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Package went to the wrong addresse what do I do

Another buyer of mine got the package should he send it out for me n I pay or send it back to me n I pay

Why am I seeing a $24.99 charge and a 18.39 charge for a $90 offer that 7.43 was alre added to. bleep

Why am I seeing a $24.99 charge and a 18.39 charge for the same item I offered and paid $90 for that $7.43 was alre added to for some **bleep** reason... **bleep** The item had free shipping, I don't understand stand...

Does eBay block items from showing up?

I was looking for items in a charity store in UK, and they just didn't show up? I knew they were there because I had seen them earlier when bidding on another auction by same seller. Also when I clicked on their auction that I lost, below where it sh...

Tracking past shipping label fees

When i look at the Order Details page for a sold item, I don't always see the shipping label price. Some items have it and some don't. I use "free shipping" but I always buy my labels through ebay. Thanks for your help.

Excess shipping costs

I sold an item for $68. The buyer paid $20 shipping. eBay turned around and pulled $84 from my bank for shipping. Why was this done? I can’t get an answer from EBay

thirdandtownsend lousy cusomer service and rip off

I purchased a G scale engine from thirdandtownsend in on 10/24/24 and it turned out the item was listed incorrectly and parts were missing. The seller offered a credit or an additional item. The opted for the additional item and was told it was on or...

Ebay is a rip off artist

Resolved! What should I do when seller send u a damage product that miss parts and broken try to give a 35

Whats should I do

Resolved! Account hold!?

I recently just made my first sale this past weekend. The package was delivered to the destination in one day, but the funds were held. So apparently because I use a VPN my account was flagged even though the tracking information on the package was c...

Listings

How long does a listing stay up?

Shipping a vintage postcard through eBay in an envelope, not in a package.

I send my vintage cards domestically through eBay Standard Envelope which works fine. When I try to list an international shipping option I can only get eBay to calculate a very expensive option. It seems to require that it be classed as a package an...

Bidding against the seller

30 minutes before the auction ended someone bid up the auction, outbid me and then canceled their last bid. so I was now high bidder winning auction with my max bid. I think the seller bid the auction up past my max bid and then canceled their bid.

What can I do to stop/penalize bidders who bid-to-win an auction only to want to cancel at the end?

I have not sold a lot on eBay, yet I have run into multiple cancellation requests. Some didn't check how much shipping would be (though a large and heavy item), and some claimed they couldn't afford it, though they actively bid to win the auction rig...

I had 2 orders from the same person, I checked the both boxes, hit get label, put the info in, I

wanted to hit combine shipping, but didn't see that option so I thought it would be on next page, but instead I purchased that label, but ebay is sill showing the second order as needing to ship. Not sure what to do?