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Normal gift card and debit card question

I have a gift card (not a eBay gift card,a normal gift card) and I have a debit card,and I have Trena ai want to buy in checkout, the gift card won’t have enough to pay off the entire thing,so that why I want to use my debit card, but I’m worried tha...

CAN SOME ONE ACTUALLY EXPLAIN????

I am a long term member in perfect standing in the ebay community as a seller and a buyer...it seems that every time I go to buy multiple items from a seller I am switched into an auto payoption (WHICH I DO NOT WANT) and cannot request a combined shi...

Don’t want eBay Authenticator??

Is there anyway to buy something without having it sent to eBay? I refuse to support that service. I do not want eBay touching anything I purchase Iv never been able to get an answer from eBay. They hang up on me when I ask over the phone.

Is listing open box item as New a violation of policy?

I just saw this item that's listed as New but in description it says open-box, and images clearly show that it's not New. Is this a violation of policy? https://www.ebay.com/itm/167405472199 I tried to report this listing twice but got email saying:W...

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Inactive seller

Hi, yesterday I bought sth from a seller that has 100% positive feedback so I did not read the opinions but today when I was looking at my order I scrolled down and saw that some feedback is over a year ago. I also wrote to the seller yesterday but h...

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Received expensive smartwatch in post, seems to be an eBay item

So I received an great condition smartwatch in the post today with my name and address but I didn't order one... I searched for recently sold using the return postcode and found a sold one that matches the time, location, and name is a close match to...

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Ebay allows scammers to keep on selling same fake items... WHY?

I recently purchased 4x 256gb memory cards for my business security cameras.They arrived and look like legitimate SanDisk memory cards packaging and all but when trying to use them they do not work. I used a Linux program called F3 to check them and ...

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Search Filters

Please go back to the older search with the filters on the sidebar. It was easier to find items when I could bring up the pop-up menu with ALL the filters - including item location - not just the filters eBay decides to stick us with. I also prefer b...

Guaranteed Fit program challenges with seller

Hello! I bought some cross bars for my vehicle on March 3 (Delivered March 7) under the "Guaranteed Fit" program. Initially, they did not fit but they also did not come with instructions so I reached out to the seller requesting instructions thinking...

I'm in need of a senior ebay customer representative

I'm trying to buy an item from ebay seller. His item is a Yamaha C-4 Pre-Amplifier Vintage and I'm not abvle to make the purchase. He told me to contact a "Senior Ebay customer representative to fix this problem". He says that this has happened to bu...

Seller has not responded to request for combined shipping yet.

Hi! Seller has not responded to my request for combined shipping on my three items. I am concerned eBay will remove my 3 items from me if Seller has not responded with a combined shipping invoice and it is past 4 days after the auction. Will that hap...

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International not as described case

Hello Recently I bought an item that was objectively not described accurately. I specially asked the seller before buying the item what damage it had and the seller said it only had some minor damage on the stitching. After pretty. Much being falsely...

Resolved! Make an offer question

Hello, I made an offer for $8.00 on an item that was listed for $8.30. The seller declined my offer.I then sent them a message asking politely why they have the "make an offer" option, if they are going to decline an offer that is 30 cents under the ...

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Resolved! Buying multiple auction items

HiI have bought multiple items from the same seller, in auction, closing the same day.How do I stop eBay from automatic checking out so I can wait for a combined invoice from the seller?Thank you for any help J

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