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EBay GSP is a fraud

I purchased an item from US. I’m in Australia.seller done his bit, sent thru GSP, via USPS, then Pitney Bowes.last tracking data - in customs pending clearance. 8 weeks now.ive contacted my local postage(APG e-commerce) who sent me an email saying th...

eBay, you are turning your sellers' auction titles into garbage with your translation "feature".

Please make auction title translations optional.

contacted through ancestery.com

I have been talking with a young man from Brazil who found me on ancestry. He has my father's WW2 air force uniform (I have seen pictures of it). I asked him if he would be interested in selling it to me or trading for something else from that era. I...

Seller has not shipped the merchandise 12 days after I paid for it

Seller has not shipped the merchandise 12 days after I paid for it. The online tracking for both the post office and ebay tracking shows that a tracking number was provided, but the post office did not receive the shipment yet and it's been 12 days s...

Being asked to return product but also keep it.

I bought a gpu fan but the fan didn't fit my gpu despite being advertised as being for my gpu I was able to jury rig it but I did give a neutral review. I received a message from the seller.This is the message:----------------------------------------...

Seller says item shipped but tracking says different

I purchased a laptop from a seller on the 28th of April, I contacted them a few times after a few days of not seeing any update in shipping just to make sure all was good. I was reassured that it would be shipped, and later on that day the seller cla...

BUYERS' Feedback Left for Others, ("Serial Negative Buyers")

Recently I sold an item and as customary I inspect a Buyers "Feedback Left for Others", upon opening the buyers feedback for others, my first thought was this guy is Color Blind, NO, just kidding, I opened to 200, and counted 149 Negatives for Others...

eBay Global Shipping

I was just informed that eBay's Global Shipping confiscated another one of my packages. These were radio tubes from the UK. I did get a good deal on one of the tubes. It seems that if you get a good deal, the item gets confiscated and resold by someo...

Scratched sword replica advertised as NEW

Hi I'm pretty new to buying medieval type weapons so I'm not sure if I made a mistake here but I ordered a replica gandolf sword(lord of rings) and it advertised as new but it came with a bunch of imperfections like scratches on blade, scribble scrat...

Ebay contact question

I have a question about a product description that I cant get answered from the seller. I see no way to contact Ebay about this. Is this correct? Am I correct that there is no one you can talk to at Ebay about any issues you cant resolve?

In Texas and other states coins are exempt from sales tax. However eBay is collecting sales tax.

Texas Administrative Code Title 34 Part 1 Chapter 3 Subchapter 0 Rule 3.336"Effective Oct. 1, 2013, the sales of gold, silver, or numismatic coins, or of gold, silver, or platinum is exempted from Texas sales and use tax. "3.) "Numismatic coin- A coi...

Resolved! Worst experience ever

Never again 7 years with eBay and just realized Amazon is the way to go I will not spend a dime on eBay sellers lie eBay lie 2 times and they are ok with the fact that they lie , lol what a joke of a company, I’m going to make so much noise for this ...

defective ebay card

I bought an ebay gift card that does not work, the store that I purchased it - won't issue a replacement or refund, is there anything else that I can try?

Wrongly charged VAT on import shipping charge

Having made a purchase from the USA eBay added VAT. The issue being eBay didn’t just add VAT to the item (£115) but also wrongly to the USA paid shipping charge which is not subject to VAT meaning ebay made @£15 extra profit from me!

Aquiline Tracking Scam

The posting for the item I purchased claimed to require 5 days before item would be shipped. 5 or 6 days later, tracking info showed item shipped the same evening (Sunday evening) I made the purchase and arrived two states away by 7 am the next morni...