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Seller trying to stilling from buyer

I paid a Item form seller on November 1, until today he didn't send me the Item. He also promised to issue a full refund through Paypal but is not doing. Is that ebay policy?

My experience with Shill bidders

In the last month, I have been trying to purchase several unique antique-looking items to decorate my office. I have lost about 45 auctions while almost always being the second-highest bidder. Maybe that's not unusual at first glance but many of the ...

Resolved! Seller cancels auction after many bids????

Question, is it OK for a seller to cancel an auction when there are many bids? I was the high bidder and had entered a much higher bid than my current bid when I discovered the auction had been ended by the seller?, is this an OK thing to do if you a...

New ebay gift cards state "No Balance Left"

I had received 9 new ebay cards all together totaling $325 and none of them work stating there is No Balance Left. They were purchased Dec 2016 and were not used as they were placed in an envelope when I moved and I was also dealing with my elderly p...

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Resolved! Feedback for Shipping time

In feedback buyers must leave feedback for "Shipping time".How do I know if shipping date left by seller after I payed for item was correct?

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Seller Passed Away-

I just experienced either a very strange, or very sad situation, About 3 weeks ago I purchased an item. The seller didn't know I had paid for the item until about a week later when I messaged him. They said they had shipped the item on October 26th a...

Check Out issues (again)

tyler@ebay @Anonymous ...who ever else works at ebayI cannot check out on ebay today, either using "Buy It Now" or "Add To Cart"... this issue was reported to me last week by a buyer through my facebook, they couldn't order from me, just as I can't o...

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Rampant shilling

How do the sellers using shills get away with it? Is there really a "see no evil" unspoken arrangement where ebay turns a blind eye as long as they get their fees? It really looks like there would have to be, because the shilling is as plain as the n...

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This is why Sales Tax isn't showed until payment

I have seen many posts where people are upset about not knowing there will be sales tax and what the amount is until the checkout screen. There is a very good and very logical reason for this... Sales Tax is calculated by your SHIPPING address. Not y...

Reviewing Items - How to?

I cant seem to find the link to creating reviews of items. Not really resellers, but the items. Sometimes it is with certain resellers, but many times the items. Every once in a while there is actually a link to reviews on an item and sometimes there...

Address change not accepted by the seller I hve notreceived the item case closed to my disadvantage

I bought an item and discovered just after buying that the address was wrong I asked then immediately the seller to change the address he did not reply, after 3 weeks he replied ant told me that he can not change the address and said that he has deli...

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