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I live in Korea and the accound is in japanese. How to change it?

I lived my whole life in Korea and I never registered the account in anywhere other than Korea. But the language is in either Japanese or English. How to fix this issue?

The cost of doing business online...

I just got a return request on a bag of Dole Plantation candy.Reason: Doesn't work or defective.No other info.As curious as I am about what exactly the problem is, how much time should I spend trying to ascertain this information from the buyer? It's...

Eating the cost of postage?

Hello. I would like to get some advice from some veteran sellers here. I recently sold an item and mailed it on 3/26/25. Per USPS Tracking it was received at the destination on 3/29/25. The buyer lives in an apartment complex and the package was put ...

Why is eBay tacking on discount coupons not authorized by me to my listed items?

Buying with card or paypal, which is better?

I have only recently started buying on ebay, and I believed a paypal account was required to do so, but obviously I can use my card, so I have been using my card. I do not understand how paypal works thus my account has gone unused. I was curious as ...

How long do you wait before posting buyer feedback?

I've just been wondering how long the average seller waits to leave buyer feedback. Is 3 days after product delivery sufficient? Or is that too small of a window to wait for a buyer to try to initiate a return or refund?

Print USPS Scan Form ANYTIME with this link

Long story short. You'll appreciate this if you have EVER wanted to print a USPS Scan Form AFTER you generated several labels and have closed that tab.Just Bookmark this link. It'll always be there for you. Hope this helps. Thanks. -Walter https://gs...

"please pack carefully"

I am seeing an uptick in these kinds of messages, anyone else? The percentage is way up since I don't sell all that much these days. One woman said I was her 3rd attempt to get an undamaged book for a gift.

Why are the responses on the Community Boards so mixed up all of a sudden?!?

For the longest time, the Community Boards have been quite easy to read -- an OP will start a thread, and others will join in, with each response being numbered in consecutive fashion (including date & time of response), making each thread relatively...

The Fee Machine

15% standard fee.5-15% Ad Promotion (ad general fee)1.65% International Buyer Fee (WHY ARE WE PENALIZED FOR THIS???) REALLY? I could go into details about how this has affected my revenue. If this global economic disaster wasn't enough? Now, we get g...