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Hello Everyone, We're thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new interactive series, which is set to take the place of our former "Monthly Chat with eBay Staff" program. This series is designed to bring you closer to the heart of eBay's operati...

Resolved! Iphone keeps selling over and over with no payment

I have been selling here for over 10 years, although this is the first phone I have tried to sell. It sold 5 times! 4 times payment was not made, 4th time buyer paid but didn't mean to buy it. After he received it he claimed it was defective when in ...

Strange buyer

Anyone every have a buyer who was bidding and top bid at that, but then send a message about wanting to buy the item higher then the bid? Only to follow with forget it I’m not interested? But they are still high bid… so do I try ti have him removed a...

Selling My hobby collections or personal items (LLC/Tax question)?

I've been collecting sports cards as well as vintage items for over 20 years. I've decided to start selling on eBay, if possible but the new tax law implementations make things too cloudy for me (when tax reporting time comes..)...I have between 300 ...

Scammed By Buyer

Sold my 1200 dollar computer for 400 dollars as it was a few years old and pre owned, I figured 33% of the value that's not bad. After the deal was done I ended up with 330 dollars because of shipping and taxes. This wasn't great but I thought whatev...

ebay fees

ebay has increased their fees since beg. of the year. The 30c plus 13.2% depending on the price, means you paying 14% or so. Most notorious is doubling the 3% musical instruments cat. to 6%, a 100% increase, mostly invisible to most members who don't...

Buyer wants me to contact them thru email before they purchase

Buyer selected 2 of my items so I found out how to send them an invoice to give them a discount on the shipping fees. I sent it & now the buyer messaged me to email them with a question before they send payment . eBay tells me not to respond. Why??

Resolved! for all those who did not pass the verification process, here is what I went through

the Ebay username ciscuitmcbiscuit was never reinstated after I failed their verification process. Once they cut ties with you, that is it, it is final. Also, Ebay still owes me money which they claim I have to go through an escheatment process--- it...

Please explain to me..............

Why I had a Michael Jordan RC reprint removed from eBay for the reason that reprints are not allowed but 11 Wayne Gretzky RC reprints sold in March & there is 7 active listings for the same Gretzky card?! Absolute nonsense! Especially when you advert...

treating sellers like crap does have a down side....

ACCORDING TO FNC 05-05-2022Ebay shares fall on quarterly loss, lowered outlook, and shares fell in extended trading by 6% . Ebay's gross merchandise volume fell 20% to $19.4 billion. treats sellers like qwap, ALWAYS SIDES WITH BUYERS.....allows buyer...

Resolved! Sold item for too low of price, suggestions?

I sold an item yesterday evening at $0.99 free shipping.. it will cost about $4 to ship. What would be the most professional method canceling the order? Should I ask that the buyer cancels or should I do so myself?

Selling gay erotica ebay fiscriminates

I list various gay magazines no nudity on cover and ebay removes them. No ryme nor teason. Yet they allow late penthouse snd playboyd whose inside pics violate ebay ridiculous policy.so what gives here gay discrimination i would say.

fees paid

where are the totals I was charged for my selling fees?

New eBay Search Results?

I noticed starting about a week ago that the eBay search results are behaving very differently than normal, especially when searching for something very specific. For example, when you search for a specific model of watch, say "New Emporio Armani AR1...

Seller Chargeback-are sellers now 'covered' under 'seller protection'?

Got a chargeback for reason of 'does not recognize' and was told in the message 'don't worry, we gave them all the information and you are covered by seller protection (was a $70 item) Is this new? Anyone seen the end result of this?

Thanking the community

I am a new seller and had a question on how to know when I have a buyer. I did not get criticized for my "ignorance", I just got good advice . I just wanted to thank all you guys who took the time to help me. It is nice to know I can count on the com...