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Impact of a negative feedback is terrible,destructive and disapointing.

The formula is unjust ,cruel and .... It needs to be softened.The person who imposed this premature formula- had no knowlege of mathmatics and he could not come with a better solution.It affects all of us. I am sure ebay does notwant to see its Top R...

USPS Tracking Error - Msg: DELIVERED INDIVIDUAL PICKED UP AT USPS

I noticed today that several of my packages dropped off at the Post Office have the message "DELIVERED INDIVIDUAL PICKED UP AT USPS". Initially, I thought it was only one package and some kind of USPS error specific to my package. However, I have che...

INR refunds and subsequent USPS delivery - how are Sellers protected ?

I have FIVE (5) packages (to different buyers) mailed via USPS at the same time (at the counter) on 11/28/23 that are stuck in a 500,000 package backlog in the at the USPS Richmond VA Mail Processing Center. They are not lost. Questions – a: If I giv...

last minute Xmas buying

Despite lagging auction sales I decided to list auctions anyway and bids are OK. [I am in desperate need of cleaning house and have little space to store everything in my Store}. I checked and ebay mostly says latest predicted delivery just after Xma...

BELOW STANDARD RUT IM STUCK IN IT AND CANT SELL NOTHING. HELP!

I have been in the below standard for months and I cant get nothing to sell. I've tried al most everything someone help me out please. I tried to get the one defect removed and all I can get from it is a bunch of foreigners on the phone that don't se...

Advice Needed on VeRO (false claim)

I listed a set of sitting elves with the following title, "Pair of Elf Shelf Sitters Cute Plush Elves Heavy Bottom Bells on Toe and Hat New". These are made by a company called JWM for Hallmark. They are new with tag. Here is the description I includ...

WHY DID EBAY TURN AUTO-PAY BACK ON???????

I just got a message from a Buyer that they noticed Auto-pay was turned on late last night when they tried to bid on one of my auctions ... WHAT????? I turned that OFF the day it was added to my account. I just checked and sure enough, eBay turned it...

I disagree

It doesn't seem fair to me that they sent a product in good condition and they returned the damaged product to me and they still refunded the money in full and I feel that with a damaged piece and without the money I am losing and with that I am not ...

I'm sick of Feedback

Today I get a negative for a pyrex dish. Guy says it's not 10" in circumference? It's 10 in Diameter. Then he says " Not deep. Nowhere in my auction does it say deep. The picture shows it's not deep. He never contacted me. I would have given a refund...

A strategy used by some low ballers...

I've noticed this in collectables. You get one offer for one item that might be a little low, but you're still making money and maybe it's something you want to get rid of, so you agree to the offer. They purchase, and don't pay, because they want to...

Blocking brand new buyer accounts

I'm getting a ton of fraud buyers, who at the last minute, win an auction, then never pay. I've adjusted settings to block buyers with 2 or more unpaid items, but it's not stopping them.I'd love to set up a block accounts that had zero reviews and we...

Resolved! 2022 Tax form 1099K

I got a 1099K from which include "Total Sales" with all state/ sales tax collected by eBay, refunds / returns and eBay seller fees plus the ad fees on 1099K . How I can deduct those on my return >??????? I can understand that we can deduct shipping a...

eBay Message "Our Server Is down"

Anyone else receive this message this morning? I printed shipping labels and tried to return to my Seller Hub when the message appeared: It's Not You, It's Us Our server is down ..... No eBay just "service unavailable" on white screen when making sev...

Resolved! False Not As Described case. Lost item and money. Recourse? eBay CS provided misleading info

I have been selling and buying on eBay for 21 years. Mostly good experiences, but a decline in recent years.Ebay return policies seem to enable unethical behavior by some buyers, and customer service used to be able to mediate and solve issues, while...

Resolved! Ebay fees closer to 30% than 12.9%

Just sold an item for $16, calculated shipping was $16 and sales tax was what it was. The Ebay fees were 30% of the item price of $16. My ebay fees came to 29.5% of the original $15.99 which was around $4.75 We need a new seller platform that people ...