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The goods are signed for one month, and the customer needs a refund.

In this case, the negotiation failed. We must return the full amount. Do I want to return the goods to him for a refund.

Resolved! Is eBay really the best online place to sell?

From my experience on eBay so far, I’ve dealt with 7 scammers, had my 7 day auction won and held up by a scammer twice, waited a total of 10 days for payment (witch was never paid), and it took me a total of 3 months to sell 1 item, witch I only made...

Resolved! Empty Box Return - package possibly tampered with

A buyer initiated a return for an allegedly defective item (worth £600) without any communication - the return was approved automatically by ebay. The return reached me today as a box only containing bubble-wrap.One side of the package had been tampe...

Landing page

How do I change where my account opens to? I would like to have my eBay open directly to "All orders" rather than My eBay Selling Overview. Thx

Resolved! Electronically delivered items policy - I want to sell PDF about selling

Some experienced sellers do the strangest things...

I stumbled across several listings for a "shipping upgrade". Rather than incorporate a shipping upgrade in to their listing, some sellers make a separate listing (separate item number) for a shipping upgrade and i suppose instruct their customer to b...

Resolved! New Ebay user Bid on my item, Cannot ship to their location.

I am selling a item.I got two bids on it. I noticed the higher priority bidder has just joined Ebay and is in Mexico. I do not want to ship to Mexico, i can only ship in my country. Can i cancel their bid? What do you guys think?

Is it worth it to downgrade my store subscription from premium to basic?

I have slightly over 500 listings. I source mostly from garage sales and take it easy in the fall and winter. My listings will decrease. Since ebay increased its basic store fixed price listings, is it worth it for me too downgrade my subscription?

What are the most common mistakes that new sellers on Ebay make?

1. Taking poor quality photos & not enough of them, can upload 12. 2. Not utilizing the listing heading correctly or seeing it as part of the description, use every space to give crucial details, more & more sellers ignore how useful the listing head...

Buyer claims he found a meth pipe

Hi, I recently sold a pair of Air Jordan 7’s. I packaged them up and sent them out and they got delivered quickly. The buyer just messaged me saying he received the shoes and that there was a meth pipe in one of the shoes… Has anyone else had a buyer...

Resolved! Could use help asap on possible scammer

Hi all! I firstly want to ask if anyone can tell me how I can locate another question that I posted on eBay community when I forgot to tick the box that says to email me if I get replies. I've likely gotten some responses and don't want to flake! TIA...

Shipped and missing?

I sold an item and shipped it through the post office and it never arrived to the destination, has this happened to anyone, opened an investigation on the local post office with nothing so now not only do I lose the item but the money as well. Althou...

Going out of town

I am a seller and I'm going out of town for a few days. How do I put a note on my listings?

Large order going to freight forwarder, opinions please.

I've read some other sellers problems with freight forwarders. I've shipped a decent amount to forwarders with no problems, but fairly low dollar transactions. My listings do say shipping to the USA only, which a forwarder is, even if the items end u...

Resolved! Bold Listing Fee

I recently and accidentally checked the Bold Listing Fee box.In the future, is there a way I can make sure it is not set? (templates)I usually find a similar item and sell one like it.If they have their box checked, will it be checked in my listings ...