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Wrong Item sent, but the rest were fine

Hi,I recently bought expansions for a board game for a decent price. It's my 1st purchase that was partially incorrect. 4 of the items were correct, but 1 was wrong. They sent the base original board game instead of the 5th expansion listed. I messag...

This action could not be completed at this time

Hello, Been trying to send an offer on an item and I keep getting the following message: I’ve tried on Chrome and Firefox on my laptop and Safari on my iPhone and it’s a no go every time. Anyone have any idea what this is? Or is this just one of thes...

Seller Sent Me an Empty Package, I Cannot Take Action!

I ordered a Samsung s23 ultra from eBay for $682. The seller sent me an empty package! There is nothing inside. Since eBay suspended my account, I cannot send a message to the seller or start a request by selecting the missing parts. The error is: So...

Resolved! Currency Conversion Inaccurate / International Purchase Overcharge?

I'm in the US and won an item from the UK. The price breakdown on the order details page is as follows:1 item: 332 GBPShipping: 37.99 GBPTax: 19.92 GBPOrder Total: 392.19 GBP1. First of all, when I add those numbers up I get 389.91, not 392.19. 2. Eb...

Resolved! See previous purchases from a specific seller

When I end up on a listing from a seller I've bought from before, I see the message saying I've bought from them. I want to see what it is I've bought from them (in case they were a problem seller or maybe a seller Ihad a good experience with). Is th...

Resolved! Contacting buyers or sellers

I cannot contact a buyer or seller. The contact block comes up, but I cannot type anything in it.Trying to explain to the bunch of morons who work for eBay is useless. They send me to a link to contact seller and the same screen comes up that will no...

Cannot place an offer or check out on Garmin GPS watches

If I attempt to buy it now or place an offer on a Garmin GPS watch (e.g., #335824791310) I get an error "Unfortunately, this item isn’t available for purchase in your location.{e264029-1259530x}". This is the case with multiple listings for similar G...

Another victim of "Issue with buyer's shipping address"

This happened twice in last 2 weeks. Buyers couldn't fulfill the order and yet cancelled due to "Issue with buyer's shipping address" I live in US and both sellers are also in US One seller said he could not find the remote - order is incomplete due ...

Sales tax being charged by eBay and other web sellers is wrong, and wrong advice given

I have recently been charged sales tax on shipping ( a no-no in Colorado, see item 12 : https://tax.colorado.gov/sales-use-tax-FAQ) and this is not limited to eBay. It has nothing to do with my states revenue department, but is a problem with the sel...

Item 'Accepted' by USPS in Richardson TX, has not moved for a month; Did seller really send it?

I bought a 3" diameter steel pulley (an uncommon one with a metric center hole) and the listing said it was located in Richardson TX. I selected that vendor because the only other one said it shipped from China. The next day there was a USPS tracking...

How to turn off automatic payment on auctions?

Why is this back again?? This is the 3rd time in the past year this has happened to me! I cannot find an answer anywhere?! Some sellers don't have this but others do. I don't want to autopay after each item I buy especially when I'm purchasing more i...

Resolved! Automatic checkout change shipping option

Just saw the automatic checkout for first time when trying to bid on an auction item last minute (have seen it a few times on BIN type listings). Ended up not bidding trying to deal with that. Also, the listing had several ship methods listed, one be...

Resolved! Scammed by Seller, eBay won't help.

I bought an item on Pre-order. $700! The seller sent me a $15 thank you gift and closed out the order as sold. 6 months later, I know the item was shipped out by the manufacturer, seller hasn't sent me the item and has stopped communicating with me (...

VAMOOSE RAT REPELLENT NOT RECEIVED

In December 9, 2024 I bought a pack of Vamoose Rat Repellant form mobishop555.Item was shipped from NY to AZ and I tracked the shippipng till Dec 17,, there was no tracking.But on the second day I noticed that the item listed as Vamoose Rate Repellen...

eBay Denied My Refund for Item That Was Never Shipped – What’s Going On?

On December 25th, I purchased a used mobile phone on eBay (#356408143555) for $154. Shortly after, a shipping label was created, and I received a USPS tracking number. However, just hours later, the seller sent me a cancellation request without provi...