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First-Time Seller — Selling a Laptop with 'Buy It Now' or 'Best Offer', What to Expect Next?

I'm a first-time eBay seller and could use a bit of guidance on the process moving forward.I listed a used laptop for $300 with a Buy It Now or Best Offer setting. I received two offers:One from a buyer with 100% positive feedback (367)Another from a...

The future of eBay arbitration fraud…….

Im sure future eBay arbitrations will be a lot like “financial regulator” FINRA’s arbitration fraud, brought to you by Wells Fargo, among the many. https://www.fa-mag.com/news/court-overturns--1-2m-wells-fargo-arbitration--citing-secret-finra-agreeme...

Why Am I Being Sent to Collections??

Hi everyone. I had some difficult issues with a buyer the beginning of the year. She falsely claimed to not have received an item and I won the appeal. The issue went back and forth and she eventually filed a chargeback. I filed a claim with my bank ...

How to handle a eBay sale that was returned to sender (me) ?

So I sold a item for $540 maybe a week and a half ago or so. Shipped immediately and noticed it was returned to sender because there was "no such number" and no mail receptacle to deliver to. The buyer said he's away on work and wanted me to ship to ...

Resolved! Sales have been fine - am I the only one?

I read a lot of complaints about selling - slowdowns, no visibility, low-ball offers. I'm a big believer that you just have to work for your success. Many here seem to think that eBay and potential buyers owe them a steady stream of profits. I just f...

Well, this is a new eBay selling tip urban myth for me.

Just when you think you've heard all the eBay selling tip urban myths, I stumble upon a new one. I came across this on social media from a seller trying to generate more sales: "So I’m trying the theory of buying something on eBay to generate more sa...

Heads up: changes to Seller Initiated Offers (SIO)

Recent & upcoming changes to SIO. eBay recently launched an offers management page. Currently only automated offers are included. Find it by navigating to: Seller Hub > Marketing > Offers Here's a screenshot from last week's Seller Check In showing t...

Seller Calendar 2025 (v.Q2)

Upcoming dates and events for sellers to track during 2nd quarter 2025. If you missed the Spring Seller Check-In last Friday, March 7th, you can watch the video replays here. April 15, Tuesday - Tax Day. General 1099-K info (link), 1099-K transaction...

Account suspended after 20 years on eBay.

So I sold an item to a buyer in Germany for $600. The seller puts in a claim of non receipt in 7 business days. So I call the USPS and they open an international investigation. All of this is happening while Covid is over but the war in Ukraine is st...

Ebay fees prior to sale?

HelloI received an email from Ebay saying that they were going to charge me for an auction listing I had that didn't sell. I usually list "Buy It Now" but thought I'd try an auction. Is that a standard thing? The email I received didn't state what th...

Anyone else having multiple return to sender issues lately?

USPS seems to have issues with several shipments in the past month. In looking on streetview, I can't see why. None of the labels that come back are smudged or hard to read and printed direct from Ebay. I am finding USPS to be very unreliable lately.

nudity on eBay

The art nudes has become very confusing. After a restriction, I was told on phone support that I can post in collectible risque photos, and there is even a subject thumbnail showing full frontal. But I got yet another restriction. This does not seem ...

Resolved! erotic or pornographic paperbacks

I was just wondering, will ebay allow me to list erotic or pornographic paperbacks if I don't show any images.Their policy is a little unclear on this. For example if I just show the spine titles and no pictures of nudity orkinky sexual activity (or ...

Anybody experiencing that slow down in sales?

I've been doing my thing for about 11 years now. It seems to be impossible to come up with me sort of a trend as to when people decide to fix their cars and order parts. For Example this past December was a stellar month but two years ago I sold like...

Resolved! I am confused, are playboy magazines allowed?

In June my account was suspended for 3 days for selling playboys, even though ebay policy to this day clearly states playboy, playgirl, penthouse, etc are allowed in the magazines category. When searching ebay there are hundreds of thousands listed i...