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People will buy anything.

I was shopping with a friend at a local hardware store.In the bargain section I came across this ridiculous thing called a "Corn Dude".They were marked down to one dollar.I bought whatever they had.My friend thought I was nuts.I listed them about a y...

Apologies in Advance...

....for the cringy click bait title and the positive nature of the topic. I just discovered a passion for geology, in particular gems/minerals. I'm fortunate enough to live near an area rich in mineral deposits of all kinds. Yesterday I sold my first...

Best ebay alternatives

Ebay has become a little too woke for my tastes, what are some of your fave non ebay sites to sell on.

New Seller

I am new to this new EBAY system. I am just beginning and have sold a few items. I know I have to improve my photos and figure out pricing with shipping. Any suggestions will be helpful.

FeeBay Scamming is rampant

Who would have thought eBay would let AI ruin their platform? Looks like they have lost control completely....except where does all this money go? FTC "looking into it".

Seller stole my listing from Marketplace and listed it on eBay

Hello all, I am starting to list again on eBay after a very long time. Procedures have changed - I am catching up on them. My concern is that during my searching around eBay I came across a listing that is not the seller's item. It is mine. I don't h...

Resolved! Brand new buyer, zero feedback, my gut tells me its a scam

So brand new buyer on a strategy board game expansion. Buyer doesnt have a BGG account - unusual for a player of strategy board games.Value of out of print game is $240 which buyer paid immediately. I chatted with ebay CSR tonight and raised my conce...

My listing was hacked!

So I listed this camera for $60 dollars then, a second later a user messaged me saying "repost the goods, I'll buy it for $88 dollars" I was confused but then noticed my orginal listing said out of stock, which made no sense. Then I went and re-liste...

Payouts on hold for 5 days... why

So I'm new to ebay, lost my job and going through cancer treatment. My car unfortunately needed repairs so I decided to sell some things on ebay so I can continue my hospital treatments. After selling about 1500 worth of items which should have been ...

Noticed something very strange while I was searching, Can you find it?

So I have these lamps and been looking for the perfect lamp finials for them, so I did a search for "New Lamp Finials" Still have not found my perfect match but I did notice something that I thought was strange looking at all the listings, can you fi...

The end is near forced free returns now.

Ebay keeps making a bad thing worse in ebay motors...now they want to force FREE mandatory 30 day returns, I'm sorry NO! You have a compat chart that is very far from accurate and will never be accurate, and I am supposed to accept returns FREE (read...

What are the rules about privately contacting other sellers about a buyer?

Long story short: buyer opened INAD and sent back clothing that she totally destroyed. I went ahead took the loss and refunded, and then I reported her to ebay. Because of the ridiculous nature of how she returned the item, I feel like there's no way...

Giving Credit where Credit is Due - It's NOT shipped until the Carrier Scans it!!!

It has been a while since I posted one of my "Giving Credit where Credit is Due" threads but here is one I am really happy about: FINALLY, after many years of debating this subject eBay is onboard with industry standards on when a package is actually...

How do you keep Ebay from randomly deleting old listings without telling you?

I've noticed over the years that I will randomly find items on my shelves that have no listing. I chalked it up to a mistake but I suspected this was an ebay "feature". I've seen rumors of the same thing on Reddit and such, but now I know for sure. I...

Changing return policy while revising listing...

This started with the new change where you must select one of your Pre-Set return policies for a listing instead of just choosing settings for each listing. On iOS when I try to revise return policy on a listing, it shows me the page to select differ...