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Seller Initiated Offer automation
Every day, eBay sellers send targeted offers to reach interested buyers and drive more sales. To make this process even easier, some sellers choose to automate their offers, helping them engage buyers faster and save time. We want to provide some cla...
Resolved! Buying and returning a high end item and the customer still wins.
I sold a high end item to a buyer earlier this month. They sent me an offer and I was hesitant to accept so I didn't. They messaged saying they'll add an additional $100 and I accepted. I sent the item out promptly...which also required Signature Con...
USPS misdelivering
Just curious if anyone else has been experiencing a rash of USPS misdelivering their items. Like sending them all around the country, completely losing them, or just in perpetual tracking hell. Or have I just had the misfortune of it happening to me ...
Buyer Asks Me to Cancel Sale Because He Found a Better Deal
I'm not sure what to do here so I would appreciate any advice. I sold an expensive book yesterday with Buy It Now and the buyer paid. A day later, he wrote me asking me to cancel the sale because he found the same book for a much better price. I'm to...
How do we feel about Fvf?
Ive been selling on ebay for over 20 years. Alot of good things n sum bad things. Final Value Fee has always been a bit frustrating. Shipping Ive been told by ebay reps that the shipping label with ebay is less then normal. Ive to disagree. I compare...
So you want to turn those views and watchers into money in your pocket - it takes effort
Have sold for a real selling career for over 41.5 years. Here are two guiding principles sets that helped me succeed. Yes this was in tete-a-tete seling situations vs online selling but you are still dealing with humans of all types of experiences in...
Why does ebay let buyers leave negative feedback without starting a return or contacting us?
I had a buyer leave a negative feeback. Warranted? I don't know because the buyer never contacted me prior or requested a return. It really should be policy by ebay that buyers need to contact or make a return before leaving negative feeback. I conta...
Will Fedex charge Additional Handling Surcharge for a 2-lb triangular tube 37" long, 7"x7"x7" ?
Fedex shipping - my own package - a triangular tube. Will Fedex charge me an Additional Handling Surcharge for a 2-lb triangular tube 37" long, 7"x7"x7" ? My understanding of the confusing Fedex manuals is that the surcharge is triggered when the len...
Stolen pictures
Another buyer is selling the same item as me. However, he is using my pictures from my auction! What recourse (if any) do I have? Thanks in advance for any input.
Chinese sales -anybody else?
I've always had a fairly good amount of items going to China, maybe 10-15% of all my sales (mostly shipping to West Coast freight forwarders, almost never EIS), but suddenly it's kicking into high gear, like if the recent trend continues, it's lookin...
feedbacks
After selling for over 6 years on eBay, I just received my first Neg. feedback from a buyer who left me 2 Neg feedback on two purchases that were made over 2 months ago without even contacting me to let me know of any issues, even though I contact th...
This is what most of the sellers are talking about in this forum!
When sellers come into this forum & try to make sense of why they are not making sales. Complaining about what is possibly interfering with their opportunity to make money, this is an exact example of what we are so miserable & depressed about. I jus...
Buyers are getting creative to get away with returning different items.
I sold $200+ car wheel set made out titanium eBay ID: 296502873968. Buyer returned studs (like eBay ID 356633561299) and nuts (like eBay ID 405236009683) made out steel. The buyer ordered $200 set made out of Titanium but returned $50 set made out of...
SOLD NIB NEW BALANCE RUNNING SHOES & AUTHENTICATOR SAYS THEY'RE NOT NEW. WTH?!?!
Has anyone else had this happen? I sent the shoes in an "old" Amazon envelope but the shoes inside were in the new box and shoes have NEVER been worn b/c they didn't fit me. ALL of my photos show the new shoes that are 100% authentic. These New Balan...
Artificial Intelligence? I don’t think so….
Making this listing for a sugar bowl, AI bots suggest the theme should be Bowling. Love it.
Lame buyer negative feedbacks left for sellers
Out of all the negative feedbacks you see on sellers’ pages, what percentage of them do you feel are lame ones that should never have been left or are undeserved? Like this one negative I stumbled upon this seller’s page. It says “Never received item...
