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What just happened??

I had an eBay sale! Time to celebrate! It feels like one of those events that only happens once every 150 years. Don't give up, people. You too can make 8 sales / $500 a year.

Anyone attend a seller meeting in your area? What did you think, was it helpful? Did you discover any golden tips that increased your sales? I just registered for eBay Open Sept 25 - 26 and discovered there is a seller group that meets in my area. Ch...

sold an item...sent it.....but buyer´s address is incorrect....what do i do next?

Please advise. I sold an item.I bought label on ebay and sent it. two days ago, I received the package back saying that the address of buyer is insufficient.Buyer still wants the item. What do I do so that I don´t have to pay any unnecessary fees. I ...

An odd metaphor for selling on eBay...

Okay, I had to giggle when this photo showed up in an eBay message imploring me to join the next eBay Open event:Running the eBay GauntletThe first thing I thought of was the phrase "running the gauntlet," which Wikipedia explains as, "To run the gau...

Too much money in my account "Item is out of stock"

I been selling on ebay over 20 years never ever seen this. Extra money keeps popping up in and out of my account. One item keeps going out of stock when money comes in. When item goes active money comes out of my account. Five times last 3 days. Only...

All profit eaten up in fees. How is this sustainable??

Yes, I should have researched the fees before listing and selling the item, but did not expect this! Is it the same for all sellers? Thought they would only take 15% which I thought was already extreme. Was flipping a watch with around $100 in estima...

Anyone else like the AI description feature?

Until about a week ago I had always (for 24+ years) written my item descriptions in html (the for-dummies variety). I currently have 70+ antique thingies to list of the same era and material, but each one different. This requires a different item des...

Resolved! You Need to Update Your Account Details

I have the red banner on my seller hub to update my account details.They requested a photo ID, a drivers license or government issued ID.I sent it this morning and I've gotten two emails from eBay stating:You're All Set!Thanks for providing us with t...

Anybody had any luck getting buyer to pay for refunded "lost" item that later showed as delivered?

I had a buyer in Spain win an auction item for $110, shipped via EIS (standard). After about a month he filed a case with ebay and was refunded. I went to file an insurance claim yesterday and found the shipment was marked delivered 7/24, 2 days afte...

Are vintage military field medical scalpels prohibited to ship to France?

I have eBay international shipping program "on" on my listings, but this potential buyer is not able to see his shipping cost to France. I believe knives are prohibited, but I am unsure about scalpels.

EBAY IS SUPPORTING SCAM CUSTOMER'S AS WELL AS NOT REMOVING THE NEGATIVES OF SCAM BUYERS

Multiple times i received the Negative feedback from which the selling performance got decrease and this impact on my daily sales. Most of the customer purchase the wrong parts and do not contact sellers and directly leave a bad Negative Feedback on ...

Resolved! 6 Month Store Subscription

Just trying to get a feel for how many think a 6 month store subscription would be a good idea?, I for one think it would be great, Especially during these very unpredictable times, A seller would not be locked into a full year if the going gets to b...

Selling fee doesnt seem to match posted fees

I apparently don't understand selling fees. Per Help file I thought a non-store seller of camera would be charged 13.25% of selling price. It appears I was charged 18.8%. Sold camera for $225 + shipping $21.12. Fee was $38.92 + $21.12 shipping so net...

POLICY CONTRADICTIONS

Many of you are unaware of this but:ebay pushes and promotes numerous ways to market your items, with bulk discounts, make offers, send offers, combining shipping....BUT what they do not tell you is that ebay blocks both buyers and sellers if more th...

Trying to understand selling fees. Help?

Haven't sold anything on Ebay in a long time, and just recently got back into it. I find the selling fees confusing, and pretty much deceitful. As an example, I'll use the latest low-cost item I sold. The item price was $4.99, shipping was $3.81, and...