mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
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Just a little update to the Media Mail issue some of us have. Not being able to create shipping labels using MM in some categories.
For me, it is the following categories.
Crafts-Beads&Jewelry Making-Instruction Books & Media
Crafts-Sewing-Quilting-Quilt Patterns
Crafts- Needlecrafts&Yarn-Crocheting&Knitting-Patterns-Contemporary
Crafts- Needlecrafts&Yarn-Embroidery&Cross Stitch-Hand Embr Patterns & Magazines-Other Patterns & Magazines
Crafts-Needlecrafts&Yarn-Hand Embr Patterns&Magazines-Embroidery & Cross Stitch-Cross Stitch Patterns
Crafts-Scrapbooking&Paper Crafts-Instruction Books & Media
I have literally been chasing this for SEVERAL months, since they started messing with the categories that MM is allowed. To date I keep getting promised they will fix it and to date I'm still where we started. NO RESOLUTION at all.
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@a_c_green wrote:
Hello all,
What is this week's update on the ongoing problem with Khoros being unable to retrieve the poster's avatar, feedback count and item listings from eBay? In particular, what further work (debugging, testing, etc.) has been performed on this since this time last week? Thanks...
No update as of yet @a_c_green. I know Sheila is doing what she can to provide updates here as info becomes available though.
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
Thanks Velvet. See you next week, when I'll ask again.
Sounds good @my-cottage-books-and-antiques! Hopefully you'll see something by then. 😊
@tsme35 wrote:
I haven't receive any emails from the community team about the duplicate listings like I was told. I can't post proof or send emails to you. I'm seeing listings, auctions and fixed price both with the same exact heading, alot are different items but the titles are the same, others are numerous duplication.
10 buy it now's with heading saying "gadget widget that you want" (example not exact), bunch are different color items or the same color and size item. Now if I listed a duplicate listing, it gets kicked out or it use to.
Same with auctions, duplicate's are allow once the 1st one gets a bid on it, yet I'm seeing a ton with no bids. The niche I sell in is FLOODED with duplicate listings, just looking for a fair selling format.
Please send me a email and I can provide proof, reporting them thru listing or by phone is useless
Hey @tsme35! I know a few emails have already been sent your way but they won't be going to your eBay messages. They were sent to your registered email address for your eBay account. You'll want to check that email addresses inbox. If you don't see them, take a look at the junk folder as your email provider could've sent them there.
@clarkphilatelics wrote:
Will 2021 eBay 1099-K forms be correct? In 2020, the
amount paid = sale price - fees
was recorded in the accounting system. The total sale price matched the 1099-K amount.
This year, a few items sold on the eBay.de and ebay.uk sites. Sale price and were posted in Euros and British Pounds. How can eBay possibly expect to sum sale prices in the 2021 1099-K report with foreign currencies are mixed in? Will eBay go back and use the conversion factor posted in the Payments Transaction log? If so, why not share the dollar amount with sellers? Sales in Euros or Pounds may slightly lower the reported 1099-K amount, but Canadian or Australian dollar sales result in a reported amounts higher than actual sales in 1099-K form. Foreign currencies are posted of offshore eBay sites, as documented in eBay help, but does anyone at eBay understand the potential consequences. Will eBay recalculate inaccurate 1099-K forms if requested by affected sellers?
I raised this issue last week but received no response. While on the topic, it should be noted that not all foreign currency amounts in Payments Transaction Reports are flagged as such.
Hey @clarkphilatelics you can find all the details here on the 1099-k. As of right now I don't have any specifics to give you a clear answer on your specific questions. I'll check with the right teams and get back to you ASAP!
@tsme35 wrote:
Is that the reason why some of my items don't show up when I search my own store?
No @tsme35, they're referring to the blue blobs for avatars and things like that on the Community platform.
How are you viewing your account when you don't see all of the items in your store though? If on the app, I heard a few complaints about this, and they weren't on the most up to date version. Both on the website and app, you should see some of the listings and then at the bottom of the screen, a "See all" blue button.
@mam98031 wrote:
I just wanted to get some clarification on a discussion I was having on a thread a week or two ago regarding INRs.
When a buyer files an INR, the seller received an email notification of the claim being filed. The seller has the opportunity to enter an explanation if need and a tracking number if needed.
It is my understanding that the seller is NOT required to enter an explanation and NOT required to enter a tracking number if the tracking number was previously recorded in Ebay. Meaning the seller either created their label using Ebay or they copied the tracking number in on some date BEFORE the INR was filed.
Please verify or correct what my understanding is.
Thank you.
Hi @mam98031 - I've been looking into this but am having a hard time getting a definitive answer.
Based on the 2020 Spring Seller Update, I believe a seller would need to reply to the request within the 3 business days even if the shipping label was from an integrated carrier and purchased via eBay Labels. We made an announcement on that in June of last year (link here).
I've requested confirmation just to be certain, but from what I'm seeing here I'd always recommend replying to the request with the tracking information.
