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I sold a battery charger for a golf cart. Looked great and worked perfectly. Buyer claimed it did not work and even though it was not listed as being eligible for return he initiated a dispute without ever contacting me and EBAY had him send it back....

Account permament (?) restriction NO SELLING PRIVILEGE due to high INR %

My account was suspended due to several INR (Item Not Received) cases opened by buyers. Recently, my sales volume dropped significantly, so each INR had a much bigger impact on my metrics. All of these cases were opened unfairly, and I even managed t...

Resolved! General Question, selling across multiple platforms

Not here to Dump on Ebay, they have worked very well for me over the years. and I will continue to sell here. Nor am I looking to discuss any Specific competitive selling venues. But I am looking to possibly expand my Horizons, and use a couple diffe...

AI vs. Instincts: Are We Resellers Losing the Human Touch?

With so many resellers now using ChatGPT (guilty), photo tools, listing generators, and pricing bots—are we becoming too reliant on AI? Or is it just smart business1. How do you personally use AI in your eBay reselling workflow?2. Has AI helped you m...

How could eBay be AHEAD of USPS???

@iamalwaysright I considered tacking this onto your "teleportation" thread about eBay showing extremely over-optimistic estimated delivery dates to buyers lately, but I don't know if this is related or not. -Probably not, but it's certainly something...

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Resolved! Is this a zip code scam on a RETURN, and what can I do?

I've got one darling of a buyer presently, wrote an ALL CAPS SPAZ OUT upon receiving the item, so I politely replied my offer of a free return, only to find she had already started one (that was the 2nd of my notifications, which I hadn't seen yet). ...

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Dear eBay, I didn't realize you hate me so much

At least I know where we stand now. Seller Hub > Active Listings > Actions column Every week there is something new that makes listing and managing listings less efficient. Last week eBay moved the Active listings quick edit to the middle of the page...

Confederate Flags

I do not understand why U.S. history is not revered. I just tried to post three 1861 civil war patriotic covers and received the "banned" notice. This is our nations history, is this an agenda to not recognize the facts, is it revisionist history? Th...

Buyer leaves bad feedback for the wrong seller

So I had about six pairs of cobalt blue mugs that I sold. Each pair was sold in an individual sale. That's six sales. I was shipping out the last two pairs this morning when I saw that my 100% rating had dropped to a 94%. One of the buyers whose mugs...

Should I end my unsold listings every now and then and relist?

Do new listings (buy it now) get a temporary boost in search? Hence older listings that are getting no traction, is it good to end those listings and relist them every so often? Thanks in advance!

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...

Resolved! Suspicious sale?

Hello- I have a new situation on eBay and I’m unsure how to proceed. I sold an electronic item to someone for >$600 but when I looked at the shipping it says the address is in Las Vegas but the buyer is located in Uruguay so I had to pay an extra fee...

Ebay censors my Playboy calendar - only 128 other listings for the same Calendar

"We removed your listing as the media contains modeling images of a nude minor (Playboy Calendars for 1970, 1971, 1972)." And they also censored 1967, 68 and 69. I see scores of these same calendars in the Ebay listings, sold and unsold. Whats up wit...

Listing from drafts has changed

Just now when I went to list an item from my draft page it now looks very different. Not helpful at all. When I click title and description it shows the description in Hotmail format(think that's what it's called) instead of showing actual text. Also...

eBay Up & Running Grant 2025 - How could i let myself MISS the deadline by 1 HOUR! 😫

UGH I'm so upset with myself! I have worked SOOOO hard on this application and I went to submit it about 45 minutes before deadline (because I was doing some other work today) and I didn't notice that it said 6pmETand I'm in CENTRAL time. I feel like...