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scam shipping wrong item to cancel sale with return to avoid final value fees

I recently won a listing at a very good price . The seller sent me the wrong item an ask me to return it. tricky way to avoid large final value fees. Refused to send correct item . the same listing is on ebay again. j-

Changing terms of sale after sale takes place

Can a seller change terms of sale after the sale takes place? Specifically the seller messaged after the sale took place that the item was not returnable when the item was listed specifically as returnable on the sale page. This took place an hour af...

Resolved! ebay changes

This is for small sellers, 125 items of varying weight, sizes, etc. appx. I just got off the phone with e-bay help and asked them the following "is it correct when I list an item, I am to get the weight and then put the item in a box, measure the box...

Recommended Sellers

I keep getting extremely offensive adds from so-called "Recommended Sellers" on ebay -- politically charged, sometimes violent, anti-Semitic. How can these be blocked. Some of this garbage is truly appalling.

Resolved! Item description changed once delivered

Is it possible for a seller to add, change pictures or item description once item has been delivered? Thanks

Buyer not paying

So I had someone buy an item of mine but he did not pay for the item. How do I leave feedback on his page and how can he buy it then not send the funds with out getting in some sort of trouble ? I waited seven days for him to pay then I cancelled the...

Unusual buyer tactics

Item was paid for and shipped. I then received it back from USPS saying buyer refused delivery. Package was unopened. Buyer then contacts me, requests a refund because "computer put the wrong address on label". (???) It clearly states REFUSED on pack...

Or make offer

Listing shows sale price or make offer.You make an offer.Will you have the opportunity to increase your offer first if not accepted by the seller or if someone bids higher or offers the listed price do you automatically lose item?

inform consumer act no longer hiding my full address

I requested to have my full home adress hidden via the inform consumers act when I started selling months ago. It worked until I upgraded my ebay store to the 2nd level. Now my full address is shown. I went to request an exemption again but it says I...

Handling a Customer demanding a reefund for an item returned not in original condition

I am a yarn seller. All of my product is new. I had a customer report that a yarn she ordered was too thin to work with due to arthritis, and she wanted to return it. I was suspicious for some reason from the get go and when I received the returned i...

Someone wants to pickup local and they won the bid and i don't have local pickup on the listing

I want to let them do local pickup but don't know how to do that after they won bid

Resolved! Is it safe to give somebody the last four digits of your eBay gift card

Please answer me quickly so I don't get scammed

I’ve not received a payment to my account from eBay. Is there any way to contact them?

I’ve not received a payout from eBay. Can I contact them?

Resolved! Item information

Needed to edit size of package and weight can’t re edit info

Fraud scam

Be careful when you buy micro sd memory cards I purchased a sd card 2 TB for under $20 which I thought it was a good deal received the item fast so i inserted the card into my tablet / notebook that’s when I started to have trouble I received a massi...