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Help Needed - Missing funds, Authorization Payment & Disappeared PayPal Notification

Hi everyone,I'm reaching out because I'm facing a frustrating situation with a missing authorization on my PayPal account linked to my eBay activity.Here's what happened:I received a notification on my PayPal account for a $142.87 pre-authorization.S...

Suggestions to improve EBay

I have ideas to improve EBay, particularly for sellers with multiple active listings and buyers that are getting multiple items. I can not find a way to make suggestions. When I try to use the contact us function, I got funnelled into generic topic a...

Shipping sneakers that have already been authenticated

This is complicated.I bought a pair of sneakers that were authenticated by Ebay and shipped to me. They did not fit, so I resold them. They have already been authenticated, so I want to mail them directly to the buyer. But Ebay is giving me the addre...

Ebay haven't refund me yet

So I brought a dress on April 22th, and in April 29th,the seller contact me saying he didn't have the materials for the dress, so he was going to cancel the order, so he did.... That same day... And it's been more than 5 days and I haven't received t...

Reporting a seller for vulgar email

Told me he would deliver item personally and have sex with my mother

I got a notice from ebay that I have to remove active content

I clicked on the link they provided to see which listings they say have the active content...and it says there are 0 listings. Now what?

Resolved! Fake Emails from ebay@ebay.com

I have an email from ebay@ebay.com asking for payment that I suspect is a scam/fake. Should I be forwarding this to someone at ebay for them to investigate or do they already know about these? Thanks,Gord

Longstanding order still 'awaiting shipment'

An item was purchased but not sent. The seller was contacted a month later when it had not shipped. They indicated that they were waiting for the item to come in from their supplier before they could ship it. This is a seller that had been used befor...

How can I get my partial refund?

Hello, Seller offered a partial refund, ask buyer to keep item but refund is not coming after over three (3) weeks. What can I do?

Sellers cancelled all low winning auctions just before they end.

I am running into a lot of Sellers that cancel all low winning auctions just before they end. This is especially true with new sellers? What's the point of bidding if the sellers can cancel every auction you might win just before it ends? They are av...

Extended Shipping Time on Away Status

I received an offer on an item in my store. Does the handling time on offers received from buyers get shipping time extended or does it go by my seller shipping & handling policy?

Paying tax on items sold

When I sell an item on eBay, the buyer pays a tax. Do I still need to pay a tax on my earned amount if the buyer is covering that fee?

Resolved! Problem with charges for a return

I posted an item for sale that a buyer returned stating that the item didn't match the ad but it matched perfectly. It was a brand new electric time clock that was in a box that had been sitting on a shelf for quite some time so it looked worn. I pos...

Time Away

Does Time Away also extend shipping time on an item in my store that a buyer makes an offer on during Time Away?

Offensive language from customer

We received a message froma customer that contained antisemitic rhetoric.The message was reported to ebay a few times but how do we know ifebay has taken any action to correct or sanction the offending customer?