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Misleading photos

Wanted to buy HP printer ink and found a great deal (perhaps too good to be true) of an HP package of 902xl ink. Photo is of an actual HP 902XL set of ink cartridges package but product is a remanufactured product "compatible" with HP printers. Reali...

Seller issued partial refund for defective item

Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that I am completely frustrated and exhausted trying to sort this issue out on my own. I'm really hoping that someone here has the answer. So, I ordered a used ABS control module (an electronic auto part) from a...

Resolved! Stopping Automatic Payments

I recently bid on some individual books from a high volume used book seller I've bought from before. In the past, he has combined shipping, and invoiced after buyers have had three weeks to make purchases from him to cut down on his shipping work. Gr...

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Impossible Payment

I seem to have exhausted all the options of payment for an item I won at an eBay auction yesterday. I have also tried all the troubleshooting tips described at https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/paying-items/paying-items?id=4009&st=8 but I still get th...

Item not received - Evri delivered to wrong address

This hasn’t happened to me before, after well over 1000 eBay purchases during the past 22 years. In short, I received a notification that Evri’s courier “Lawrence” had “securely” delivered my item. Except he didn’t. My wife was at home at the claimed...

Seller not providing updating tracking number!

I completed the payment for this order on December 26th. Unfortunately, I received an incorrect tracking number. Despite reaching out to the seller multiple times, I haven't received any response. The listing mentioned express delivery, yet it has be...

Minimum amount make an offer allows

I was looking for a Pokemon card (Lycanroc, midday form) and found one for .99 or make an offer. However, the make an offer page said .99 was the minimum you could offer. So make an offer does not work for items under a dollar. I later found one with...

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Out of stock / seller not refunding me

I bought an item before Christmas, it said last item . It is now the 2 week of January and the seller still has not shipped when I click on my item it says out of stock . I’ve tried msg the seller 3 times to inquire if the item was out of stock when ...

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Boolean Operators break filters

Go to https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=5010994110307+Inferno&Year%2520Manufactured=2022&Brand=Hasbro&_sacat=220&_dcat=261068 There you see the applied filters are "Completed listings", "Sold listings", "Year Manu...

Seller started to flake out.

I purchased an item from Japan on 12/28 and I'm in the US. The item has until the 17th to get here. I emailed the seller on the 3rd just simply asking when they think the item might ship so I have an idea when to expect it. I haven't heard back from ...

Pay

When you win the bid how do you pay 

Taxes

I just bought a phone and case totaling 256 and change but when I hit pay the total jumped to 277.77 WHY? IS TAXES THAT BAD

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