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Feelings about changes to agreements with Ebay

Is everyone okay with the Ebay changes to user agreement? Was there any input from the buyers and sellers before this agreement was put out for signature?

Closing my eBay

I've only had an eBay account for about 45 days. In that time, I've successfully purchased 2 items and unsuccessfully tried to purchase another 2. My two "unsuccesses" were both where a seller listed an item for sale at a wrong price or did not have ...

Resolved! I’m confused about the 1099k

The form I just received says I received one because i sold more that 20,000 and I did not. So I don’t know why I got one? I thought selling more that 600 starts next year? Anyone know the facts on this?

Missing Customer Transcript

I have wasted a half hour going around in circles with choices and articles. I was on a chat yesterday with customer service and never received my copy of transcript. How the heck do you let EBAY know that? i want to send it to this seller to get him...

Tracking Report dysfunctions

I have 5 strikes against me in the Tracking Report, none of which are my fault at all. Three of them started at near Midnight on 6/26/21 which is Saturday Night. The post office here on Saturday is closed at Noon. So there was nothing to do until Mon...

1099-K

does anyone else know how to file this form with their taxes? I have never received one of these form 1099-Ks before in the past when I sold items on eBay.

Alternatives to Paypal since Managed Payments began.

My company was an early adopter of Paypal (X.com in the old days), participated in the IPO of the company, held stock for years and processed tons of large payments for over 20 years. Now that Managed Payments has taken over we process very few Paypa...

So Much for Protecting Ebay Sellers

I had a customer purchase an item and then he returned it. Ok, no big deal, happens all the time on Ebay. But when the item came back it was literally covered in animal hair. There is no reason I should be required to accept this item back given the ...

account on hold

i set up an account Sunday night and yesterday after id listed my 1st item my account was suspended and iv done all i can ie all info in messages and added a payment details what more can i do ?

Using the ‘out of stock’ option in eBay site preferences.

I have been using the ‘out of stock’ option in site preferences but buyers still see the item and, sometimes, buy an item which is marked ‘0’.

How do i get a phone # for customer service

Howdo I get a phone # for customer service to reveiw a return that I never got a refund

changing my address on ebay from usa address to uk address

How can i change my main address on ebay from a usa address to a uk address. I changed it some years back when i moved from uk to usa - now its proving impossible and contacting ebay is a waste of time as chat never responds. When i go onto the accou...

the listings summary

Is there any way to get the old listings and sales summary back? I am too old to deal with the new tech savvy version. I loved the old summary version.

My account was hacked

My phone was hacked and then my account was hacked apparently through my phone and listings were made and items were sold that were not made by or shipped by me. The funds were sent to my bank account which was also hacked. And now my ebay account ha...

Wrong amount in Offer and it was accepted

Having an additional number on an accepted offer so it was $30.49 instead of what I wanted of $3.49. The item was listed at $3.99. I contacted seller of my error and has not responded back. I am sure he wants the full amount. It happened when it was ...