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Slow, slower, slowest shipping. Ebay, you're about to lose a longterm buyer.

Over the past couple of months Ebay has, evidently, gotten involved in the shipping management operations of its sellers. What this means to me: Items purchased with a listed arrival date of 5-10 days are now going well beyond that. Tracking numbers ...

Really hate ebay sellers :)

Spent the time buying item from same city thinking it would arrived today based on 1 day Handling and estimated delivery date. Only to be found out it will be shipped from China and arriving Friday which I will not be home. And I know china packaging...

Captchas just to LOOK at a listing?

We are fed up with the constant captcha security checks that come up when attempting to just look at a listing. I don't care about any excuses or work arounds. This only occurs with eBay and is a complete waste of time for buyers. Is eBay trying to "...

I was cheated by seller

The item I purchased is stated as weighing 7.5 pounds in the listing, which is reasonable since it is a 3 ft artificial tree in a cement base as clearly described in the listing. The UPS states the shipment weighed 1.6 pounds. The proof of delivery p...

How do I get less refund on item not received

On the 17th June 2025 I purchased a pc from a seller on eBay for $715 then on 20th June 2025, three days after purchase, the item has not been delivered yet, I got a mail from eBay that seller cancelled the order. And I will be getting a refund of $5...

Contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or Interpol if you experience fraud

I was scammed out of hundreds of dollars from a seller in Ebay. I tried to resolve the matter through official Ebay channels but they defended the fraudulent seller and disregarded my legitimate request for assistance. Since my attempt at warning leg...

Do timelines apply after an INR case is opened?

An item I purchased stalled in the mail, then was shipped halfway across the country, stalled again and then seems to be meandering back to the coast. Daily USPS updates are nothing more than "In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late." To put it in...

gift cards

No category for their gift cads, don't want to draw attention to how bad a scam eBay gift cards are.eBay is trying to keep as much gift card money as possible. Why not, free money. Takes forever to figure out how to add them for checkout. Then they r...

Resolved! Ebay's strange actions

The goods have not been received, according to the tracking it has been in another city for 20 days without movement. The seller issued a refund for June 26. How can all this happen if the goods have not been received?!!!

I AM LOOKING TO SEE IF ANYONE MIGHT HAVE THIS TV GUIDE FROM DEC 24 1978

IF THERE MIGHT BE ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE THIS TV GUIDE FROM MY NEWSPAPER THE ORLANDO SENTINEL STAR I WANT IT PLEASE MESSAGE ME EMAIL ME I AM LOOKING FOR THIS ON THE TUBE FROM 1978

Your site did not change my shipping address

If you look at my previous two purchases they WERE SHIPPED TO THE CORRECT address , however , you charged my card ,charged me tax on a purchase I will not ever receive as I am only in California in the winter. I feel you screwed me out of taxes and t...

Account banned for no reason and cant even use it to post on community

2 weeks ago i made an ebay account, didnt sell/buy anything on it and just received an email saying i am permanently banned due to "activity that we believe has put the eBay community at risk. " . All of the activities i had on that account were chan...

Latest progress on refunds

Short summary: The seller stole pictures from Yahoo and hung them on eBay for false transactions. Before making the payment, he would reply to my message. After I made the payment, he immediately cancelled the order and refused to reply to any messag...

Item with false tracking

eBay needs to do something before anyone else becomes the next target. Why does eBay delete the negative feedback left by buyers who get ripped off by these thieves??? I have been buying and selling on eBay for over 10 years and will be closing all o...

WHat to do when you get ripped off.

I am located in the US. Last February (2025) I purchased a guitar from Seller, who is located in China. The seller prevaricated, and eventually completely ghosted me.I opened a request and attempted to contact the seller, with no results. I was able ...