eBay

Suspicious Bidding

Why am I constantly getting users who send offers over an auction’s starting price and when you accept their offer, they send you a message, requesting for you to text or email them directly? You can tell that these accounts are suspicious because th...

Exact same message from two different buyers with different accounts in different states.

I made two sales to two different buyers from two different states. They both paid promptly, but the strange thing is that both left the exact same message in their shipping instructions. The instructions were very specific about not including an inv...

eBay payment hold on long time member

I've been a seller and buyer on eBay since April 2007 with over 800 transactions and a 100% positive feedback rate that has never had an issue that wasn't resolved in my favor. This week I sold a fly tying vice, the buyer opted the "but it now" price...

1099k

So under the new policy for 1099k for 2022 we will have show a business venture and pay taxes for any amount over $600 per year total thru paypal instead of the existing $20,000. Is this correct

Where do refunds from USPS APV system go?

I'm confused...I purchase all my shipping labels through Ebay and pay for them with a credit card attached to my Paypal account. The USPS said that I overpaid for a label and credited me back $6 on 12/16/21. I check my Paypal account and see that the...

Anti 5G necklaces.. mild radioactivity...seems like a grey area at best?

Anti 5G necklaces found to be mildly radioactive.Seems like they might be questionable for sales on ebay.Not promoting them in any way.The whole concept is completely stupid..... https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59703523 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i...

Who gets more sales the person with fast shipping and higher prices or slow shipping and low prices

Fake Negative Feedback For Buyers Remorse

This is so stupid...but here it goes.We sell makeup and skincare items. Customer in the Netherlands orders a cream. Send it via Ebay Global Shipping. Takes the maximum time to get there. Buyer gets it. Sends me a lovely email of how much she loves it...

eBay is now cold calling sellers for promoted listings

Just received a call from the eBay marketing team highlighting the features of promoted listings and why I should use them. Not even 10 days ago eBay sent out desperately worded communication regarding PLs. "Just the thing you need". eBay continues t...

Buyer paid in full but he is not responding my messages.

I sold NFT card to buyer. he paid 100% already. I sent instructions and asked for his wallet address so I can transfer it to him via eBay messaging. He have not responded to me yet since he ordered it few days ago. He is still ignoring me. I know som...

Shout out to the USPS.

I may be in the minority but i'm a big fan of the USPS.Considering how many packages they handle, I think they do a pretty darn good job.From Hawaii to Maine in a few days for a few bucks. You can't beat that.I was on the USPS website tonight to sche...

Search algorithm changed? Very difficult to find products

I almost exclusively sell on e-Bay but the last few weeks i've been having great difficulty finding items when I search certain keywords, other things without those keywords will show up. For example i'm searching a certain skateboard and over half o...

I've been scammed as a Seller and ebay is helping them

Recently someone bought a phone from me. I listed it with no Returns, it had been my phone for 2 years and it was in really great shape. 4 days after delivery the buyer requests a return saying that the phone died 15 minutes after using it, no pictur...