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Return shipping

I think eBay should post a warning on buyythings from the UK , I bought a jacket from UK shipping was like 43 dollars and change and item was returnable. All fine until I went to return the items because it was too small shipping was 3 to 6 times to ...

Sold an item. They want it to go to a different address

The buyer contacted me saying their address is wrong on the app and I would need to send it to a different address. Something seems off. Their account said Ohio but they wanted to ship to Florida.

Excessive shipping cost

I just purchased a shipping label from eBay. Afterward, I learned that the label cost an eye-popping $56. According to USPS, that shipment should have cost just $15. Is it possible to get a refund on this unwarranted excessive charge? If so, how to d...

refund overpayment when combined shipping cost.

How to refund overpayment when combined shipping cost. Customer already paid for three items when I combined the shipping he overpaid and I need to refund him the difference. ???

seller account

i have an account on ebay , when i try to sell something i receive a message saying that i cant list the item because i dont have automatic payment method although i put my debit card . and when i try to edit the payment method i receive a message th...

vero

listing removed by Vero

New to this. Accidentally purchased something

How do I cancel something? I don't have a way to pay set up. Do I just not set it up? I seem to find a way to speak to an actual person.

Buyer hasn’t paid

I have a buyer that hasn’t paid for an auction item and is not responding to messages. Does anyone know if there is a way to see who else bid on that item? I’d like to reach out to the others to see if they would still be interested in purchasing the...

Retract message sent to buyer

Is there any way to retract a message I sent to the buyer in error? It was supposed to have gone to someone else outside of eBay and I'm really embarrassed

Plagiarized passages from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia)

eBay item number:204375648983.This item contains 2 paragraphs of a word-for-word description of a type of fossil being sold taken directly from Wikipedia. This conduct is 100% plagiarism. The Presidents of Stanford University, Harvard University, and...

Advice on selling massive lot of hardback books

Hi all, I'm looking for advice on selling a lot of 128 thick hardback books (Civil War records, entire series). I have 11 extremely heavy boxes ready to go, but I'm at a loss on how to price the shipping should someone opt to have us ship vs pickup. ...

Counterfeit shipping.

I've had 3 items returned due to counterfeit shipping. I purchased items with free shipping. When the item comes in they expected me to pay shipping?

listing cards

having trouble listing things, is website down today

PNG files not allowed?

Hello, I have created several listings using photos in a .jpg format. Then eBay stopped allowing those photos to be uploaded. I switched to saving the photos to a .PNG format as eBay said that was a supported file type. However when I attempt to uplo...