming from Communist Red China

I recently purchased supplements from a seller on Ebay. I have returned the products for refund having to pay shipping charges. This supplement is sold by various sellers and probably in good faith but I feel that any ingestible coming from China sho...

How to link Paypal account with Ebay app?

So, like I'm trying to buy Wii remotes and I was given an offer from the seller. As I'm trying to pay for them, Ebay told me that i had to pay with a credit/debit card. I was trying to find to link my Paypal account, but I didn't see anything.

How do you fix a fraud case dealt by a seller

Here's my situation and I hope maybe I get some sort of resolution out of this but eBay is a pain in the ass and doesn't help legit buyers or sellers. So my issue was I was looking to purchase a stereo equipment power surge protector that weighs abou...

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Defective EBay gift cards - missing redemption code

Purchased an EBay gift card and upon scratch-off the redemption code was removed. I did not “accidentally” scratch off anything. The instructions are to scratch the panel on the back. Period. If the redemption code scratches off, it’s a defective car...

Using this site is more hassle than it's worth at times...

Expect the usual corporate suck-ups to defend eBay. Why should the company pay people to PR when you do it for free? The search is awful. If I don't put stuff in quotes it will spit out irrelevant garbage results or "auto-correct" certain terms. Even...

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