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No seller protection. Minimizing Ebay useage.

I buy and sell vintage radio equipment. I recently had a 50 yr old radio for sale. An interested buyer wanted to verify the power output so I measured it, and sent him the information. He purchased the item. I carefully double boxed and shipped. All ...

Turn off auto relist

I have looked up this question but all are older posts, but evidently things have changed because I cannot find an option to turn off. Thank you for any help.

Resolved! How to delete an item from feedback file when I have no intention of giving feedback

How do I delete an item from feedback expected file when I have no intention of giving feedback

Resolved! Buyer asks for my paypal email

Hey, I am a newbie on ebay. Buyer asks me to give him my paypal email. I told him he must complete payment via ebay. His answer is: "I am making payment through ebay via paypal to complete the paypal. To complete payment through ebay". I dont underst...

Resolved! Blocked buyers

I had a successful auction this evening, but after the fact I had a couple of disappointed bidders contact me through the eBay message platform and want to offer me more than the winner. I didn’t reply, I just added them to my blocked member list. I ...

Offer Policies are Stupid

So I just started listing products here very recently. Almost immediately, I got offers on 3 of my items, so of course, I got super excited and accepted. I was thinking I’m finally going to get my reselling business off the ground because I haven’t g...

Anyone other seller getting tired of buyers agreeing on a price then asking to cancel?

Hello, I’m getting just about tired of buyers agreeing to buy a product at a certain price. Then 1-3 days later asking to cancel the product. Anyone else getting tired of this? I wish eBay would protect its sellers better than this.

Resolved! Markdown Manager

Hi there. I was wondering, do I have to have an Ebay store to have markdown manager where I can take off a percentage off my items, and have it shown that I am discounting items? I used to have a store, and I could apply a discount where it shows 15-...

The fault is not in the (eBay’s) stars, but in ourselves.

(And by “ourselves” I mean the whole human condition, not any one person individually) I am constantly amazed at the number of posts that seem to think it is somehow eBay’s doing, alone, that sales suddenly tanked or rose. “Throttling” was the big fa...

Selling Fee Breakdown

Can someone please help me understand how much I am really profiting off of my items? Doing of review from January 1, 2022 unit today. My store did $7,759.24 in total sales, $386.64 collected by ebay, $1,715.95 in selling costs and its saying my net ...

CREATING A LABEL DOESN'T = "SHIPPED"

I realize that this topic has come up again and again, but don't understand why hi-tech eBay can't come up with a better system. When a seller creates a label, the item is marked "shipped", even when it hasn't. This is nonsense. I once had an item ma...

Resolved! Is a higher offer a scam

I have three paintings for 24 dollars and every one got a offer for 150, is that a scam

Resolved! eBay listing changes????

When listing an item the shipping options are way way too confusing (like about 25 different options) none of which I understand.Global shipping nowhere to be found.Return policy all jacked up. Could this be just a "glitch" or did eBay lose their min...

2021 1099-K being sent out yet?

Just curious has anyone gotten their 1099-k yet?It is the 31 and I have not yet

Throttle jobs, teaser rates, unsolicited promo offers- is this basically bribery or not?

On the rare occasion I am here, I usually just offer other sellers the hard truth about eBay's operating procedures. I don't care one iota about the corporation's censorship or selective enforcement of the rules - I just tell it how it is. However, a...