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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 ...

Ebay's shipping defaults are hurting sales

I've lost count of the number of sellers I've seen who allow ebay to calculate their shipping cost and don't realize that amount calculated is ridiculously inaccurate. This happens repeatedly and if that many sellers fall victim to this, then the pro...

Shaking My Head

Interesting experience. A seller has a necklace for sale , excellent brand, very poor listing. I wanted to know. Measurements of the chain and the pendant, 18 K or 14K (had both in listing), gram wt, just the important information , and this was the ...

Tax on coins

I never paid state tax on coins I purchased when they were listed in their own category. Ebay put COINS: US in the COLLECTIBILES & ART category. Since the first of the year I have, as today, purchased 65-coin listings and 23 of them were taxed.On 4/2...

Clearing Search History

Any way to clear this to eliminate the associated baggage ebay keeps shoveling?

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 ...

Anyone else try the Mother's Day Gift Card 15% Off Promo?

Apparently a promo rolled out this AM for Mother's Day. 15% off all purchases of Gift Cards, Max Discount $30. Valid through 5/14 or while supplies last. Went to try it and I wasn't able to receive the promo. Said "Not Promo Eligible". Tried on two s...

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Ebay automatically charged my PayPal account but I want to pay seller in cash

I made an offer on and item, which the buyer accepted. Ebay automatically charged my PayPal account but I want to pay seller in cash, as that's what they say they'd prefer. How do I go about reversing the paypal charge without cancelling the order?

Buyers cancel orders after a bid is won, I have paid, or they shipped.

I ordered these shoes for the buy now price, and they were shipped the same day. The next night, I get a cancellation notification because the item is “damaged or out of stock” even though the order was already marked as shipped. This has already hap...

bid retraction

How do you make a bid retraction when you bid to much?

Has anyone else noticed how many deceptive listing are on Ebay now?

My first post to the Ebay community. I apologize if I should have done more research before posting. I've always tried to make Ebay my first choice over Amazon for most of my small purchases. But I can't help but notice that sellers seem to offer way...

How to premanently block bad sellers from appearing in search

Just this. I just got scammed on a book purchase, which has a history of fraud in their feedback. There's got to be a way to block scammers like this from being seen.

Fraudulent actions

I purchased a product through eBay and the product arrived as a fake flat iron and the cord is not US friendly. What can I do with a fake flat iron with the wrong cord and adapter.. I shared this with my community so they will keep their money from e...