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Buyer doesn't like a tool I sold on Ebay!

I sold a toll that I never used last week. I tried the tool to make sure it works before I shipped it. The buyer contacted me and said the battery only last 30 minutes on a full charge. The battery is only supposed to last 30 minutes, the tool works ...

Help!

What do I do when a buyer claims they didn’t receive an item but the tracking number states otherwise? Now PayPal will not give me my funds.

1099 ebay and paypal

Has anyone received a 1099 from ebay yet? I received mine from paypal. I signed up for Managed Payments in August and from August until December I am showing zero dollars from paypal. I am guessing ebay will send one? Anyone have this same issue?

Payment posting delays

My first experience happened when I sold a pair of Serengeti sunglasses. The buyer paid immediately when the auction ended Monday night 1/25/21. Today is Wednesday 1/27/21 ... I received an email at around 7 this morning that my payout was made ... A...

eBay Global Shipping Program Cautionary Tale

Months ago I posted the following thread: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/eBay-Just-Charged-Me-for-the-Fees-They-Charged-a-GSP-Buyer/m-p/31301524#M1657838 That situation, after all this time, finally "resolved" itself as much as possible but no...

problem with cancelling a sale

I had a stereo receiver listed as pickup only.someone over 1000 miles away purchased it but did not pay.I contacted the buyer and asked when they would the pick up the unit.a few days later I still never heard from the buyer so I did a cancellation w...

Resolved! making payments

Hi, I have an item that will likely sell for a high price (for me anyway). Anyway, a potential bidder asked if he could make payments instead of paying it all at once... anyone know how would that work? At first I was receptive to the idea, he says h...

Several positive experiences with eBay CS Staff.

I read a lot of negative posts in regards to eBay CS agents here. I just have to say in the last recent two times of having problems, eBay CS has been more than prompt and helpful. I could go into detail with the specifics, like one dealing with a ne...

eBay Standard Envelope Release Date?

Hi everyone, I am beyond excited about the new eBay shipping method to give sellers a cheaper alternative for cards under $20. A lot of what I recently started selling fall right into this category. One of my biggest painpoints thus far is providing ...

Archived sales reports

Does anyone know how to access sales reports from 2018-2019? So much has changed in the dashboard and I don't see anywhere to access reports. I clicked on "sales reports plus" but is says I'm not subscribed. Any insight would be great - I'm having NO...

We're buying more "stuff"

Read a sobering article on the issues with the Long Beach, CA port - 700 out with confirmed COVID, a few hundred out for COVID-related concerns. Although that is horrible news, what was interesting is that H2 2020 container receipts were up by 50%. T...

MESSAGE to BUYERS WHO REQUEST to CANCEL A SALE

Every buyer requesting a cancellation will get this message now, with modifications to fit the circumstances, BEFORE I just automatically agree to cancel. If nothing else, it should educate some buyers, maybe inspire thought in others... or if nothin...

Mercari and Etsy Commercials during football championship Games this weekend

I noticed a few Mercari and Etsy commercials during the NFL Football Games Yesterday. I would assume the commercials were costly. Sorry to say I did not see any ebay commercials. Read this fast folks as it will be sent to Siberia real quick

Total Sales Cost looks wrong on my sales reports. It's too high. What am I missing???

Ok, I don't look at my sales reports hardly ever. I don't sell a lot. I just trust it is being done correctly, but after checking them today I am VERY curious what is added into the "total selling cost" on the report. I added all, fees shipping and t...

This is going to be a rough year, for sure.

I don't like to doom and gloom, but I have to also be realistic with myself, especially where buying and selling is concerned. I have been an eBay seller since 2007 and have rolled with all the changes on both the buying and selling side. However, th...