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Where do I find if a refund was issued on a voided USPS label?

Where do I find if a refund was posted/issued on a voided USPS label? Paypal used to send an email. Ebay does not. Can't find it under refunds or under shipping labels, or under all transactions.

Question about shipping

My buyer purchased an item from me for $128. She selected First Class shipping, which does not include liability insurance. If something goes wrong in shipping, what is my responsibility for reimbursement? Thank you in advance! Mary Beth

Soft Close Auctions

Please Ebay, benefit your sellers by dong a Soft Close auction style. I can't list a low price auction because the snipers will get the item next to nothing. Not worth my time. So the few auctions I had I started with a higher price, an amount that I...

Which Ebay sites make Seller's Address publicly visible in the listings?

Recently I came across an article discussing the possibility this becomes mandatory practice across all Ebay sites following the same approach of Amazon.That is Sellers registered (and verified) address is publicly visible to anyone who visits the li...

Restrictions on World Wide Currency (that is exchangeable)

The policy was posted in another thread, and I go to read the coins policy every now and again as changes are made and I need to keep in compliance. One thing I saw that I didn't know, is that banknotes that are current and exchangeable are limited t...

Holding my money

I have an account with 600+ positive reviews yet haven't sold for a few years. I came back and have listed the 1 item I carry, a $17.95 item... one of the same ones from years ago. Now they are with holding my money for 2 weeks? For a $17.95 item? Ev...

Typing field format on Partial Refunds

elizabeth@ebay , devon@ebay Below is a pic showing what I type in the field when issuing a partial refund and then what actually gets posted for the customer to read. I don't like the fact that I create a nice note with proper spacing only to see tha...

Buyer with zero feedback just bought something

I sold an item for more than $200. I just checked and the buyer has zero feedback. I feel like I’m going to get the empty box scam. What should I do? Is there any way to send the item and still protect myself, or should I just cancel the sale? Would ...

Item Not Showing in Search?

This is the title: LOVE OF KILL Vol 1-8 English MANGA Brand New Graphic Novel Fe Josei Yen Press. The keywords I type in to search for it are: Love of Kill Manga (all keywords are in my title). Bunch of results show up but does not include my listing...

New Winter Seller Update

With the increased fees is eBay going to stop charging sellers commission on the sales tax?

Resolved! Second chance offers

Probably a newbie question but can you send second-hand offers when an auction has ended but the buyer hasn't paid? I have one that hasn't paid yet after three days, and I noticed that I seem to have that option. How does this work, exactly? - is the...

Resolved! eBay facilitating buyer fraud

Sold an iPhone, got paid, buyer said there was a problem with item. Buyer then failed to respond to two requests over the next two days for more information on what was wrong, claimed we couldn't work anything out and eBay approved a return (even tho...

A Bizarre Twist as an add-on to Sales

A friend of mine and myself always discuss different ways to be creative, more like thinking outside the box. Here is one short snapshot. He asked me, why doesn't EBAY offer down payments to own as Retail does with layaways. I mentioned that paypal h...

Resolved! Scam Buyer

I had a camera and lens in a ten day auction. Both auctions were "won" by a buyer with a 100% feedback rating. Each winning bid was almost $2000. Ebay, as usual, sent me name and address to ship to. After the close, I received two emails requesting b...

Two 1099-K / Schedule C questions...

1. Does the 1a figure on my 1099-K ("Gross amount of payment...") include the taxes and fees collected by eBay? I assume it does NOT, because on eBay account's of my 2022 report, if I subtract the "Taxes and fees" number from the "Total sales" number...