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Ebay Authentication Guarantee - Canada to USA

Hey there, I'm entirely new to selling on Ebay and recently have been attempting to list some cards but have run into some difficulty with the Authentication Guarantee procedure. I have a card listed on Ebay.ca and am able to see the Authentication G...

Question, I hit a wall and I don't know why.

For over 20 years, I have run a successful eBay store under the name abporta (The Marden Empire), consistently maintaining excellent standing with eBay and my customers. Historically, this store has brought in around $400 a month, with consistent vie...

EBay ignores their own list of "prohibited items"

Ebay is clearly allowing the selling of merchandise that breaks their own rules of exploiting tragedies (human and animal), as well as promoting violence. Just search for "aligator" and how many "Aligator Alcatraz" items show up?? Disgusting. What's ...

Description and Item Specifics Not Showing on Chrome if You Have an AdBlocker

I do more selling than buying, but today I was looking for something specific, and was surprised to find that the item description and the item specifics are not showing on the listing page in Chrome (with adblock.)At first, I was all irritated think...

People will buy anything.

I was shopping with a friend at a local hardware store.In the bargain section I came across this ridiculous thing called a "Corn Dude".They were marked down to one dollar.I bought whatever they had.My friend thought I was nuts.I listed them about a y...

Resolved! Final Value Fee component "Other" that I don't recognize

I sold a book just recently and looked at the payment details, specifically the final value fee calculation. There is one I have not seen before, called "Other" for 28 cents. Everything else I am familiar with, what is this extra "Other" fee for? Hop...

Have your sales suddenly dropped off or stopped? "This seller is taking a break" message to buyers.

My sales took a dramatic drop and I would not have been aware of the issue if a buyer had not messaged me. They told me they were getting a "This seller is taking a break" message when trying to pay for a buy-it-now listing. Further investigation sho...

matrics

this ai Matrics is for the birds, e-bay charging me 6% more on sale because of lost mail climes, they sent me a message that they would revalue my Matrics on July 20, but started shutting down my site as of yesterday, called customer service, they to...

Out of stock option

This may seem like a stupid question, but I usually deal in one-offs and rarely have bulk listings. If I turn on the OOS option, that only applies to the bulk listings, right? My single quantity listings won't be affected? They'll just end normally w...

Ebay Open 2025 - dress code?

Is there a dress code for eBay Open 2025 Live?I have attended the past virtual eBay Open in my pajamas - I will guess that pjs are not encouraged for the live event.Does anyone know if the conference rooms will be on the cold side? I know Vegas will ...

This is what we are dealing with???

I have a vintage California ashtray & decided to do a search in sold items using only those 3 words. On the first page with 60 listing, not one single item was an ashtray of any kind. Mostly parts for vehicles. Buyers are expected to find what they a...

Seller protection joke

I have lost over 200.00 in the last month due to fraudulent buyers and ebay does nothing.Aand don't get me started with the USPS.

Delayed For Postage Assessment, Held Awaiting Payment

Has anyone else ran into this issue with USPS recently? I shipped out about 200 packages last week and the tracking says “delayed for postage assessment, held awaiting payment” for about half of them. They all are being sent to Colorado then afterwar...

Variations help please

I have a few questions about variations. Below is a screen shot of as far as I got. First, what I'm selling . A couple hundred blue Oxford shirts. One model, one color. Then there are sizes; XXS,XS,S,M,L,XL,2XL,3XL4XL and 5XL. Each size has 2 or 3 sl...

Question of the YEAR: Is eBay even relevant anymore?

With almost no advertising except a few select categories, sales slumping to numbers beyond any comprehension and customers disappearing like never seen before. Is eBay even a thing anymore? I know in the collectible side more and more are moving to ...