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Communicate with Seller before purchase

I'm interested in purchasing a software package but need to know the answer to the following questions before I make an offer. What is best way to communicate with Seller? Questions:1. Is this version installed on any other machines.2. Why is it list...

Bought machine on eBay now told I can’t sell it on ebay

I bought a HIFU machine off of eBay and try to resell it and eBay said I could not without a prescription. This machine does not require a prescription. I had someone buy it and told me that they could not support the funds and so I tried to resell i...

Stop the app!! I need ebay.com

Ok, there are a lot of things that ebay can't do! One is set time away, unless I really didn't look hard enough. In any event this has happened to me on more than several occasions. When I'm on my phone but I'm going to ebay.com and click the classic...

Resolved! I cancelled a purchase but now I want it.

I cancelled a buy it now but decided to purchase instead. The seller denied the cancellation request but item still shows cancel order request still pending. It’s been almost 10 hours since I paid for the item.

issue with new listings automatically starting out at .01

im creating several drafts , when completeing my drafts and posting items , my posts are somehow being reset by ebay at 1 penny ??????? forcing my to have to go back into listing an update bid and buy it now price ? doesnt ebay have customer service ...

Address

I can’t list because your system won’t accept the address on my license. But I have shot from eBay sent here

Fishy Address

Buyer put in a delivery address that pops up as a courier service. They also put an account number in the address form so I can't print a label because eBay thinks the address is wrong. Do you think this is a scam?

Definition of Transaction

What is the difference between a "transaction" and a "sold item"? I ask because on my eBay seller evaluation it says that I have made 99 transactions, but I've actually sold 113 items since September. It matters because I would like to achieve Top Se...

Pre-sale item not shipped

Hi, I purchased a presale item 3 weeks ago. The seller has created a label but has not shipped in 3 weeks. I have reached out to the seller twice and gotten no response. Ebay does not allow a refund on an item that is shown as shipped, even though th...

tax

A seller is charging tax on candy. There isn't tax on food on eBay, 1st time I've seen this. Opinions, answers?

1099

since ebay takes the taxes for items sold, if i receive a 1099, does it have to be filed with my tax

Item not received has been delivered

Package was lost so I refunded and it has now been delivered

Chaos with seat and shipping

So I bought a seat for a vehicle, seat arrived very wet moldy and damaged. I clicked return label not knowing that it had to be a fancy freight one. Fed ex scanned it and loaded it but brought it back to my yard. Now I have a $500 seat that according...

Item shipped is not the item buyer received

I shipped a basketball card to a buyer via international sale (Canada). The buyer received an Adidas pullover shirt. I cannot get anywhere within eBay to try and resolve. Anyone have advice?