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Photos not uploading?

Was in the middle of listing items yesterday, no problems, then the photo would not upload all the way. says 100% but the photo never comes thru. I've tried several photos with the same result including ones from listing that are already active with ...

Account Permanently Suspended Without Explanation

I created my first eBay account 10 days ago and listed some clothing and a couple text books. In the first few days I got buyers that attempted to buy two of my listed items but were blocked because they were flagged as suspicious buyers that may be ...

eBay assisted scammer in chargeback on Macbook Pro shipped before delivery?!

I recently sold a Macbook Pro and was stupid enough to accept a buyer from Russia. I shipped off the package and 2 days after shipping the buyer filed a claim with ebay. I provided tracking number and picture of receipts and ebay immediately closed t...

Sellers beware!

Just received a statement in an email from eBay rep that "Re-listing an item and lowering the price over and over to try and get rid of it is in violation of our listing practices policy. "Did anyone else know about this policy?

Buyer claims they "did not recognize the transaction" 4 months later

The buyer username conveniently waited 4 months after the sale to open a CC chargeback and claimed, " did not recognize the transaction." 4 months because this scammer knows USPS deletes info after 120 days and Ebay deletes info after 90 days. Mind y...

Resolved! [HELP] What is "settlement date" in 1099K monthly details

Hi, I need some help with Ebay 1099K form. I have my own record of every sale based on sold date. Paypal's 1099k matches my record perfectly in previous years. Ebay's 1099k looks a lot different from my own record. After looking into Ebay 1099k detai...

Shipping to Russia or Ukraine?

I blocked both these countries some time ago. Media reports the invasion started a short time ago. Our stock market is getting hammered and Oil is $100.00 a barrel. Anybody on ebay still selling to these two countries?

Ebay asking for SS or TIN number

I'm just a small seller who just sells stuff out of my own closet. Ebay wants my SS or TIN number since my sales just exceeded $600. Since I'm self employed, I have a TIN number with a DBA. Can I use my TIN number to get my 1099 form? Or will ebay th...

ebay phone & chat support not available anymore?

Help & Contact pages all normal except when you get to the point of it all to have them call you there's no option anymore. So I opened the chat & typed in AGENT. All I was offered was to email them. No chat & no phone. Have they done away with phone...

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Resolved! Final Value Fee for the sale of a corded phone

As we look at final value fee categories we don't see phones. Not cell phone but corded phones for home phones. Is it to be assumed the fee is 10% since the item does not match other categories. Thanks.

Relist problem

Last 3 days ebay Unsold listing page not working on my eBay account. I wanna list and sell item. My account activity proper but unsold listing page not responding. Can you check if any technical problem. Please help me my business going down for this...

Follow up to buyer selecting local pickup and not paying the shipping cost Mi. - Ca.

Need advice from experienced sellers. I posted about this on the 23rd. (link below) Quick recap.Buyer won auction Thursday the 19th. The listing had 2 shipping methods and local pickup.Buyer paid Sat. the 21st late in the day, but only paid the item ...

using the less than symbol in listing title

I have in the past used the < symbol in some of my ebay titles. I just notice that after I save the listing the symbol has been replaced with a space. Does anyone know why?

Just reactivated a dormant seller account and everything is old school how do I switch to new tools

Just reactivated a dormant seller account and everything is old school (especially the listing tool) how do I switch to new tools, pages etc. like my other account? None of the pages look like the new ones and the listing tool is very primitive, I ca...

Photo Image with text

Hi, I'm in the middle of 1st listing in E-bay. There is a condition saying that, "not to upload images with Text". I'm planning to upload an image with the product details as the main picture. Am I not be able to upload my image since it carries only...