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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...

1099K LIMITS

I AM CONFUSED.I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT THE THESHOLD FOR THE 1099-K.SOME PEOPLE TELL ME $600 ANS OTHER TELL ME $5000 FOR 2025.DOES ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE.THANKS

USPS lost package, I refunded buyer, USPS delivered package, then...

I have had many situations where USPS loses a package I send, search request yields nothing, I refund the customer, then the item magically gets delivered. Every buyer has been honest and re-paid for or returned the item back to me at my dime. Recent...

Pokémon Card selling. Hobby or Business.

I been collecting Pokémon cards since 1999 and have never gotten ride of any cards. I probably have over a million cards. I decided that I just have too many. I want to start selling them on eBay. Would selling them be a hobby or business. I've consi...

HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON

I HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY BOTH HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON. IN LAKE PLACID FLORIDA WE WERE SKIPPED BY FEMA TO REVIEW DAMAGES. BECAUSE OF SHIPPING ISSUES, MY ABOVE STANDARD RATING WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO BELOW STANDARD RATING. HOW DO I GET THIS REVIEWED AN...

Resolved! Making Buyers Nervous

I just had one of the oddest exchanges with a really nice buyer. I sold her a designer toy that I made a nice little profit on despite it being under retail with my current promo. She sent me a message to confirm that it was legit with a link to the ...

scam address

I sold a 360 camera. After researching the eBay forum site, I found that the address has a story. I did contact an eBay representative who advised me not to send a camera and to cancel the transaction. It's what I did. After that, I received negative...

I have the contrary of a situation described here often I can't sell to a country I didn't block!

Hello, A member from Israel contacted me asking why I blocked shipping to their country. I checked my eBay shipping settings and confirmed that, in the Near East region, I have only blocked Lebanon and Iraq. Israel is not listed in my exclusions. The...

Selling of broken tv

I have to sell my Philips Roku tv 32 inches. It tv screen is broken but not from outside. When I switch it on its display is broken. The tv is just 10 days old. Please let me know if I can sell it for its parts.

Ebay slow down for Holiday season

any one exprieince slow down, I have worst sales in 10 years, please let me know what you thing is going on, I think ebay stop promoting, helping only sales pay more for promtions...................

Resolved! Blocked buyer opened a new account and made a purchase.

I had a buyer email me and ask if I accept offers on a cheap $20 item. I looked at current listings. Mine was pretty much around the cheapest one listed. But I replied with an off of $1 off. He answered with, "can I pay you $15, but not through eBay?...

2025 Trends Per Pinterest ---Some sellers might want to take note

I know many of us here do NOT source based on "trends", but some do, and others might discover that they already have some items that fall into one of these trends....so, for those who might see value in this sort of thing (and recognizing that trend...

Resolved! Now I understand why some of you take December off...

It's only the 13th, and already I've gotten one chargeback from someone who "doesn't recognize the transaction". This is not a new user, but an infrequent buyer with only 6 feedback. I also have one INR currently open. The tracking clearly shows it w...

Resolved! Had an auction, buyer hasn't paid...

Had an auction that ended 24 hours ago. The buyer hasn't paid yet, I sent a reminder today. How long do I need to wait? Can I cancel and offer it to the second place bidder? I've been selling a long time and this has never happened to me before. TY.

Does this sound right? 33.3% of sales goes to ebay fees?

My last 5 sales totaled $507.91 (including shipping) but my take home total is $309.21 after shipping and ebay fees. My total shipping costs were $29.15. That leaves $169.55 (33.3%) paid in ebay fees (promoted listings average 10% plus final value fe...