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Ebay bucks not earned on shipping charges?

Activated the EBBs thing recently and notice they are earned only on the item price, not on shipping charges. Ebay certainly charges sellers a fee on shipping so why aren't the bucks also earned on them? And if the item has free shipping, you're tech...

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Does eBay Ding the Dingbats?

Bid on an auction and only bidder! Drats! But executed responsibilities required and paid the item anyway. The shipping showed handling time "same day" if paid by 14:00 PST. (whatever time that is) Hoping it was timely paid before noon eastern time z...

Item shows defects after 2 months of usage

Hello, I bought a battery for a mobile phone, ID 273279576912, seller claims that it is original, and after 2 months of usage battery is completly dead, worst than the old battery, phone restarts from nothing, showing 1% of battery and then after som...

Resolved! Cancel a purchase with marks

Once I realised the description of an item and the image of it are not 100% the same, I decided to quit commited item. I asked the seller and he agreed. he didn't cancel the order, but gave me top mark and checked that the item had been payed. I also...

Fix "Best offer"

Sellers shouldn't be able to sit on your "Best offer" for two days. Similar to purchasing a home (or any other purchase contract for that matter) a buyer should be able to pull their offer at ANYTIME prior to the seller accepting or rejecting the off...

Resolved! Seller keeps relisted the same car

Seller had a winning bid ... in description said if High bitter didn't win would go to Second high bid. I was second High bitter and never got a response. Noticed couple days later car relisted. I see that relisting a cars constantly with Euclid car ...

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Seller asking to change paypal accounts

Hi, I won an auction 3 days ago & paid promptly the next morning. The seller contacted me a day later informing me that there was an issue with their PayPal account. They credited my original payment (thorugh PayPal) and I processed the payment a sec...

Misrepresented items

Seller of Lularoe product has more than one item for sale listed as new, scrolled down to read more description and says worn once. Seller inquir for clarification, no response, called ebay to report, takes them 24-48 hours to review item which will ...

8% ebay bucks alert!

Ebay bucks again! Bonus points, in the app, its a one click activation. I like this improvment, it was always anniying to click tgrough 3 buttons to activate my offer. Touch the ebay bucks banner and done. I like.

Resolved! MP3 Digital Audiobook Downloads / Reporting

I understand how to report a seller for offering illegal digital downloads, but I'm unclear as to the penalty eBay gives them. I imagine it's some sort of strike system? But mostly I'm curious about eBay shutting down a seller's account. I've success...

HO Trains - "10 Cents on the Dollar" Dealer Wholesale Price for Used Trains

Sun 11-11-18 7:22 a.m. I have recently spoken with a number of HO train dealers about what they are paying for used HO trains these days. The answer coming back is uniformly the same - 10 cents on the dollar. For example, someone may takes their gran...

Seller has given me a tracking number but hasn't posted item

I purchased a mobile on eBay off a seller called Barry that had good ratings as far as I could see. I received a message from Barry soon after I purchased the $240 ish mobile off of him telling me that he doesn't have the colour that I had ordered, a...

Are there still any serious buyers/collector buyers on Ebay? $$$$$$$

Been discussing a few things over on the Seller Discussion page, and thought I would give the buyers board a try. I was wondering if there are any SERIOUS buyers out here on the boards, and also I wanted to know what you look for in a quality listing...

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