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Promoted Fee Months Later

I thought I give a photo to what some were noticing yesterday.This gives an idea about promoted fee being charged later.I only got the latest one.I don't have the time to check everything...LOL

Now they charge commission on SALES TAX - can some explain this? I disliked commission on shipping, but many defend that. I think I saw the tax commission before, which just added to my hiatus, but I tried a couple items to test the process again. I ...

Over pricing

Ive notice this a lot lately over pricing and ebay isn't doing anything about it. I've reported people for over pricing but ebay just says they can't find anything wrong. I have been looking for a ps5 game called Ghost of Yotei collectors edition and...

why ebay sucks and steals from you

sucks and steals from you

People win my auctions but don't pay

HelloRecently, people have been winning my auctions but not paying.My question is, why is there an option for quick payment in buy now auctions, but not in auctions?That option would be great for auctions.I don't understand why eBay doesn't have that...

playboy violations

an email i have sent to a manager at a one time. it did not get bounced back. Dear Sir, i writing to **bleep**. 20+ years selling on ebay. i remember the adult section. i keep getting listing violations for playboy magazine which i feel are affecting...

Resolved! Scam? How to respond if not?

I have a notebook of vintage post cards that I have had listed for a while with lots of interest. I received this message today from someone who says the collection had been stolen from them. I don’t know if this is a scam or not but I really don’t k...

Is this a zip code scam on a RETURN, and what can I do?

I've got one darling of a buyer presently, wrote an ALL CAPS SPAZ OUT upon receiving the item, so I politely replied my offer of a free return, only to find she had already started one (that was the 2nd of my notifications, which I hadn't seen yet). ...

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June Seller Update Forces Free Returns for Motors Parts Accessories

It looks like they haven't posted the announcement here yet, but the June Seller Update just dropped and there is a big change for Motors P&A sellers: https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/news/2025-june https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/news/2025-june/p...

The new offer system is worse than before and gives non payers no consequences

The new offer system where eBay doesn't lock the buyer into an agreement when the offer is accepted and instead keeps the item live until its paid for makes the unpaid item situation worse. While before unpaid items required to keep your items off eB...

Can't find my listing when I search it

I'm new to selling on eBay. Posted an item 7 days ago, got a bid on it with 4 days left. Now that it is 2 hours from selling, I try to search it up, can't find it anywhere. Tried searching it on my wife's phone to no avail. This concerns me, as the m...

Resolved! Please explain Promoted versus Organic Impressions...THANKS!

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm not clear on the Impressions meaning and the difference between Promoted & Organic impressions. Have looked in the Help pages to no avail. Would someone please explain these concepts as I know I'm not the only one who ne...

Why do some listings omit Seller's handling time?

I was shopping tonight and found that some listings do not include a handling time under the Shipping: See Details link. I checked my own listings and found that they do include the handling time. Does anyone know why some listings state the handling...

Customer scammers

A customer who has a repair service buys an iPhone kept it for three days then claim the phone is icloud locked which clearly is not true. Refuses to reply to questions refuses to provide pictures of the issue. What should I do?

Charged promoted fees months later?!?

Maybe this has already been answered and I know not that long ago there was a post about something similar, but try as I may, I couldn’t find it. This morning (June 6th) I noticed I was JUST charged today, promoted fees for an item sold April 12th an...