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CC of message to seller

Ebay seems to have changed the "Contact" button on listing's under both the Classic and Mobile systems. They no longer have the option to send a copy of my question to my own email. Am I missing where this option is? Thank you.

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buying

I have noticed a lot of movement from bad players on bait and switch with Ebay they advertise as real then when you receive, they are fake or switched for lesser quality please make sure you purchase in country you live in most fakes are coming from ...

Estafa con pedido

Hola, Al parecer he tenido una estafa. Le cuento que compre un CPU Intel el 21 de octubre, y hasta ayer el vendedor no habia enviado el traking number. resulta que hoy lo puso y es por fedex, pero cuando le doy a traking paquete el numero de traking ...

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Resolved! Does the seller know if I entered a promo code that eBay gave me when submitting an offer?

There is an item that I want to purchase and I was ready to submit my offer for the seller to accept, counter offer or reject, however, before I submit my offer, I wanted to know if I apply my promotional discount that eBay gave me will the seller kn...

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"Buy It Now"-have to verify I'm human-puts me in an infinite loop

Hello, I've had an ebay account since the late 90's and I buy all the time on ebay. Recently, when I go to purchase an item with "Buy It Now", it has me do a "Captcha" to verify I'm human where I have to select images with something that matches the ...

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Resolved! Keep getting offers

I keep getting unsolicited offers on items I'm not even watching, Some all i did was look at it, but i didn't put it on a watch list & others i have no idea whatsover!, Strange?

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Resolved! eBay money back guarantee

eBay’s “Money Back Guarantee Is A Sham!”I purchased a “Pepper” robot from a Japan seller, “MAKIMAKI JAPAN,” on, “eBay,” who claimed he could send it out by 9/19/24, he only had 1 in stock. A day after the purchase, the seller relisted the item. Then,...

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Fraud Seller Reporting: Seeking help to recover my ~$1400 - Seller sent a screw instead of my shipmt

Seller Creativeera - Seller indicated 1-2 months for making and then delivery. At that time I was not aware that it would be outside of the money back guarantee. Seller sent me the tracking number that was for one screw that I received and the transa...

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Is the ebays checkout correct is this a global issue?

For the last 3 years eBay have slowly but surely begun to control VAT in counties as you pay for an item. At times I wondered why the amounts changed from the purchasing page to the actual checkout page, I thought it was the currency differences, the...

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Is this seller legit?

Hello, I recently find this seller selling an Apple macbook m2 for great price, but they have 99% positive reviews and thats seems suspicious to me. There is also gigantic number of possitive reviews so I wonder if those reviews aren't botted...So is...

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Shipping

I have been buying on eBay for over 20 years and am now finding that some sellers are saying that the item is shipped from California in reality it’s coming from China also it states it’s coming from FedEx, but when I track it, it’s coming from DHL j...

Providing info on a mechanical item that is flawed

I made a purchase of a mechanical item and found during installation that it had an improper part and instructions. I tried to notify the seller and he just replied that his supplier didn't provide the info to answer my concern. The only option I had...

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