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Most are yard sale buyers. Must be perfect and dirt cheap

If the item is 2 years old, I can understand them wanting it to be perfect. But if the item is over 100 years old, minor defects should be expected especially of its a book or some other item that has been handled a lot. . I'm just glad for the 10% t...

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Refund

I purchased the item the order was confirmed and i got the order no and it says awaiting for item to be shipped by a seller. The money was debited from my bank account but the seller says the funds were never received . I opened a requst for item not...

Filter out overseas sellers

Is there anyway that I can filter out overseas sellers so that I can ensure that I am only buying items that are being shipped within the United States or at least North America? I am getting tired of waiting sometimes 6 to 8 weeks to receive an item...

Sort the search function

For weeks now type in comics in search and only superman related items show (100% not an issue my end - this has happened a couple of times in the past year and it has sorted itself out eventually. This is the longest problem period to date). There a...

Non-working gift card

Let me try this again. Looking for a customer service phone#. Bought a $100 gift card from Dollar Tree. Dollar tree cannot help. It does not work on Ebay. Tried 5 times. Who can help me get this fixed. Thank you so much.

My eBay gift card got frozen

I bought several eBay gift card in 2016. One of them I forgot to use. Now when I found it, eBay showed 0 balance. I contacted customer service was told I need to provide original receipt to prove I am the owner. I found some other card’s receipt but ...

Why on other actions others no I did not receive it.

I have an item I bought from England that I been having problems ever since it was shipped buyer used eBays global shipping. On anything else that don't use global shipping when you look at list of stuff you bought under other actions there's I did n...

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"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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How to input my EU VAT number?

I spent ages trying to find an answer and to contact eBay but nothing.. So public forum it is...How can I, as a buyer (either individual or company), add my VAT number so that I wont get charged VAT during checkout when I order things from outside of...

SCAMMER

Seller just ripped off eBay buyers for over $1 million selling gold and silver coins and bullion. His store disappeared. His website was started in Jan 2024. hopefully eBay MoneyBack guarantee will make this right!!

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