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Resolved! Sellers not responding to best offers

Seller isn’t responding to best offer but has only been 24 hours. I guess they don’t have the courtesy to accept or deny. I want the item.. it would suck if they didn’t respond.. because if I were to buy the item from someone else and the original bu...

Sellers misbehaving galore! Taking funds & not responding to ?'s, not answering offers,Track/NO SHIP

It's going to be Xmas holiday season soon. As a buyer only on here (now), because goodness knows I couldn't make any money on my items by selling ( major fee's galore, even on shipping now). I'm having all kinds of issues with sellers taking my dough...

Has a seller ever bid against you to get more money?

I feel like a seller recently had somebody bid against me (or more likely did it themselves with another account) until the bidding reached my top bid so they could make more money off me. It was only 3 dollars or so but it still kind of bugs me. Not...

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enraged by lazy sellers posting tracking numbers in an attempt to throw off when item was shipped!

i have made several purchases recently (within the past 9 months) that this is becoming a new trend! tracking number is posted, but item does not move out for some times up to 14 days later!!!!!!! yes, 14 days!!! now sellers are actually thinking tha...

Resolved! Hate to Leave a Negative but....

As a seller I hate to receive a negative and do not want to leave them myself but sometimes a seller truly deserves it. I have a water activated tape machine (I need to test before listing) that needs special paper tape. Duck brands had one that I th...

Buyers Beware: New Mutants Comic #98 Reprint- 1st Deadpool Scams (and how to tell the difference)

This past month Marvel Released a "Facsimile edition" Reprint of New Mutants #98, which is the first appearance of Deadpool. It was printed original ads and all. There are numerous sellers on Ebay trying to pass it off as the first print from 1991. S...

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last second bidding

I know this will probably get labelled as a sore loser....but its really more of an educational question. Just wondering how it is that a sniper gets to place a winning bid at the very last second, based on the following bid history? Looks like they ...

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Fake silver bars

I bought 27=1oz .999 pure silver bars from him and they were fake. Plated silver. He refused to refund me at first. Then refunded most of it until I informed him how he scammed me. Then he refunded me the rest minus the $20.00 for shipping and insura...

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Why can’t I attach pics to eBay email?

This problem appears to be when using any iPhone on the Apple browser when trying to attach a pic to ANY eBay email. I recall being able to do this before w/o a problem. Now it goes through the process but at the end no picture gets uploaded. I’m won...

Buying won items

Okkkkkkk... I am having trouble buying the items I have won. My payment won't go through. I've never had an issue before now and I can buy it now option and it works fine the past three items won my payment won't go through

Ending an auction listing early

There was a recent purchase that I made where my max bid was $950, however, at the time my current bid was $860 since the second highest was just $850. But, the seller decided to take down the listing early and sell to the highest bidder, which was m...

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FAKE IPHONR

WARNING - do NOT buy any items from this seller - they send me a fake Iphone. Looked brand new but When the camera broked down I went to an Iphone store and found out it was from 2016 and had belong to a man in USA. Please help me spred the info Than...

The Buyer Sent To Another State & Refuses to Respond - & Now Has Deleted Profile

Let me start by saying that I have NEVER given negative feedback - and if the buyer had even attempted to work on the issue, I wouldn't even be trying to now... Ok, so I purchased a set of chairs for an upcoming event. I tracked it on the USPS site a...

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Question about making an offer

Any particular reason a seller would decline an offer, and then accept one at a lower price? I offered 40 bucks for an item and got an email saying the seller declined. No big deal I thought. Then I got an email saying the item sold for 30 bucks. Any...

Looks like the China post....

It's appears to me that Ebay is not properly screening these ChinaPost sellers because as in the past they still appear to be Operating. They selling products and giving tracking numbers. The after awhile and your waiting for your product you get a h...

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