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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...

Not getting any views

I’m pretty ticked off right now. Is it just me? Searching eBay for “rare Marcrest” I only see 9 auctions for the brown daisy and dot pattern. Below that it says Using Fewer Words (fewer than 2??) and only a few more are found. A week ago I posted thi...

Selling fees charged on shipping costs result in net loss!

I just received my first direct to bank payment and noticed that eBay charged me fees that included the shipping charges. My net proceeds were $79 on an item that cost me $85 to ship. **bleep** eBay? I just lost money and the item I sold. This is **b...

No healthy upstream when trying to share to Social Media

Has anyone else had an issue with the No Healthy Upstream while trying to share listings on Social Media? I cleared my cache several times, but it continues. I contacted eBay and was told to go to incognito on my browser, but I don't want to do that ...

I do not mind the new view way. HOWEVER...

HI! However, I wish as I was listing my items I would see 1 view. I have had many, more than a dozen buy something or bid on the item as soon as I listed the item. Anyway when I saw I had a view I would keep listing as long as I could. It was kind of...

Back after 15 years/ Seller in Japan.

Hello everyone, I live in Japan and was an active power seller on eBay over 15 years ago. Recently I have decided to get back into e-commerce, mainly because of the falling price of the yen, which makes many goods here cheaper than overseas. I would ...

Does these 'promotion' charges sound right to you?

I now have 3 incidents. The first 2, customer sent message, I sent them the 12 digit number of the item they needed with instructions to input it in the 'search' box at top of the page; they did and they bought. One of them is for a 'custom' item whe...

eBay refuses to acknowledge / support charge back scam

Casual Seller for Last 15 years I recently sold my Macbook Pro on eBay through a normal auction. Sent package with tracking and signed delivery. Many weeks later, eBay informs me that the user (outside of eBay / Paypal) decided to file a charge back ...

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Resolved! Clarification on sales tax requested

I'm a novice seller - looking for confirmation that my understanding of taxes is correct. Assume an auction ends at a price of $15. The fixed rate shipping is $5. $20 so far. The buyer is in a zip+4 where EBay determines a tax rate of 10% applies. Is...

Resolved! My first attempted return scam in a while... but kept my peace of mind...

I sold a used HO gauge engine 5 weeks ago for $26, free shipping. Very precisely and honestly detailed and photographed, and fully tested on my own track, working just great. Today, 6 weeks later, the buyer requested a return, saying, "Finally got ar...

Payment on hold

Hi my item has been delivered to the buyer but my payment is on hold. Is there an easier way to get your payments faster and quicker.

shipping label

Hello i wanted to print a shipping label within the UK but it says that i am in the US, I tried to ask someone from ebay UK to phone me to help me sort this out but it keeps giving me a US ebay and I don;t know what the code is for them to ring me. H...

Buyer that leaves a LOT of negative feedback

Hello all, I have a bit of an issue. Tonight I sold a $200 lego set. As I sometimes do with a sale this large, I checked the buyers feedback ratings before I printed the shipping label. This person is a seller themselves, with many positives feedback...

what are your ebay fees ??

i looked over different topics people have posted which are similar to this, but to begin with, YES, FEES ARE HIGH, but there are more people on ebay than almost any other site so your item will have a much better chance of selling. now lots of thing...

Adding my PayPal as pay out

The ability to link a PayPal account is no longer available; however, any previously linked account remains active. If you’re unable to create or revise listings due to this update, disable the Require immediate payment with Buy lt Now option in the ...

Scammers

Be careful with someone offering to pay you twice as much as your posted sale price. There are scammers on eBay offering 2x, then they ask you to ship to another person in need with a gift card that you need to purchase. All you need to do is give th...