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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

Received an offer, want to accept it but my gut says no.

I have an item listed for $225, and I'm running a storewide sale that drops the price to $176. I received an offer for $75. I considered taking it for a few reasons, mostly because of lack of sales. In the offer, ebay actually mentioned the buyer has...

Advice for safely selling high end expensive jewelry piece

I've been selling for years so I know the ropes, but I think the biggest/most expensive item I ever sold was only about 4 grand and that one scared the hell out of me. I've also heard horror stories about people selling jewelry and getting scammed. I...

Things I say in my head...

There are all sorts of things that pop into my head that I cannot figure out how to make sound cute, and not be rude. (I had written a list, but I del'ed it) Some of you may be able figure out what they were. I really admire the folks who can say "th...

Similar Sponsored Items Glitch?

As a buyer, when looking at similar sponsored items and looking for free shipping, I may not click on the ones that show (+ shipping), but when you click on them, they show free shipping.eBay needs to fix that, so they don't discourage my buyers from...

ebay is defective

i have twice received defects when they weren't warranted. the latest was for late shipment. item was sold sun. jan. 1st. i mailed the item mon. the 2nd. the post office was CLOSED as part of their 3 day holiday weekend. item was postmarked the 3rd o...

New Seller Scam?

Purchased an item from an account with 5000+ reviews, almost 100% feedback. And of course right after I notice origin country as China. I look at their feedback and it’s mostly bullsh*t electronics and nothing in the realm of what I just purchased. I...

Resolved! social media

How to improve my selling use social media. what is the best flat form

Technical Problem

I'm trying to send an offer to a customer, and I keep getting an Error Code 5533. Any ideas?

MASSIVE INCREASE IN INADS

I have seen such a huge increase in returns, specifically INADs, where there has been nothing at all wrong with the item, and I have been forced to accept the return... one where I know darn well the item was not ripped when I sent it, but I had a dr...

Easter followed by tax deadline That's a sales killer.

Haven't sold hardly a thing since Easter of any neat old stuff. Buyers must be financially wiped out. I'm hoping they get wise and the economy starts to boom. Good time for bargain hunters.

Why can I bid on my own item?!

I listed this item a few days back and wanted to check the bids. When I logged in today, I see I can bid on my own item (!) If I click "Place bid", I do see the pop-up to enter my bid. I thought this was illegal. What the heck is going on?

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eBay is and always will be a buyers market

I love reading these posts, year after year nothing ever changes. eBay will always cater to the lowlife scamming buyers. Keep on creating those fake accounts, god forbid eBay would put a credit card verification in place for us.Oh no that’s too much ...

Resolved! Selling

Question. Recently I had someone from Germany inquiring about purchasing a rare niche hand forged kitchen item and then proceeded to give me an address in New York with two names attached to address. They then sent another address formatted different...

Tiny url????

eBay won’t list my item because of a tiny url. I don’t even know what that is??? Help!

eBay doesn't want you to have results when searching lowest price

This could be why some people have no traffic and sales. It is happening right now, try for yourself. I'm looking for a deal on 4GB DDR4 desktop memory, so searching with these words: Lot 4GB DDR4 Changed from best match to price+shipping lowest. The...