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eBay buyer scams me - eBay lets them!

Buyer bought a $100 RV backup camera and returned a cheap broken Android Tablet.While this only has happened 2-3 times in over 10k sales, eBay does not have your back!Despite me showing photos, the fact the buyer never replied to messages - means not...

Can Buyer Return items Sold As Is in "Parts or Not Working" Category?

Hi, savvy sellers! I recently for the first time ever listed a camera lens in "Parts or Not Working" Category.It is a kind of expensive lens. Good Used ones usually sell from $500 and Up. eBay recommended price for this "Not working" one is near $300...

How many had Success With Promoting your listings

Just looking to see who else has had success promoting listing , heard good and bad. Im ok with paying the fees especially when ive seen a sudden increase in sales. Lots of people on the eBay groups and Facebook groups complain about the percentages ...

Anyone hear from mam98031?

I haven't seen her in a while.I hope and pray she's ok.

eBay Seller News January 2026

Looks like they haven't posted an announcement yet, but for anyone curious - here's the eBay January 2026 Seller News: https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/news/2026-january Start the new year with important updates to help your business.Grow your busin...

New York

On December 22, 2025, I placed an order (order number 11-14006-30330) with a delivery date of January 16, 2026. I have been unable to find the shipping information for this item. Subsequently, on January 7, 2026, and January 12, I contacted the selle...

eBay getting rid of eBay on Facebook.

They got rid of "eBay for business" and now when I chatted with them today, they are getting rid of their help chat on Facebook tomorrow 1/14/26.This came with pretty much no announcement whatsoever.Why does eBay continue to lower the quality of help...

Buyer Return Abuse on eBay

I'm sharing my experience with a buyer who purchased a Milwaukee Grinder from my eBay store on December 22, 2025, and received it on December 26. On January 12, 17 days after receipt, they initiated a return claiming they "ordered by mistake".I'm con...

New Ad Attribution Rule Launches Today Jan 13th

The new attribution rule for ebay General Ad Campaigns launches today (first announced back in October). As of this posting , I see no formal Announcement on the Announcement Board reminding sellers about the change. However, as of today, ebay has ch...

How do you cover costs if you auction off an item?

Let’s say for example I list a lawn mower as an auction starting at $.99 cents, if it only sells for like $5, but shipping is like $40, how do you make money? FYI: isn’t it customary to list an item at $.99 to give everyone a fair shot? Just saying

Message to eBay - Put back the check box for sold items.

Just recently the checkbox in the left column when searching eBay has had the SOLD checkbox removed. Put that back!

High offer - buyer has 5 feedback and none recent

Received a high offer on a barbie (1K). the buyer has been on ebay for 7 yearsonly 5 feedback rec'd, none left (they haven't bought barbies)no transactions for over a yearmaking me really nervousshould I just not accept the offer and block or what?pl...

Selling

On My eBay Active listings, how do I get my new listings to show up first in my listings instead of always on the last page of my for sale items?

Sales slow for anyone else?

I know this time of year is slow, but never had it been THIS slow.

Priority campaigns

Someone please explain how if I am listing a book for 11.99 ( ~$10.00 profit) and use a priority campaign to get my book listed on a google search, at the minimum $3.00 a day xs 30 days = $90.00 a month. How is this realistic as a seller? Would I hav...