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PART ORDERED, PAID NOT SHIPPEDay to try and resolve, the seller told me that i had to cancel the

I purchased a part from gajeepparts on Oct 15, 2022. ord # 17-09219-64317. I know this has been a long time, but I just don't think I should let this go. They charged me $179.99 for the part, 39.99 for shipping and 25.30 for tax. I contacted the sell...

Questions

Hello I am interested in a couple of trucks I seen online however I think they maybe scams and want to see if I can provide the info I can see and have someone type it into you’re system to see if the vehicles are real if the listing is real and if I...

Getting UPS to cooperate in case of a tracking scam

I'm a victim of the fake-tracking number scam as detailed/tracked here by ittybitnot. I have been trying to get UPS to confirm, in writing, that the tracking number I was provided was for somebody else's package entirely. I managed to get both a loca...

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Victory

Despite Ebay saying that they made the correct decision on my appeal. They were wrong. They Denied my refund based on a fake tracking information. Even though FedEx confirmed it was fake. So, I went through PayPal. It took lots of leg work. But final...

Pop Up Upsells / Add an Item to Your Order

Is this a new feature on eBay, when you pay for an item a window or pop up is trying to sell you an item in addition to the item you just bought? I just started noticing it yesterday. Is there a way to opt out of this? It's annoying and I'm afraid I'...

"BEST OFFERS" IGNORED !!

It should be a breach of ebay's policies and 'contract' of a seller who advertises for a best offer and then doesn't even acknowledge one !! That seems fraudulent to me. Certainly it is unethical & I won't shop with a seller who does that

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Communication Preferences > Competing Offers

Communication Preferences > Buying Activity > Competing Offers "Competing Offers" is a recent addition. It's separate from "Offers to buyers" and "second chance offers" Can you tell us what that setting controls devon@ebay kyle@ebay ? I've asked a fe...

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Resolved! Bidding on Ebay is a waste of time!

Nothing I will post will come as a surprise. But, DO NOT USE THE BIDDING SYSTEM! Sellers allow private bidders. What that means is that the seller can set up private accounts as a guest to eBay to bid. They do this for high dollar items they want to ...

WHY can't I filter for only EU sellers?!

I shop mostly from the US. I have friends who live in the EU. It would be very useful to be able to filter for only EU sellers when shopping for presents for them.And one should be able to translate to English with one click at the top of any (Europe...

No communication No tracking deleted account

I purchased a gift for my husband but the seller has no tracking.I messaged to check on shipment and the account is deleted.I checked and only one sale( me) and zero reviews and no other items sold.I trusted the platform over the years of buying and ...

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Automatic Payments on Buy it Now/Offers

I have decided after more than 15 years that I will no longer purchase from ebay. My preferred method of payment on eBay is paypal. My preferred method of payment on PayPal is my PayPal credit. Three times out of the last five purchases, PayPal has i...

Filtering shipping costs is a needed improvement

I may be in the minority but "free shipping" and "local pickup" is a poor selection for filtering with shipping. Many countries outside your own can have reasonable OR unreasonable shipping costs (for me, it's cards). Being able to filter out shippin...

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