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Tracking not updating

Evening everyone, I have sold an item here and posted it weeks ago but Ebay hasn't released my funds yet. The item was sent via Royal mail as a letter and therefore, there shouldn't be tracking available on it, although there was a tracking number at...

I suspect an item I won on ebay was shilled at the last minute to jack up the price

I was watching an auction and decided to bid on it. It was one price for almost 7 days with only two bidders bidding with 50 cent increments. Only two bids were placed at that time by two different users. I used a proxy service to do the bidding for ...

Item never received, now showing as not paid for?

I purchased a small inexpensive item (replacement fork) on July 12, paid for on July 13. Shipping info provided showed arrival date of July 29 to August 2 (really long time). I contacted seller about July 20 to see about a tracking number as it was n...

$10 Cashback

I shopped this morning and when I paid the article I was asked to claim a $10 cashback . When i clicked to claim it started a registration that along the line I was being asked to fill my bank card information and I hasitated because I doubted if tha...

hiding completed purchases from "my purchases"

Hiding completed purchases works fine for single items purchased from a seller. But when more than one item is bought from the same seller and I try to use the Hide Order button it doesn't work. It says "you have hidden this order" but when you refre...

Dont buy from ebay seller.

Hi all first of all I hope this is the correct place to do this. I wanted to warn other buyers not to buy from the ebay seller. My story goes as follows. Last december I purchased a 3d printer from the seller costing £235.00 after two weeks of use th...

Do you look?

When deciding to purchase an item do you look through the seller's store to see if there is anything else you may wish to purchase at the same time? Or do you buy just that item and not look? To avoid impulse buys? Do promotions - buy 3 get 1 free, a...

Can't check if a listing will charge sales tax any more?

I recall not long ago that in the Shipping and payments tab, you could see if the seller charges sales tax to your state. Can't find it now. Has it been eliminated? I hit the Buy It Now on an item and when I check out I see it adds tax. Went to anoth...

Firm tough tape original dvd

Does anyone have the Firm tough tape original dvd available for sale?

Authenticity verified program is letting in fakes

this is the second time I have recently come across some fake watches listed as verified.I called ebay this morning to ask about the item I had just looked at and the program used to authenticate theml ebay members are the ones who do the checking,it...

Resolved! New Scammer Trick - Brand New seller, expensive item. Loophole

So I uncovered a new trick exploiting eBay's system. Here is how the scam works 1. A brand new seller opens an account. This account is zero feedback2. They list an expensive item, in this case a aviation headset, they advertise shipping with Fedex o...

Problem with Ebay scammer

Hi, I had a bad experience on Ebay, the seller act like a scammer. I lost € 50 because they sent a defect mobile phone repeater and they promised to send a new, if I gave 5 star, they informed a tracking number but this parcel was for other customer....

Bonus Ebay Bucks not valid on Buy It Now items with Zero Bids?

I have activated the bonus eBay bucks offer. I can confirm that the item I am purchasing is eligible for ebay bucks and is not in an excluded category. Other listings of the same item in the same category show the bonus bucks if they are only buy it ...

Resolved! How to view item original listing after purchase

Hello,I recently purchased an item; from what I can recall, the quality of the received item slightly differs from what was stated in the original listing. If it truly is different, I want to contact the seller, but I am having trouble finding a way ...