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WHY?

Why dose eBay take so long to take my funds out? I ordered an item on 10-10-19 now 10-16-19. I already got my item and still eBay haven't taken my funds out my bank acct. Burger king is doing the same thing to me,but they take the funds then give the...

want to buy several items from 1 seller

Dear members,I want to buy 5 spare parts for my car from 1 seller on Ebay. I have contacted him and send him my list. He replied and said he can sell the lot for 400$.I asked for a few pictures but he answered that: I need to assume the item are in g...

Refunds

How long does. Refund take to hit your account 

Beware items for sale that are described as NEW, but really aren't.

Hello, Everyone! I just wanted to mention that recently, I've spent a lot of time on ebay looking for a particular item, and when I find it, it's described as "New" or "Brand New," but when I read the entire ad, there is a brief note at the bottom in...

Is a seller trying to scam buyers?

I ran across a seller who has many new name-brand "buy it now" items for $19.99, including free shipping. Which are all items that should sell for many times that amount, even hundreds of dollars. This definitely set off my "if the deal is too good t...

Leaving Negative Feedback about Sellers

So, I purchased an item almost 4 months ago for my daughter and I never received it. I sent the seller at least 3 messages and never heard back. So, a few days ago I decided to contact Ebay; I was told to wait until Friday (today) to give the seller ...

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Hello eBay

Dear eBay, I am but a simple buyer. I would love if the feed/saved (https://www.ebay.com/feed) page had bid/buy next to all of the item prices, much like the emails that get sent for the saved searches. Thanks!

offer message

I offered about Buy It Now. So I exchanged messages with the seller, but they don't appear in the message item and in the mail. Where can I see the details of messages exchanged?

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Resolved! Presale game sent directly to me from Amazon after purchasing on eBay. Am I safe?

I think I’m okay with this, but I just wanted to check because this is a new experience for me.A collector’s edition of a game came out this week that had been sold out for about 5 months now. I paid about a 50% markup for it on eBay in a listing tha...

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A Question of Ethics - Giving Anon Advice to the Other Party?

So many of us have posting IDs which prevents revenge buying, retaliation and chicanery. So what happens if you buy something, it turns out SNAD and the seller (ignorant of their responsibilities under the MBG) comes to these threads all upset asking...

Guaranteed delivery

What good is a guarantee when it means or does nothing for the purchaser when the package don't arrive on time hell not even mailed out by due date

Seller resold my purchase and lied about refund request

Today I received a notice from PayPal I cancelled a purchase from EBay and was receiving a refund early from a seller here who sold me a VCR VHS bundle. It was cheap and going to be someone's Christmas gift. I did not request a refund and have no pro...

No point cancelling a purchase (had wrong address selected) sellers

So I ordered a couple items and right after paying saw my paypal and it showed sales tax... I'm thinking "what the heck? why sales tax". I look further and lo and behold, when I selected my Canadian address initially, when switching paypal CC's it sw...

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Amazon Sellers

is anyone else tired of amazon re-sellers on ebay - you can't get valid tracking - you never know when something is coming - they always give fake tracking - why doesn't ebay do something?

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$0.29 or $0.00, which one is correct?

To give a little backstory, about an hour or so ago, I got an email from eBay saying get $5 off your purchase. I went to one of my go-to items that are around $5 at least, and found one for "CAD 6.55" This is my first time I ever got an item in CAD c...

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