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America is about to become one giant yard sale---article

Interesting article: https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-shopping-secondhand-tariffs-recession-goodwill-ebay-2025-4 So, Rejoice, REsellers. Or not. Depending on just exactly how this plays out. The author does make some interesting points....

Promoted Offsite Results for an experienced seller of 20 years

Thought I would give my thoughts on the Promoted Offsite program. I was told by a ebay rep this would help my sales. I was sold on the idea that it would greatly increase sales and the costs would outweigh the expenses. I was hopeful but after 2 week...

Upgraded to Basic and the listing says I'll be charged .25 for an auction

I'm a bit confused, as I just upgraded my store to Basic yesterday and have over 980 listings left for the month and supposedly 250 fixed auction listings in select categories left, but it wants to charge me .25 per auction. I'm not using reserves an...

eBay’s Endless Issues: Broken AI, False Promises, and Zero Accountability

eBay’s Ongoing Failures: AI Issues, False Promises, and Zero Accountability – Enough is Enough It’s time for eBay to be held accountable. Over the past few years, eBay has become increasingly unreliable, and sellers like me—and many others—are paying...

Feedback

As a seller I used to leave positive feedback for a transaction where someone bought something from me. Just after I post positive feedback the buyer then leaves horrible negative feedback for me. The buyer waits until I post positive feedback. The b...

Buy it now, Customer must pay?????

When putting price in for Buy it Now, do you check that customer must pay at time of purchase or leave blank and give him extra time??????????????

UPS,Tacked on $1,385.28 to one shipping label , That I paid $149.57 for a total of $1,534.85 ,64lbs

I had entered all the dimensions The actual measurement was 86 inches long , so I entered 87 Inches , (see pic below)same for the other 2 numbers , length, width, and the weight , Here is what UPS did , LIED about the dimensions. I have had a store f...

Bad double standard between buyers and sellers

Not only can deadbeat buyers and bidders give sellers negs but they can also slander the seller. Ebay says that is their right. Sellers can't do that. No wonder a lot of good sellers who are also good buyers have left.

“An update on your request to close your account and delete its data“ I DID NOT MAKE REQUEST !

I don’t know what is going on.I received formal looking eBay email that I don’t know anything about.Who must have my password to make this kind of request. And why?ebay was supposed to call me back 2x but didn’t. Do get a lot of spam recently but thi...

Mixed up labels on packages

I messed up the labels on two items and they went to the wrong people. One guy is super chill about it and is going to send the item to the correct buyer. The other one is all worried about security and eBay's policy regarding this. I don't know what...

Resolved! My First 100 Days

My first 100 days of running constant multiple sales, It has been OK, Not as good as I had hoped, But under all the circumstances I will take what I can get.

Resolved! New Listing?

I see a lot of listings with "new listing" by the title.How long does that stick with a listing?

Nursery selling plants in EU

Hi, I am a legal nursery in Greece and can sell plants legally in EU. I have an account for 16 years in Ebay uk selling only in EU. EBay uk doesn't permit me any more to sell plants in EU only domestically. Does anyone know, if it's possible to make ...

Damaged Parcel

I sold an item that, because of its weight, size, and value, I entrusted to a business offering packing and shipping (by UPS Ground). Although traveling only from North Carlina to Vermont, the cost of packing, shipping, and insurance was over $700.00...