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Resolved! With respect to rules & policies

Are adequate resources currently being devoted to insure compliance with rules and policies? Is the amount of discretion in the application of a penalty by the rule/policy maker appropriate? Are current penalties a sufficient deterrent to insure comp...

Sorry about that Looks like you were idle a bit too long.

For months I have been unable to pay for an item with PayPal. When I log in, I get the message, "Sorry about that. Looks like you were idle a bit too long. Please log in again." Of course, I just keep getting this message. I have called eBay and they...

Late bid

Actually received a 'you won this auction' notification at the end of the auction only later to find ebay awarded the winning bid to another bidder for a higher amount...suspicious!

False Advertisement!

There is a seller who puts pictures up of his items, the description says what it is, but the way he takes his pictures it makes it look like more than what is posted. As in more expensive items are in the picture of items he is showing. To me this i...

Can Seller Use 'Best Offer' To Force A Buyer To Pay Full Price?

I understand that submitting a 'best offer' is an agreement to purchase the item(s), however, what's to stop a seller from simply posting the 'best offer' option as a 'gimmick' to lure a potential buyer in knowing full well they are planning to rejec...

Resolved! Big Companies wasting my time

So, I'm a golf fan. I love buying golf equipment on eBay, otherwise its soooo expensive. Lately, for example, when I searched for a specific type of club I received 9 pages of results. Great! I'm thinking, I'll have lots of choices and can be very se...

How many buyers will admit that they have out-smarted themselves...

...by being too *cheap*? We all love a good deal.... But sometimes, we find those, in quest of the ever-elusive GREAT deal. We can then become our own worst enemy...A victim of ourselves. Making price the bottom line, can blind one to facts, and info...

Seller canceled auction

I bid on ian tem, upping the bid three times. Still the item was going really cheap, but the seller canceled the auction. From reading the policy on auction cancelations, it appears what he did was within the rules. I still woild like to complain to ...

Next SiteWide Coupon?

Didn't expect to see one until the last couple of weeks of this quarter, but then they popped one last week. Will there be another this week? Any bets?

Seller withdraws multiple items after receiving bids

I have been following, and bidding, on several items listed on eBay. The seller starts the auctionsat .01 and there is no reserve. Usually they are 7 day auctions. When the auction gets down toone day left, the seller withdraws the item, stating it i...

How do I change feedback for an item I have bought?

The seller is not happy with the neutral feedback as he said it affects his selling fees. I did not know it was that important. I am willing to change it.How do I do it, step by step. I have tried o, but just go around in circles, as there does not s...

Can no longer leave " Follow up Feedback "

So I tried about a month ago to leave follow up feedback but no matter how many times I tried it just wouldnt work. I got a seller today in which I wanted to also leave a follow up feedback but again it will not work. Is anyone else having this probl...

Delayed eBay Refund

I have opened a case against a China-based seller for INR last April 20th. eBay closed the case in my favor on April 26th, and started the refund process to my PayPal account. As of today, May 11th, no refund was credited. Updates via email from eBay...

Resolved! seller's items all deleted overnight

A seller listed several items for auction. I bid on one. A few days later, the item no longer shows up in my bidding activity. Going to the seller's page shows every item listed had been deleted. No explanation, no NARU on the seller. What is going o...

Shopping cart not clearing even though paid

Hello AllI know there have been previous threads about shopping cart glitches. I have just recently encountered one.I was on EBAY.com when I committed to buy and requested a combined invoice.The seller was very prompt and I too promptly paid.I didn't...