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Happy Labor Day! Now all you vintage sellers can join a Union (sort of)!

The Labor Day Holiday wouldn't exist if it weren't for Labor Unions, and for years sellers have been posting here saying "we should form a Union". Well, sorry, no...we aren't employees, so we can't join an actual Union. However, today is the official...

Resolved! SELLERS BEWARE

I listed a vintage ball cap and within minutes I started getting offers then someone bought it for full asking price. Great right? Minutes later they requested to cancel and said they bought it on accident. Ok fine, I decide to list it as auction thi...

Ebay fees are killing my business

ebay fees are killing my business I am thinking of closing my Ebay account because of the cost of sale that Ebay has example, I sold a product for 466.44 they paid me 41.44 in taxes and Ebay charged me 12.9% of that amount total fees -60.47 and -59.4...

Regarding permission for drawings

I saw on the ebay site that there is a good demand for half-naked women's pictures.Do I need to get a special permission.if I draw such pictures and sell them on the ebay site?.How do I get that permission?

Resolved! Am I being scammed?

Hi, I’m new to selling on here and had a buyer message me and say they want to pay using an echeck and need my full name, address, and email. They also provided me with their phone number and wants me to call them to “work out a deal.” It seems very ...

eBay's CEO exemplifies the problems of this insufferable and intolerable platform

I ran into an issue with a seller and, of course, eBay's support is useless and always has an excuse. I emailed the CEO at jiannone@ebay.com (this is public record) and as typical, received no response. Now, I know the CEO doesn't read all his emails...

Variation listings limited categories. Completely idiotic?

Is it just me or is limited variation listings to only 50% of possible items the most idiotic arbitrary thing you have ever heard of? I can make a variation listing of baby skincare products but not adult skincare products??? Like what is the logic b...

What happened to the sold icon?

What happened to the sold icon? Where do we go to see what items sold for. The sold icon has disappeared. It was helpful in figuring out what to list your product for, now it's gone. Any clues as to what happened.?

Can’t get description to save

I’m trying to list an item and I can’t get past “list with displayed fees”A red box appears sayinglooks like something is missing or invalidPlease fix any issues and try againwhen I put in the description and press done in the right hand side top cor...

Packing slip changes

looks like in their infinite wisdom their have been changes in the packing slip format. Previously you could print the packing slip on a half page of copy paper. It now requires a full page. May seem insignificant but definitely a waste of paper and ...

Lower Priced Items

Since eBay figures its fee based on sales price + shipping, is there a way to make lower-priced items more profitable? There have been several instances in which eBay's fee left me a profit of less than 25 cents since they included shipping in figuri...

I NEED MORE LISTINGS

AFTER SPENDING 2 MONTHS IN HOSPITAL...I AM BELOW STANDARD...I NEED MORE LISTINGS!!!!I WAITED FOR MY RE-EVALUATION...NOTHING!! I WAITED FOR A NEW MONTH(AND MORE LISTINGS) NOTHIN!!! WHAT DO I DO NOW? I AM FRUSTRADED AND UPSET....SOMEONE PLEASE HELP EBA...

Paying fees on sales tax

I just realized the 12.9% seller fee isn’t based on the selling price, but on the selling fee plus tax. Wow.

Payment on hold

My payment is on hold because they say I am a casual seller! I have met all their requirements to be paid. E bay is very difficult to deal with. They will hold your money for as long as possible. Be warned!

account temporarily locked! reset your password

Hello all For your security, we've temporarily locked your account. Please reset your password to sign in to your account. this is the message i gets when i log in one of my ebay account- a new account- just had my first sale from it.cant reset the p...