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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...

ITEM SPECIFICS

Just fought my way thru more "required" specifics. Forced to indicate to buyers that the "blue glass" in the title is now identified an inch or so away as 'blue'. And this insanity is repeated over and over. A new one today: had to indicate length of...

Resolved! Cons

Hi everyone I'm brand new at this with eBay. How come I keep getting phony bids and the cons that say throw in $500 and I'll pay you back and you know that's a con. How can I determine if legitimate bid is given thanks for helpful

Negative Feedback

Looking for an explanation to help me in the future. I sold an item (22-08342-32607) and I missed labeled it..my fault. I apologized to the buyer within 15 min. of getting his email, accepted full blame, explained the circumstances, gave him positive...

Where are my scheduled reports?

Like a lot of other sellers, I am dumbfounded by eBay's 90-day data retention for past sales. In the past, I could use PayPal's records to do my annual review for taxes and planning, but with Managed Payments I am now completely at the mercy of eBay ...

how to get good sales without auctions?

I took myself off "vacation" here and on Amazon because I feel up to it after surgery. I have help to get the packages to the P.O. Due to weight restrictions unless I can find light items, auctions are off the table for the next few weeks. Books/AV =...

Risk negative feedback by waiting on Packlink investigation on lost item?

Looks like Inpost have lost another of my parcels. As with the usual process, Packlink are taking several weeks to investigate the location of the parcel of which I expect them to tell me its lost. In the meantime, my buyer is understandably chasing ...

Extra Time to pay. Scam?

Is this a scam?I am inexperienced. I am not making a business of this, but I just want the stuff to go to someone who appreciates it. I priced this low enough to sell quickly and wash my hands of it. I fear that responding to this winning bidder (mes...

Sales & fees totals for the year.

How can I get annual totals of sales and fees?

Reporting eBay Income For Tax Purposes

Personally, am no longer a seller, but here's just one thought from a seller's perspective: If every seller who claims they have plans on leaving because of their outrage about reporting eBay income does actually leave, doesn't that mean less competi...

Resolved! About Sales Improvement.

How do I increase my sales? I posted the listings. Many buyers have seen my listings. But buyers do not buy from me. My seller rate is Above Standard. I do not know the reason for my decline in sales. Can you give me solutions to increase my sales?

online label record

One of my family's eBay accounts prints out an "Online Label Record" on a half page with the shipping label. My other family account doesn't. How can I "turn on" that feature on the second account?

How has the "Buyer" changed in your world this year? Trends or Economics?

This year has presented some unique challenges, but ones that could pose either a benefit or a drawback. Many Americans have been awarded financial stimulus packages, which could be used for...Stimulating the economy, or to be squirreled away for the...

refund the seller

Hello I sold and sent one item which was quite late arriving at the indicated address. After a while the customer opened the request and the percentage of items was still not there I refund his money. About ten days later, I received information that...

Limiting Variations to Certain Categories Limits My Sales, Does a Disservice to Users

I sell pieces of things ... games, building sets, etc. There's no money it, but it helps people. Today, I tried to create a listing in the Toys->Building Sets->Pieces (not the real name, but close) category, and found that I can't use variations ther...