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Resolved! Seller accepted Best Offer after I bought it

Hello, I recently Best Offered a seller $85 for a product that was selling for $95. I decided that I didn't want to worry about the extra $10, so I decided to buy the item outright. I messaged the seller asking him to cancel the the best offer. I als...

E-Book delivery problem

Ordered a book without the description saying it was an E-Book in the description. I assumed it was hardcover. This is what I want. Free delivery, new never been used as described. Later I see its an E-book from seller because I asked about it. Now i...

First time buying on Ebay. Is this a scam?

Hi Seasoned Ebay User, It's my first time buying on Ebay and I bidded two items that are worth 9 grand each for about 6 grand each. I am willing to pay but I'm a little suspicous. The seller's acount is only a month old, has only 2 reviews but are bo...

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Resolved! Buyer Restrictions

Is there any easy way to see if a seller has buyer restrictions on a listing? In my case,I don't have and don't want a Paypal account, and obviously some sellers restrict activity to those who do. But I only discover this after I try to place a bid. ...

eBay Searches Made Easier Through 'Post-Filtering'

Hello - I have been trying to do some searches on eBay - in this case, buying an iPhone. Doing this right always takes some time and multiple searches/auctions before you land and/or get the one you want. I was wondering if it is possible to - when s...

Any Father's day sale codes?

Any sale code like they had on June 6? I missed out, was out of town. I wanted to get a set of truck running boards for my dads truck. Thanks

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Seller describes wrong accessory with expensive electronic.

I recently just bought a expensive drawing monitor tablet and everything is in perfect working order but there's a missing accessory that was described in the title. The title said it had the articulating stand which is an additional optional accesso...

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This looks like a fake offer

Somebody had their account hacked perhaps? A brand new $700 mobile for $139.00? https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Samsung-Galaxy-S9-SM-G960F-DS-5-8-64GB-LTE-Dual-SIM-UNLOCKED-CORAL-BLUE/183268409786?epid=243686375&hash=item2aaba601ba:g:0M0AAOSwhT1bHeTH

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Resolved! I'm feeling scammed... seller makes excuse for not sending item

I purchased an item on June 2, 2018 for $125.00. The day after completing the purchase I received a message from the seller stating that he had a family emergency, needed to leave town, and he that could not return to package and ship the item until ...

Cannot make a purchase on the mobile app

Anytime I try to make a purchase or view/respond to an offer, I cannot pay with any form of payment when on the mobile app on both my phone or tablet(both are samsung). If I open up the classic site in my browser it works fine. I have uninstalled/rei...

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Resolved! Can't "Make Offer" due to not linking Paypal ?!?

So, here's the situation...I've been watching an item for a long time now (over a month), and would like to make an Offer at 80% of the Seller's BIN Price...but when I try to use the Make Offer function in the Listing, the eBay system will not let me...

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seller increased shipping cost after auction close

I just had a seller increase the shipping cost of an item from the calculated total that was stated in the listing. I noticed now at the bottom of the listing they wrote something about how they sometimes manually adjust the shipping totals after the...

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Negative feedback

hi ... my supplier canceled an item ,i had on an action .I could't cancel the action because it was less than 12 hours before it's ending ... I canceled immediately the order and i explained to the buyer the situation .... but he left me negative fee...

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Re-Directed to Current Items when want to see Closed Item

Within the past week, eBay has made alterations such that when we attempt to look at an auction which has closed/finished, instead of showing us THAT auction, unless you were the winner, it re-directs us to an active auction. It does this EVEN when y...

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