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A couple tips from ebay Open

Quite a few points made in the program on Search with ebay and Google. The one that has received the most attention was the one about using end/relist/sell similar. But I thought this was interesting too:

Resolved! Has anyone seen my feedback?, Please return it.

I used to get plenty of feedback, Now it's next to nil, While I don't mind not getting any negative feedback, None of us want that, But it is nice to get acknowledged for all the effort & hard work, I guess people don't have the time, Or to many othe...

Private Coupon

I plan to issue a private coupon that will be valid for one year and limited to one use per buyer. My concern is that a buyer could use the coupon once and then log in under a different account to use the same code again on another purchase from my s...

Any News On Swag?

Does anyone know when we will find out who won any swag from eBay Open, For those of us who filled out the survey which I did, But have not received any news, Just wondering.

Sales Tax

I've never received a straight-up simple answer to this question: Why/how is eBay commissionable (at the seller's expense) on sales tax. It is no earning accorded the seller, is payable by the buyer, and enjoyed by the Government. It thus somehow bec...

Glitches Lately

Has anyone else experienced glitches with newly listed items not showing up in their store?I've had this happen a few times now, I list a new item, wait 10–20 minutes, and while it shows up under my listings, it doesn’t appear in my actual store.To d...

Lots of odd questions = incoming low-ball

It almost seems like there's a tutorial on how to low-ball / drive down a Seller's price, because the same thing has happened to me multiple times. My set policy is to not invite offers, and my descriptions and pictures are pretty complete. On expens...

eBay Let a Buyer Scam Me and Keep My Item-I’m Done

I’ve been using eBay for over 10 years. I’ve bought and sold hundreds of items without issue—until now. A few months ago, I sold an expensive piece of electronics. Nearly a full month after delivery, one day before the return deadline, the buyer open...

hogging all selling space

This seller has 38,000 items for sale and they are all listed en masse in Collectibles>Native American US>1935 to Now>Jewelry>Newly Listed. Page after page after page. Other sellers using this category have virtually no chance to have their items see...

Buyer says item not received but it shows delivered

I have read the other forum posts on this topic and have messaged the buyer and advised to check with local PO and to check with neighbors/other tenants in their building. The buyer has not responded to a message in 4 days. What do I need to do to ge...

How do I stop the unsold listings being shown in my messages?

This just seems to have started recently... I don't need my unsold listings showing up in my messages - which I then have to delete. Any suggestions on how to stop this? TIA

results of a sale

I was disappointed that August was turning into a bust, not the surge in book sales like in the past. I tried doing some systematic repricing but I got so bogged down that I put it all on sale at 10% off, not expecting much. Turns out it has been a p...

Reserve price

Are bidders allowed to ask the reserve price?

Resolved! Not displaying search results when Best Match is used on Desktop computer only

Anybody else seeing this issue? When doing a search on Ebay via a Desktop computer (phone app shows results normally) with the default of Best Match, the search results are not displaying. It says there are a certain number of results that match your...

Can't get a response from a buyer

I listed some shirts for sale (4 to be exact), they were the exact same shirt except there were 4 different colors. I wrote in the ad that once someone purchases a shirt they need to contact me to tell me what color they want. I've sent inquiries to ...