Seller News: May 2025
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Can't buy from UK sellers anymore
I used to be able to buy from UK sellers and didn't have that problem until yesterday, all of the sudden the US is now dropped from the global shipping program on most listings, is anybody else having problems with that? And it's only effecting UK li...
Ever have buyers want to keep item and not return and they expect a full refund? This may be why.
Besides selling on eBay I also buy on eBay. I also shop on other sites. If you don't shop "A" you may not be aware that for some items when you go to return them on "A", "A" offers you a full refund and you can keep the item. The seller "eats it", an...
Buyers getting errors when trying to purchase my items.
I listed several items to sell last week. Three of them sold without an issue but now two of my remaining items are having problems. I have buyers reporting that they see an error stating “item currently unavailable” when they try to buy it. I’ve gon...
2nd Apple Watch ordered with an activation lock
I have bought 2 apple watches now that have had activation locks. I returned the first one. Before the 2nd was shipped, I asked the seller to make sure the watch was unlocked. She assured me it was. When I received it, I got to the same message that ...
Yanwen tracking
Hi, I bought something from China and the seller added tracking number. They chose Yanwen. It still shows the same status which is added tracking number. I asked the seller about this and he said there will be another tracking number once they send t...
Change in customers geographic distribution
Hi, has anybody saw changes in customers geographic distribution?My customer are mostly from the USA until last month.From May of this year, I saw a significant reduce in USA customers, in their place, I saw many more customers elsewhere (Europe, Aus...
International shipping
I am a fairly new EBay seller. I recall that EBay started program in last few months that said we are automatically opted into international shipping (I think) and EBay takes care of the additional costs for shipping (seller just ships to US hub). Ho...
