Selling

Forum Posts

Sorted by:

Re: eBay is "broken"

Like many of you, I saw a dramatic drop in sales/impressions/views around May. At the beginning of this month, I decided to run a little experiment. I decided to do something crazy; I doubled my daily listing habit. That's right, I started working tw...

Indefinite suspension from selling

Hello, This is my first post I haven't been selling on ebay very long now just a few months. I've sold over 30 items and over a 1000 all together. One item I sold was a mens trim that was 20 dollars. USPS sent the item to the wrong part of the countr...

Auction Bidding

Can someone bid the starting price in an auction and win?

I am amazed, a little shocked, but Ebay came through, Some hope has been restored

Last night I was a little miffed. I had a buyer that tried to scam me out of $100.00. He had bought an RC airplane I had for sale. He started return procedures on it, saying it was broken when he got it. I knew I sent him a working one, but If he wan...

communication rating

My communication rating stuck at 4.7.Never changesAnybody know why this rating lowered at the first place and how to get it up to 5.0?I have no negative or neutral feedback from buyers.I always send buyer a message and said thank you for their purcha...

Buyer left nasty eBay feedback after demanding a differnent product be shipped !

Buyer immediately contacted me at winning auction and demanded a totally different plant product! Buyer then posted: SCAM NOT ACTUAL DAYLILLY PROPS ITS PIECES OF ROOTS THAT DONT MAKE NEW PLANTS BEWARE ALMOST ALL LISTINGS ARE A SCAM " this also impact...

Help identifying this metal figurine please

Hi I need help identifying this figurine I just got an estate sale. It’s 5 inches tall, a green cast, looks like it could be Spelter metal.It is a figure of a person with long robes, with a very long long hood, with a wreath around the head. The pers...

I had a buyer that I sold something to want to return it because he said the item didnt work.

i had to do a refund for a defective item and i was paid about $77 and i only got 67 because takes there fees. So my question even though I made a refund and I didnt make any money out of this item ebay still gets there percentage of the sale even th...

ebay Motors Parts and Accessories Sellers ----Question

I know we have some P&A sellers posting here. I am not one. I am a small seller of single quantity, long tail items, only a handful of which qualify as P&A (repair manuals). But I'm curious. the current CEO has made a big deal out of his Verticals St...

sending a PDF file thru ebay.

Is it possible to send a PDF file thru messages? My inventory list for a collection I am selling is in a PDF file and I cannot attach it thru pictures. Is there any way to send it to a potential buyer?ThanksPipeye

Can't Add Promoted Listings Express For Auctions: "Internal Application Error"

So I'm trying to experiment with Promoted Listings Express (for auctions) and cannot edit the majority of my listings. I get the dreaded "Internal Application Error: please try again after some time" message. eBay seems to have trouble accepting my s...

Buyer scam?

I had an auction of Bratz dolls bid up and sell for approximately $85. At first I thought “cool”. Then the buyer with zero feedback said that she is having trouble paying for the item, and can I relist the item for a buy it now price the same as what...

sales tax

I have not sold on ebay for awhile now but today I need to send an invoice to a customer and it has Sales Tax Optional and Tax is Applicable to shipping. Do I check the box or just leave it. I thought Ebay automatically charged for taxes.

Resolved! How can I know that my account is ready for selling ?

I created my account an year ago. I just want to know that when I will able to start selling on Ebay.

How Did This Happen?

This an alert to others and a question.Sold an item on another ID - the listing shows it sold for $20 - But the SOLD message from Ebay says it sold for only $1 - I did receive payment and it was for $1 plus shipping which tells me that the buyer did ...