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Stressing out because of scam seller

I bought a necklace. from a seller that sold a fake silver necklace ($240). I wanted it for my daughter’s 30th. I am vision impaired and have used eBay for heaps of things and have had no problems, until this. I first contacted the seller and tried t...

Eternal Captcha loop

Trying to buy something and suddenly I'm getting an endless "Verify you're human" check the box, click the animal captchas. Like 10 in a row. Anyone know what gives?

Seller cancels after i win auction ,Then relist Item for more money

Bought a door switch on auction , I clicked the minimum to get it going.....Thinking there were others looking at the same item because # of recent views ( of item)....I had a back up max$ in place incase there was a bidding war . But no one else bid...

User avatar by Pathfinder
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Paypal Pay in 4 not fully processing anymore

Why aren't Paypal payments for purchases actually going to the site after signing onto Paypal? Why isn't Pay in 4 processing on eBay? New small windows pop up with multiple steps and options. After going through all the steps with the new format, try...

Buying limits to a new account

Hello everyone! I am trying to buy a item that costs 1100$ and for some reason when I go to checkout and try to pay, it appears the message: AlertTo help protect your eBay account, we sometimes limit the amount of items that can be bid on or purchase...

Duplicate listings?

So I was looking at animation cels and illustrations and was wondering if anyone could explain this situation...there are several instances where multiple sellers have the exact same item listed. For example, these two listing is are both for the sam...

Local Seller With Far Away Tracking

Some of us will pay more money to get it faster. Instead of selecting “Price + Shipping: lowest first” we choose “Distance: nearest first” so what happens next? I get a Far Away Tracking Number. That is not what I wanted. So instead of getting it in ...

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User avatar by Trailblazer
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Resolved! Bad weekend with Ebay

This is a vent only, no questions to be answered. There are a lot of great sellers on Ebay, but some of the newer ones, ARGGGGG. I research what I want, then hunt for it. One picture was full of mistakes: said it was embroidered - not. Said it was Ja...

User avatar by Adventurer
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Resolved! Seller scam

I recently purchased an item on ebay from a seller that had multiple reviews and positive feedback and it was delivered with an empty open box. When we questioned the courier he refused to take it back and and left. I have contacted the seller and sh...

User avatar by Rising Star
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order totals and sales tax aren't adding up

I've been entering some Ebay purchases into a spreadsheet and noticed the order totals on a couple of items aren't adding up. In the first picture below, the total is actually $13.59 when adding the individual lines, but I was charged $13.74... About...

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User avatar by Adventurer
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Front bumper

I ordered a front bumper for my 2014 F250 super duty diesel through my wife’s PayPal account. I would like to cancel that order if I could I’ve searched everywhere I can think of and I can’t find anywhere to cancel or even the item that I ordered I o...

buy now

when pressing buy now symbol on item to buy on labtop it it says acess denied ,but with iphone it works, how to fix ?

First time using ebay

how much time does it take to shipp something from there to South Africa or Botswana and how im i sure i will not be scammed or my product will come

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