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Tax Implications When You Don't Know the Original Purchase Price

I have several personally-owned items from my home that I am planning to list on eBay. They were all purchased decades ago, so I have no knowledge of their original purchase price. Assuming they sell, I have no way to know if it was actually a gain o...

Buyer makes offer with 1 condition

Hello,I need advice on how you think Ebay would want this handled. I can't get through to ebay to ask them.Received a $30. Offer today from buyer on an item I listed on auction yesterday. It was for $7. More than auction price.In the offer buyer writ...

Many of Links on the eBay

I was wondering if anyone else is having problems with the Links on eBay. For instance it is constantly telling me I have messages when I don't. The other issue is even after I ship items it tells me they need shipped for the rest of the day. Yes I u...

Non-paying bidders

I'm sure many sellers feel as I do. I just got off of the phone with an Ebay rep. I've had two non-paying bidders recently and just cannot believe how easy Ebay is on those people. My listings state payment is due within 48 hrs of the end of the list...

Resolved! I think Khoros fixed the problem w fb and listings not able to be viewed

I was scrolling down today's topics, clicked on one and low and behold there was a member who had a number and a view listings link. Clicked on fb, came right up, clicked on view items for sale, no problem. Hope this is for real. Fingers crossed.

Resolved! How Sellers Can Win an eBay Appeal, Guaranteed!

Got thoroughly PO'ed at eBay today. We had a $579 shipment to Ecuador delayed in customs. Not unusual in a pandemic, buyer opened a request, was very nice, and we offered to file a postal claim and refund him if he got tired of waiting. The buyer sai...

Resolved! Where to list a Smart Planner

This was a recommended planner to keep track of my life, Doctor Appointments and write my feelings. I went with a giant desk calendar and throwing things, so I want to sell this. it has stickers and things with it. Where do you list something like th...

Resolved! non paying bidder

Its day 4 of auction close and buyer still has not paid. I sent payment reminder yesterday morning. Can I cancel transaction now or do I have to wait until exact time of auction close which is aprox 2:30. Thanks

Resolved! Potential Buyers sending messages complaining about shipping costs - Suggested Response?

Hi, I'm a veteran seller, but the shipping costs have become fairly outrageous, and I do think it is the correct rate, it's just expensive to ship heavy items in these current times. I sell mostly glass and pottery. I am getting bombarded by potentia...

Major Meltdown for ebay sellers

eBay Marketplace Experiences Major Meltdown on SundaySpread to UK toohttps://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2021/2/1614548132.html

Buyer wants to know if I combine shipping after the sale what should I tell him?

I already had 40 percent off sale. Then accepted his offer.Now he wants combined shipping on 2 items.Basically working the price down to nothing plus shipping. Now he's mad at me saying it costs the same for 1 as 2 thanks !!!Apparently he doesn't und...

Manual Clothing Measurement different from tag

I have a question about clothing measurement. I bought these bulk clothing. When I take the measurement manually using a tape, I get varying measurements sometimes very different from whats on the actual tag. My question is should I include the measu...

Likely eBay tinkering contributing to recent slow sales.

I thought my sales slowing down this Spring/Summer were simply due to normal sales cycle ups-and-downs that I have experienced yearly for the last 23 years I've been selling here. Looking back now, my sales started slowing down substantially about th...

How to increase sales?

This is the most terrible period from 2008! I sell the same things, I have good feedback, knowledges. But my sales are very bad (70-90% less). Why it is so and how to increase them?