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Tracking Number spoof- does Ebay care about its sellers?

Tracking Number Spoof Does Ebay Protect the Sellers?To the Ebay Selling Community,I have been a member and seller on Ebay since July 2001. I have over 4800 sales and 99+% positive feedback.I sold a collectible vintage item in January 2021 for over $7...

Items stuck in drafts, clicking “list item” doesn’t work. Newbie here

Hi I’ve just listed my first ever four items. The first two went on smoothly with a fixed price (although one of them received a bid even if it wasn’t set as an auction...how is that?). The second two I set up as auctions, but even after I click on “...

How can I register

How can I register as a seller so I can get my payout

Resolved! non payment

Why do supposed buyers purchase an item and then never send payment? Is this some type of scam?

sending me to collections? are you kidding me ebay??

first you run me through the ringer for 3 weeks as a seller trying to get my phone number verified (finnally gave up and stopped selling on ebay because you have NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT! ) now i turn around and start getting emails that i am being sent t...

The ominous eBay "Algorithm". Fact or Fiction?

I see quite a few references to the eBay "algorithm" but I haven't seen any evidence that one actually exists. Does the algorithm exist? How does the algorithm manifest? Is the algorithm room with us right now? Ok, last question was meant to be light...

Cancelling Re-listing on Auction Item

I do not see an option to cancel the re-listing of an auction item. An old forum suggestion mentioned clicking "Sell Similar" but there is no option there. I am a new user and the item will be relisted 8 times. My only option has been to end the auct...

Here's a New One!

I sell tiny amounts of food additive chemicals (citric acid, sodium citrate, dendritic salt, etc.)... like maybe $20 - $50 worth every month and my profit is negligeable. It's just something I started that goes along with my main business. Every now ...

Why am I doing this again???

I sold 5 items last week for 92.23... eBay fees plus taxes collected were 59.17 which left me with a net of 33.06... I charged 4.90 for shipping for each item: 4.90 x 5 = 24.50.With postage backed out (33.06 - 24.50) that left me with a total of 8.56...

Resolved! Do not rely on ANY protection from Ebay if you are a seller.

Many complaints about this already. I have been using Ebay a long time and had a few problems over that time. Ebay almost always side with the buyer even when they are clearly wrong or lying. My latest was only a small amount but it was a large item ...

Resolved! What can we do about sellers selling stuff as Brand New when it's open box.

I spent several thousand dollars on Open box, never used speakers from Sony. I can't sell any because TONS of other sellers are listing the same exact ones as BRAND NEW and mine are Open Box. They are stealing sales, so many of them. When I message i...

Question

I recently uploaded a book to sell and now I can’t see where it’s at

Buyer said item wasn’t received

I sold some gold and buyer said wasn’t received but tracking said it was and signed for. They opened a case and I entered tracking and it closed. Now EBay has an open case pending and put fund on hold and won’t let me respond.

Sales Tax "Optional" a new option on invoices? I thought this was automatic?

Went to send out a few invoices today, and noticed that there was a check box now for sales tax, labeling it "optional". For the longest time, I swear this was not an option. I can't find any info on where this might of changed, but not sure what to ...

Resolved! Ugh! How to get my eBay homepage back?

I accidentally hit the flag in the upper right-hand corner of my purchases page now. I want the standard home page back. Thanks for your help. this is my default homepage. I cannot unclick it(greyed out now).