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Sending seller a message concerning packaging.

I am planning on buying a vintage CRT and I want to send the seller a message asking him if he would pack my package to keep the tv safe so it doesn't get damaged during shipping. I have seen where people have bought stuff and it was just put in a bo...

Wooden lap desk

I am looking for a lap desk. I purchased one and it broke. Want replacement, but not a usual kind. Exactly the same or similar. Originally purchased from a mail order catalog back in the early 10’s, from a popular catalog. Unable to find said catalog...

Purchased a ring

I purchased a ring, I rec the ring, I wore the ring a hand full of times, (only for good not daily) stone fell out of ring and I have no idea when I lost it. Contacted seller with a picture, no response, contacted sell again with a picture, no respon...

Confusion of phrase "lot of 2"

I have googled this and it seems this phrase is confusing for buyers and sellers. Are buyers hesitant to buy something with this phrase? Is there another way for sellers to list things so buyers can understand exactly the amount of items they are buy...

I'm a seller and I keep getting offers to buy the items I'm selling

This is very annoying. I sell stuff on ebay myself and right before I'm about to add a new item i search for it to find out its pricing and click on the option to "sell one like this" so I don't have to put all the details about the item. Here is the...

Tracking numbers not shown on Purchase History or Summary Pages

All of a sudden the tracking numbers are no longer showing on the Purchase history or Summary pages. This is very annoying since I buy a lot of the same item and it is a pain to match the purchase without the tracking number. Is there a trick to gett...

Ebay stole 350 AUD off my friend.

My friend had a dispute with eBay over an ebay sale charge mistake he made, first thing he ever sold on ebay. Ebay not only agreed not to take the 350 AUD for a sale he messed up on in a phone call that I overheard and in an email, AND ebay had alrea...

How do i talk to a human at ebay?

I put the wrong address the item I just ordered. Don't send me to the password page because I don't know it is. I need to talk with a real person and change the address. I have done business with your company, as exasperating as it is, and I shouldn'...

Ebay is a nightmare

When will I learn! Ebay has really gone down hill in recent years. Incomplete auto parts, incompatible parts, wrong parts and just today I received a tool that does not match the description. All this while prices keep going up to where they match or...

While shopping how to set best match & list view permanently

I recently had to get a new computer and now when I shop it automatically comes up best price and list items across the page. Before it would stay on best match and list view but now I can not figure out how to get it to stay that way. Please help it...

Obnoxious popup windows about the ebay mobile app

Anybody else really annoyed about these constant popup messages about the mobile app? I don't want that. Are we just going to keep getting these forever? What a horrendously thoughtless and obnoxious thing to do to customers. Makes you wonder about t...

Resolved! eBay no longer has phone "support" anywhere for its customers.

No phone support = no customer !!!!will be my last purchase on eBay. Do not try to speak with anyone they don't care about it. It's more than a decade buying and selling with no problems put now SKYNET controls everything just unbelievable.

Resolved! My Worst Experience EVER on Ebay

I've been buying here for decades. Hardly more than one or two issues in all this time. I can't remember giving one negative review, even for the isolated incidents. Today, I received my latest purchase. It took the seller nearly two weeks to ship, a...

Ebay hostile towards buyers

lot of stuff on here about false returns. Of course the seller is going to say returns are false. As a buyer i believe I should be able to return anything for any reason. Being hostile towards returns is just bad customer service. I believe buyers wi...

do not deal sellers - restict searches to exclude them?

Is there an option / search function if you like, to ensure one will no longer see any item listed by a seller you do not want to deal with? Searched high and low, but could not find one. Reasoning:there are sellers out there (no, I will not mention ...