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Says I have a policy violation

Removed my listing and says policy violation. Then when you click on read more it doesn’t say. Therefore we don’t know what the violation is for. When we try and contact for help we are forwarded to an automated chat which does nothing. Or a communit...

Outrageous EBay Fees

I see that ebay raised their fees to an outrageous 15% including on shipping fees and taxes. When will sellers start boycotting this company for usury? For those of us with slim margins already, and for high value antique books, these rates are absol...

Waiting on a response, ebay sending multiple emails wanting me to pay

I've asked for a combined shipping total on multiple items but haven't received it. Ebay, however, has sent me several emails wanting me to pay the entire amount before any shipping discounts. A little harassing but not a big deal, except for trying ...

Fvf shippimg

I understand why ebay started taking a cut of shipping because people were abusing the fee structure, but I buy my shipping through ebay so they know exactly what I pay for shipping and am obviously not scamming the system. Sure someone could say the...

Item was refused by buyer and sent back from Spain

I sold an item to someone in Spain. Item was shipped Oct 23, 2023, and I just received it back,December 15th. The box is in bad shape and there are broken items. I have all the tracking information,and the last noted response was that it was REFUSED....

Lost Feedback

Every year I loss chucks of received feedback. This time it was about 50 positive ratings. Anyone else experience this? Thank you.

My phone is on and my volume is up. EBay keeps telling me that I’m not answer the phone.

I returned two of the same items in two packages. Unfortunately, I accidentally used the same shipping code for both packages so eBay has only acknowledged that it can authorize a payment for one of the packages. The seller has acknowledged that he h...

new page format is not an improvement

please give us the option of the older page views!

Part broke in 32 days

Hi! Need some advice! I bought throttle body from China. I received part Nov 8th and installed it on my car. Dec 9th throttle body broke. 10th - I've checked car with diagnostic computer and told seller that throttle body broke. he answered that I sh...

Resolved! Christmas tree lights

Why would listing lights for a Christmas tree be a policy violation. There are tons of them listed but my listing got pulled saying it was a policy violation. My husband bought them on EBay but he is gone now so I don't do a tree anymore

I have a 1937 Buffalo nickel. That looks like the Buffalo might be upload my gold color can somebody

I have a coin. I'd like someone to help me. Tell me how much it's worth. It's a Buffalo nickel, but the Buffalo looks like. It's in gold while the rest is silver it's Three legged it's only when I can describe it it's a beautiful coin

Resolved! Teacher discount

Hi, I have a question regarding if there's a teacher discount by eBay. I came across an online source that said there is a $15 teacher discount for people who work in education to use on eBay. However, I've not seen any indication of where to find or...

Fake sellers

I find it disrespectful and rude that ebay allows businesses or sellers to sell native american items that are not native american made. Nature house is one of them along with businesses in Pakistan who clearly and obviously are not native american. ...

Cannot authenticate Rolex bought from two stores

In 2019 I bought a Rolex Presidents watch from Texas Estate Jewelry and tried to sell on eBay only for them to tell me the watch could not be authenticated. This was the same for TKV or Time Keepers Vault. They both don't to take responsibility for t...

What happened to "Year-oldest" and "year-newest" ?

Does anyone happen to know why eBay (apparently) did away with the "year-oldest" and "year-newest" options when viewing collector cars within eBay Motors? I used to enjoy having eBay arrange vehicles in chronological order, as I am looking for VARIOU...