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Seller Initiated Offer automation

Every day, eBay sellers send targeted offers to reach interested buyers and drive more sales. To make this process even easier, some sellers choose to automate their offers, helping them engage buyers faster and save time. We want to provide some cla...

Old School Bookkeeping for tax filing

Almost tax filing time. Like the majority of sellers I have my eBay business financial info stored online. However, I take the time to make printed copies of my monthly eBay financial statements. Just in case. I don't bother printing them every month...

Contacting a live person at eBay

Does anyone know how to contact a real person at eBay. I am being unfairly charged a $50 fee for a refund a seller asked for. I have been on the eBay website for hours and despite it saying you can be connected to a live agent the automated service t...

Someone please make me understand. All sellers should read this.

Customer makes purchase. I ship the next day using eBay standard envelope. After ten days item has not delivered customers opens up a case. I ask for a few days as mail has been slow during the holidays and he said no. So I refunded him to close the ...

Multiple Dropdown Choices

I run several of my auctions with variations of the same product that my customers choose the style that they want. I'm now trying to figure out how to add a second dropdown for my listings. Once they pick the main item that they want, I am now going...

eBay winter storm seller protection is a lie

Buyer left negative feedback for FOUR items that were packaged in the same box. USPS DELAYED THE ITEM BECAUSE OF THE WINTER STORM & EBAY REFUSES TO REMOVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK DUE TO THIS DELAY, WHICH IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF EBAYS SELLER PROTECTION POL...

Resolved! A buyer is requesting a sales link

Hello and thanks in advance for the help! I have a buyer that is interested in buying two pairs of shoes but is requesting a "sales link". Does he mean invoice? He has not purchased anything yet but wants to bundle the shipping together of these two ...

eBay doesn't hide listings. That's just absurd.

Of course eBay doesn't HIDE Listings. That's just absurd.To prove this: I listed 40 car parts on the 16th (yesterday). All off of a Mercedes C240I searched the words Mercedes C240 in auto parts and accesseries.I filtered to Used.I then sorted Time Li...

How do you spot scammers?

Not wanting to give too much case specific info, I thought it would be interesting to start a thread about some obvious things that lots of scammers seem to say/do. The most obvious (but no longer applicable) was when they went to Paypal to get a ref...

Getting "Shipment Overdue" notifications on my phone, although everything has been shipped?

Hello fellow sellers!I dispatch everything same/next day and have done for ages. Everything is ticked as "shipped" at that time.Today I received two notifications about orders that said "Shipment Overdue", but when I clicked on them, the orders were,...

Sterling Silver vintage pair Mexican signed hallmarked pins WHY need Authenticity Guarantee?

There are no grey areas like how much are the diamonds worth, how big are the diamonds or what karat is the gold? Here with my pair of sterling silver pins it’s straight out factual that I am offering these 2 pins, no doubt about it.Ok I’m asking $75...

Resolved! Emails

Is there a way to stop getting the emails that ebay sends when something is relisted?

On eBay, Anyone Can Unfairly Lose Their Store Without Receiving Help

My ideal store was unfairly closed. Support refuses to assist or investigate the issue. They falsely claim to have thoroughly reviewed my store. I don't know where to turn for help. My store was unfairly closed for this reason:One buyer made a mistak...

Why are the Suggested Item Specifics Popping Up Again?

SOOOOOO, ANNOYING!!! Yes, I've already said don't sent me any further recommendations on them all. Is it because of the pending facebook marketplace linkage? Thoughts?

Advice needed: large set of Oneida stainless flatware

I bought a bought of flatware this week and was surprised when looking up the comps on this pattern on eBay. The sold prices are pretty high - a single 5 piece set (2 spoons, 2 forks, knife) can go for $50 to $85, judging from recent sales. I'm not s...

eBay just restricted my account

I finally made a decent sale (around $500) I sold a bunch of cymbals I'd collected over the years. I was fired in August for being .. different. And no one will hire me. I'm struggling to not loose everything and now they say they need receipts from ...