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Pondering causation versus coincidence

Not long ago I stopped sending offers to books on watch lists, the ones already on sale. I was discounting too much. Since then I have been getting more offers than usual. I can think of no way to know if this is just a concidence. Presumably the pri...

Extra charge for sales tax

Is anyone else concerned with the fact that when eBay collects sales tax from the buyer they count that as income for you on the seller fees before they remove the tax which causes you to pay eBay 15% of the sales tax. If you don’t believe it, look a...

Will neutral/neg feedback we wiped if Buyer initiates a return cancelation and then a cancel order?

I sold an MP3 player for $12 free shipping (normally sells for $50 used and working) as-is for parts or repair. I noted all of the known defects and could not have been more clear that it was being sold only for parts or repair as-is. The buyer recei...

Christmas season sales up or down?

HOW ARE YOUR SALES DOING THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON? UP OR DOWN? DO YOU AGREE THAT EBAY SHOULD DO AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN LIKE ETSY. (WONDERFUL COMMERCIALS! IN FACT I SHOPPED THERE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS!)

Resolved! eBay sent me a Christmas gift. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the thoughtful holiday gift! I was so surprised and delighted to receive the cozy eBay blanket. It was very kind of you to think of me.

eBay sales upon relocating internationally

Good morning, six months ago I moved from USA to Brazil for a year. I’ve continued my eBay business purchasing items from the states and sending to a friend’s house who does my shipping. During these six months, my sales have been cut into a third. I...

Is trump tariff affecting your reselling business

Have you realized increase or decrease in sales since trump tariff.

Disney Snow Globes and figurines

Have over 100 Disney snow globes and Disney figurines trying to sell what's the best route to go about it?

Resolved! Hating the New eBay Automatic Feedback Policy!

OK, so I thought when eBay announced they'd be giving Sellers Automatic Feedback, it'd count on your total Feedback score, which it doesn't. So now, when a Buyer DOES leave Feedback, it replaces the automatic eBay Feedback, but you don't know for whi...

Christmas Sales Are Over :(

We had one of our best seasons of sales, possibly the best. Now the sales have slowed down.... they always do. Now for the post Christmas sales to begin! Hoping for more of the same! Hope you have a great holiday season and that your sales were great...

need help deciphering buyer communication

Got this message from a buyer just after a $800 item was delivered. Can anyone make heads or tails out of this? Buyer I was under the impression this was 2 pieces also including the Kelly bar attachment or square adapter Me That would be the locking ...

Buyer opening claim on item that is still in transit, what do I do stop him from stealing from it?

I sold a violin bow on eBay, and mailed the bow using fedEx ground economy. The shipping tracking shows the bow is in transit, but has not updated in about 1 week. That's typicall for fedEx or any carrier for a package to be late. Right now it shows ...

Ready to resell? Please stop it, EBay! Stupid idea. How to remove?

New feature on my home page is this stupid "ready to resell" section. Resell what? When I click on it, I'm sent to items I BOUGHT, not sold. So they're hoping I resell the items I bought months ago so they can double dip on the fees for the same item...

How best to report and avoid buyer revenge via negative feedback

This is the message I got yesterday from a random buyer. I have no clue what tool he has. I have no clue what part he wants. What is the best way to report this and actually get eBay's attention enough to take action before it becomes a problem for m...

is Feedback not important anymore

Years ago I was a seller on Ebay. Feedback was CRITICAL. Literally people sweating little green apples over it. But it seems like now many sellers don't bother leaving feedback. Is this a new thing? I try very hard to always leave feedback that accur...