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Need help on this transaction next steps

My eBay experience has been rocky at best to be honest. Second buy in one month that I run into trouble so this time I am asking for guidance before I do anything stupid and **bleep** people off So here is the timeline: Purchased a pair of shoes on A...

Yet Another ZDA Express Fail (Chinese Drop Shipping Scam)

So I purchase an item from a seller who claims to be in Los Angeles. I get a notification about them getting the shipping info. And another notification that USPS is waiting for the item from a "SHIPPING PARTNER". eBay doesn't display the partner nam...

Buying

Hi, Can ebay contact buyers to see if they want to sell an item the buyer bought on ebay?Thank you

Not recived item

Hello!9 months ago I won an auction for a pair of speakers. I have not received them yet, and the seller was smart enough to send me a gift certificate in a package, in order to meet Ebay's delivery deadline. Now I am trying to get help from Ebay, bu...

CANT COMPLETE PURCHASE WITH PAYPAL CREDIT

Hello! Spent all day trying to sort this, hours on hold with PayPal and eBay and I've gotten nowhere. I applied for PayPal credit for an item and received the credit, won the item and PayPal credit is not an option to pay for it. I can click 'pay wit...

Resolved! MA Sales Tax Holiday Refunds

I purchased an item during the recent Massachusetts sales tax holiday (Aug 12 & 13, 2023). As per Massachusetts Dept of Revenue sales tax should not have been charged during EDT between these dates. I purchased the item just after midnight EDT on Aug...

Tried to Cancel Purchase Then Seller Dissappears

Hi longtime member. I made a purchase and immediately I had a bad feeling about it because it was too good to be true. Well, I noticed that the same item was on sale a month ago under a different user with negative feedback so within 2 minutes I trie...

Horrible Seller - I assume I did the right thing :)

Nothing really needed – just venting. At the end of the day, I take some small satisfaction that a seller that gave me a lousy experience is out a few dollars. Here’s the story:I buy a lot of LP’s – that’s my main personal purchase category on eBayOn...

Buying

Hi, I missed out on an item that I had been watching for 7 years . I was going to buy it next week but it's gone now. How can I send an announcement to all ebay seller to inquire about the availability of the item I'm so interested in, either listed ...

I'm seeing many descriptions in spanish lately

I'm seeing many, but not all, descriptions lately in spanish . I began seeing this just recently with many sellers I've bought from for years. Ebay's item page and the item specifics is all in english still. I've checked on 2 browsers and it's the sa...

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can't reply to messages or contact sellers

I have a message from a seller, but I can't respond to it. There is no box to type in. This may be the result of eBay's new messaging system and I am missing something obvious. There is the message and a "send message" button, but it is greyed out, p...

buffalo nickels with no date

A buffalo nickel with no date is barely worth the nickel value of 5 cents. Yet there are listings of no date buffalo's asking over $1,000.00 and up to $2,000.00. Makes me this a money laundering system in play. Just a thought.

Sometimes eBay really seems to want to allow bad sellers to persist on the platform

I recently had a situation where the seller (likely a drop shipper) never shipped the item. The day before the deadline they issued a 99% refund, uploaded fake tracking (which eBay CS confirmed was fake) and sent me a message saying the item had been...

Buying

Hi, Is there any way I can send an announcement to all ebay sellers on ebay to ask them about an item I want to buy? Thank you

Tracking

It's been 5 days and my order don't update anything, it's still at "Paid", is it normal? I mean.....as i know they said "your item will ship within 3 days of your purchase" but I paid it like almost a week now...It's my first time buying in ebay so I...