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Return request for item sold as defective, sold for parts or repair.

I recently sold a camera and it was listed with the condition being "For parts or not working". In the sellers notes, it states “Flash sticks when opening - sometimes it works, other times it does not. Lens sometimes works, other times not.” Finally,...

Why is international Registered mail inbound into the United States disappears so frequently?

Why does the international Registered mail inbound into the United States disappears so frequently? I've sent registered mail to India, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Argentina, Colombia, Ukraine even Iraq on several occasions and they all arrived, but to the ...

Converting from personal account to resale business account.

I have been a member since 1999 and for most of that time have been in business (with a resale license) and have sold some of my items here, though most are sold from my web site, email and phone calls. Since eBay started collecting sales tax it has ...

WHAT INFO WE GIVE OUT!!!!!!

I am having a big problem being a seller on ebay and them running my business. Sold an item for $1650 and ebay is holding my funds until they get a copy of my drivers license or passport. I am finding this all so illegal. Who is running MY BUSSINESS!...

58 other people’s items on my listing. I used to do very well on eBay but not now! Oh my!

I counted 58 other people’s items pictured on my listing page competing with me for the possible sale.Been selling here since 1998.Now I’m kaput. Don’t know what to do next!Washed up. I used to have a good business.You can read decades of my back fee...

Resolved! Seller performance low bc no tracking updated

Hi - I sell stamps here on eBay which means I usually send them out via letter envelope or some other shipping method that doesn’t require tracking so I can save money unfortunately ebay has taken this to mean that I don’t upload tracking to my shipm...

Buyer wants to communicate outside of Ebay email system.

A buyer made an offer that I accepted. After making the offer, the buyer requested that I communicate outside of the ebay email system. He said he had a question and asked me to text or email him at his personal number or email which would give away ...

New problem with search - not using all the entered words, returning useless results

For about a week now, my saved search notifications, which usually return 0-5 items daily are now returning 1500+ listings. I've had some of these daily saved searches for 5+ years. I went onto the desktop to try to troubleshoot to see if a category ...

Resolved! User name

I changed my user name months ago. Items that I'm selling still says sold my old user name. Any help or advice is appreciated. Thanks Eric

Anyone else having a spurt of impatient buyers?

It must be something in the air. I've had a rash of impatient buyers hounding me about when I'm going to ship despite the fact that ebay clearly provides them with delivery estimate dates based on my handling time! "Can you send me the tracking numbe...

Sidebar PopUps

How to block those annoying sidebar popups? We have tried all the adblockers and the one that does work on Chrome is AdGuard AdBlocker. You have to block the element then expand the slide bar to cover the screen.We all wish eBay would give an option ...

When will my seller defect from Nov 11, 2022 fall off my record?

I've called eBay 4 times and they keep saying it should be off, and that they will escalate it to whoever. I made mistakes when I first started selling, pretty much all under $20 eBay Standard Envelope shipping defects, and boy am I paying for it. I'...

Resolved! Why Can't eBay Calculate Shipping for Multiple Packages?

I'm selling a set of 4 wheels but there seems to be no option to calculate the shipping cost for more than one package. I tried "selling as lot" and set the quantity to 4, but it made no difference, eBay still only charges the buyer the shipping cost...

The importance of a good description - correct spelling is a start.

Recently I researched a Timex watch that had Arabic numbers. At the bottom of the watch face was the number "6" and on the left of the number was the word, "Philip" and to the right of the number was the word, "Pines". I researched and found several ...

let me share a joke with you

The account has 0 disputes and 100 positive feedback, and registered back to 2008 with eBay. During 2020 the covid-19 period, lack of managing shipping time dropped into "below standard". Now when you have the intention to bring it up for selling, th...