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Refund on shipping cost

I bought multiple baseball cards (30) over a period of 4 hours from a seller. Auto-pay was enabled, which I didn’t notice. After first card shipping is .50. I have 30 different charges on my card with full price shipping. 29 cards x $1.69 overcharge....

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Resolved! We couldn't cancel your order because it's too late to cancel.

I placed the order on 26 Dec 2023 at 00:09. I requested the order cancellation on 26 Dec 2023 at 00:24. Ebay sent an email informing that "You've requested to cancel this order. We've informed the seller that you'd like to cancel this order. You shou...

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New Best Offer Policy

So Ebay implemented this new policy where if you submit a Best Offer then you have to submit your payment info and pay immediately if offer is accepted. 1. Ebay didnt tell sellers and buyers about this. They just did it. 2. It effects combined shippi...

What's the deal with Lego's?

I was going to purchase a new Lego set for my 7-yr old grandson. So I searched for "Lego set new in box". I was first shocked when it returned 540,000 results. Then I decided to sort from the top price down.... "what in the world?!" Can someone me un...

Collectors - Beware of fraud, misrepresented, and counterfeit antique postage stamps on eBay

Dear eBay Stamp Collector Community, I wanted to warn the community that many of the antique postage stamps being advertised by Sellers are fraudulent. Incorrect Scott catalogue numbers, regumming, reperforation, removed cancellations all being adver...

EOS 1V Film Roll Count Clarification

There are lots of vintage Canon EOS 1V film cameras for sale and many of the sellers show a photo of the 'roll count' or number of 36 exposure rolls of film that were shot with the camera. Its kind of like the shutter count of a contemporary Canon DS...

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Sales tax for buyer in CA, in 2024

Hi all, trying to understand why I was charged sales tax amount 9.875% while officially it's 7.25% I'm in 94066 zip, and in my local stores I charged 7.25. This is invoice details from my ebay purchase.item$360.00Tax$35.55 TxDai

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Resolved! Bank account used for purchases and payouts

I just discovered that my bank account I set up and used for purchases and payouts for many years is now somehow only available for payouts. I was told by the agent in the chat help section that If I want to buy something in my cart I have to add a d...

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Resolved! Order not found

I purchased an item and received a confirmation email. But when click on View Order Details, I keep getting an "ORDER NOT FOUND, Unfortunately there has been an error retrieving your order. If you need help, Visit out help pages" message. Can someone...

Can’t accept the offers

Hello, few minutes ago seller sent me an offer, before this happened four times that i can’t accept the sellers offer, it shows error with “ok” button, the same with browser. Thank you!!

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Resolved! vero products

¿Se pueden vender los productos Lenovo en eBay ?Can Lenovo products be sold on eBay ?

Ripoffs abound

I would like to pose a question to EBay personnel to find out how they are getting ripped off by fake sellers and seemingly are not doing anything about it. I fell for one the other day for over $200 and had Ebay refund me for this non-existent item ...

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