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Resolved! Seller discover-books seems to have gone out of business ~ Mar 20. NOT still taking orders?

Just a heads-up, it appears that Discover-Books has been selling books for weeks now that will never be delivered. Looks like they went out of business ~ March 20th. Verified by employees via Reddit threads and by their shipper for my item bought Mar...

Has anyone else noticed how many deceptive listing are on Ebay now?

My first post to the Ebay community. I apologize if I should have done more research before posting. I've always tried to make Ebay my first choice over Amazon for most of my small purchases. But I can't help but notice that sellers seem to offer way...

Resolved! So much for eBay's "Money Back Guarantee policy"

I bought an item from *** back on April 13 for $44 and change. It ships from China, which is fine. On April 26 my package arrived. When I opened, they had sent me a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT item. I took pictures, sent them a message, and they responded A...

Ebay charged tax on bullion

I purchased 10 Oz. 999 fine bullion from M Barr Coins live auction and eBay charged me sales tax. Missouri exempts sales tax on sales of bullion and investment coins. (According to the state's law, bullion means any gold, silver, platinum, or palladi...

The item never shipped and the seller does not respond. EBay does not respond

In Nov I bought a suit from a tailor. It was supposed to be made to measures and be ready in Feb. The seller kept putting off the shipping date. In April I asked for a refund. Ebay didn't take any action saying I was not supported by the "Money Back ...

Is it important to return the item from the same address at which it was purchased?

Is it important to return the item from the same address at which it sent to when purchased?Suppose that a person in the state of California purchased an item, then upon receiving the item, he was traveling on the same day to another state for a vaca...

Ebay incorrectly / fraudulently (?) charging sales tax on Gold & Silver bullion to Ohio residence

Ebay has been incorrectly charging Ohio sales tax to Ohio purchasers of gold and silver coins and bullion for years. Ohio removed the sales tax on such items several years ago, but Ebay never changed / removed their tax rate. The tax is automatically...

Seller sold me a fake fishing reel

I recently purchased a fishing reel from a seller, I was already a little suspicious of his posting because he only provided 2 pictures from certain angles only but I bought it anyways cause it was only listed at $40 so I thought if it was fake at le...

Defective item replacement

I recently purchased a replacement LCD monitor. The item arrived, looked fine but I never opened the package due to a city election I was in the middle of. After about 6 weeks I was finally able to get to install this monitor, when I did the monitor ...

Resolved! Seller sent package to random address in my zip code and my appeal was denied.

The seller sent a package (what I believe to be an empty box) to an address in my zip code. FedEx says the package is delivered but the house in the delivery picture is not my house. eBay automatically closed my case because the package shows up as d...

Seller won't send item from won auction but refund

It is fine that seller refuses to ship item won in auction for lowest price and refund it instead?The excuse is, that the Japan post office can not send items to Slovakia now.

Resolved! Ebay seller sold me a certain T-shirt for $300 and sent me something completely different.

Hi I have a pressing issue taking place right now, I ordered a t-shirt worth $300 off of a seller on eBay, when I opened this package I was met with a completely different shirt than what I ordered. I held onto a little hope and thought maybe the sel...

Counterfeit items

I bid on some Pokemon cards the other day. After I won the auctions I found out that all the cards I bid on are fakes. The buyer initially claimed they are real. But after and friend and I looked and pointed out how they are not he has ignored all my...

Ebay listing got removed after payment is done, issue with seller accout.

Hello, I have bought an item item which costs 5700$. I have paid for the item. Ebay sent me an email saying below: We wanted to let you know that an item you ordered is no longer on eBay because of an issue with the seller's account. It's possible yo...

refunds

Hello, I am a little bit desperate since two very expensive items that I bought haven been shipped since last year and I want a refund. I have contacted the sellers without success and I cants reach customer service to ask for my refund.