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How do i get my account re-established. I have tried everything.... account restriction?

I was a seller a year ago, and have not used my account for a while. Tried to sell, and account is restricted. I have tried to contact Ebay, and there are no emails confirming how to restore. Does anyone have a contact source so i can get this resolv...

Re: ASK ME ABOUT: Product Research (formerly known as Terapeak)

Hi elizabeth@ebay, Regarding this reply that you forwarded from a Product Research team in the original thread under the title above: There are a couple of ways you can refine your search to only get a more exact match to what you are looking for. On...

How to deal with this tricky situation: fund was frozen, if refund buyer-it has to be my own pocket

So here is the tricky thing that I just experienced, eBay restricted my account as soon as the payout was initiated, apparently I can't get my fund, given the fact that i had spent $300 on shipping fees from my own cc. I had uploaded all the document...

FAKE EBAY BUYER RATINGS!!!! SCAMMERS

I recently ran across a buyer with a high rating, but all of their comments were the same. I am a Data Scientist, and one of the jobs I do every day is find patterns and trends. Not only did this person have 400 positive comments, but over 75% of the...

What happens if the buyer does not ship the item back?

What happens if the buyer opens an "item not as described" case and don't ship it back? What can I do as a seller? Will i be reimbursed? Will ebay side with me or is the case already settled by then? I hear a lot about aellers who get scammed and say...

Negative feedback from buyer

I've sold on ebay for 14 years and this is my first time receiving negative feedback...I have worked hard for 100%. Recently a returning customer purchased an item, left glowing comments but pushed negative feedback. She has purchased many items in p...

About to get a second negative in less then a year . Will the AI protect me?

First, selling on ebay for 25 years and I had a handful on negatives, maybe three. Got a recent negative from a buyer from France saying my item was fake. It was not. AI denied my request to remove it. Today, an email from buyer saying she is unhappy...

Hi, I send the refund before the shipping back from buyer return.

First time as a seller, I think this is my third return, I just found a scam practice breach, leading to type practice fraud maybe. On one of my last selling, I supposed to hold the buyer refund & check the item before. Maybe I was out of my mind but...

Selling small volume of goods - question on Cost of Goods and what I need to keep track of for taxes

I am a retired individual and am slowly selling items I have around the house to cut down on a lifetime of stuff. I am not sure what I need to keep track of to help offset any earned income. I get that if I were to pick up an item to resell, I should...

NO SALES - PERIOD

This attempt at some sort of PR by eBay is **bleep**. There aren't technical issues, selling issues, product issues.Something is wrong....dead wrong. I'm a $50k - 100k seller and have been since 2015. I usually process 10 - 20 orders a week and often...

Resolved! Terrapeak...

"TERRAPEAK" sounds better and cooler than "PRODUCT RESEARCH"... Prove me wrong! lol

Resolved! Sold a digital code to someone using the GSP

Ive never run into this situation before. I sold a digital code for a video game. This is usually no problem as i mark it shipped and message them. But now ebay has a step in this transaction and i have to send it to them. Should i ask the buyer if t...

Negative feedback

I have been given negative feedback by a seller who didn't wait for me to resolve the issue. They gave me negative feedback mid conversation and opened up a case against me. eBay resolved the case in my favour but also issued the buyer a refund at no...

Winning bidders ghosting or refusing to pay

I have a compact Canon digital camera listed for sale at auction. This is currently the third auction for this same item.The first time, the winning bidder ghosted me, EBay cancelled the sale after 4 days and I relisted the camera. There was only one...

Problems with a buyer

Hello everyone, I am a newish seller here and unfortunately I've already had an issue arise with a buyer. It started out when she bought 3 of my items dirt cheap and then started complaining about the shipping cost. I did the best I could on it and I...