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eBay Global Shipping Program

Hi all,Has anyone had difficulty with the Global Shipping program? I have never had success with any sales purchased by a non-US buyer. In the last week, I've had 2 buyers win their auctions, the items were off auction for 5 days waiting for them to ...

Where can I find Questions that I Answered on a particular listing?

Hi, I've been contacted by the same buyer twice in two days asking the same question. I have a record of my answer in my "sent" messages for both answers, but I'm not seeing either question or either answer anywhere on the listing, nor am I seeing a ...

Resolved! Recovering deleted listings which were in my draft folder.

How do I recover deleted listings which were in my draft folder. They expired before I could list them and E-bay automatically deleted them. Help!! Thank you.

eBay Customer Service Rep appears to have Manipulated a Chat Transcript

I've spent hours today trying to get answers from eBay about Payment holds. After discovering they hide the 48-hour hold they place on your Payouts after you add a new debit card (I cover this in another post), I told the chat rep I was going to file...

Scamming My Soap Box

Over the last months I read numerous feeds where people were scammed. It appears to be more prevalent than years past. Some of the issues roll back to the sellers for not reading policies and a lot are the actual scammers themselves. So, what happens...

Gotta love those dumb buyers

Last month we bought and then resold two item off ebay for customers of our real store. The guy wanted a record that he couldn't find on ebay, the other a book also 'not' on ebay. Found both on ebay within minute. Why couldn't they find them? After a...

Buyer repeatedly tried to extort a discount then falsely said item not as described for refund

Watch out. They first tried to get me to sell the item as soon as it was listed (literally within 10 minutes of posting) for way less than it was worth based on previous sales for a similar item. Repeatedly attempted to offer a low figure than gave a...

Is it possible to charge all seller fees to a credit card and not have them deducted from payouts?

It's really difficult to balance our books the way eBay handles payouts. I get that they want to be sure they are paid, but automatically deducting selling fees from payouts makes it hard to balance those payouts with our internal orders in NetSuite....

USPS Label lost in transit

We took a large package which had to be shipped Ground by USPS. The clerk measured, weighted and, we assume, affixed the label purchased. It arrived at its destination with no label, and the buyer was required to pay additional postage of $210.00 to ...

Buyer left a false negative (confirmed)!

This is a follow-up from my previous post. I emailed eBay to have the negative feedback removed, but no luck as others said eBay is on the buyer's side. During this event, I contacted the buyer to request a picture of the incorrect item that was sen...

Buyer claimed item did not arrive in time, was refunded and also kept item

I am new to Ebay selling, and I have an unpleasant problem.I sold a quite costly and rare laptop for a more-than-reasonable price.Bulky, heavy 19-inch screen item - but buyer demanded I send it by Royal Mail with a cheap option of 6.98 GBP as "he did...

Getting a category listing error on my first listing on ebay

I have recently been onboarded on Ebay as a seller and trying to list my first item, but am getting this error:"To maintain a safe trading environment, eBay places limits on the number of categories sellers can list in. Currently, you do not have req...

Tax Deduction for Mileage driven for 2022

Just an FYI for those using a mileage deduction on your tax return for 2022. The IRS allows the following mileage deduction for using a personal vehicle for business purposes: January 1 through June 30, 2022 = 58.5 cents per mileJuly 1 through Decemb...

Resolved! Similary listings on your listings.

Someone recently told me that the Description on listings are rarely read. I describe my items as best I can with as much detail as I can, so I was surprised to hear this - mostly because when I buy on Ebay I want a detailed description. I went to lo...

Historic and old Stamps Albums

I have stamps Album that I collected them since i was a child, 45 years ago. It is a group of different stamps for different countries and dates. I want to sell this Album but i need to know how can I evaluate it or how can I determine prices