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How to Stop selling on ebay?

I sell on ebay for more than 2 years, have 3k feedback.Because ebay is getting worse and the virus..., so I decided to stop selling on ebay for a while (about 6 months)I subscribed to a basic store YEARLY.So what happen when I stop selling on ebay?1....

Checking account

I offer free shipping on my items. Why does eBay take the money out of my checking account when I make up shipping labels and not out of the sale of the item? This is a Joke right. Ebay does not want to lose a dime of all of your money they are pooli...

Stalkers

The New York Times recently published an article following the story of a blogger couple targeted by former eBay executives who allegedly systematically stalked and harassed them in a terror campaign that has resulted in multiple senior eBay employee...

Resolved! IT DOESN'T EVEN PAY FOR ME TO HAVE A STORE ANYMORE - EBAY IS DEAD!

$60 a month??? For what? 15 years ago, I was clearing $600 to $1000 a week, With only 150-200 items listed. Fast forward to 2020 ... Selling the same merchandise ... with 300-400 items listed. NOW ... I'm lucky to clear $100 a week, after Ebay Fees/P...

Screw eBay I'm done.

So I had a transaction where the buyer told me days after sending the item that I sent it to a wrong adress that was an old address of his. O really!? How did I get an old address if it wasn't listed? So no I was not going to refund his money because...

Any idea what kind of bird this may be?

I've been searching images of red faced birds, but I'm kind of stuck. Not sure what it could be. Most of the ones I find seem to have the wrong type of beak.Thanks in advance!

Derogatory charitable comments

I am reading a lot of derogatory comments about eBay charities and charities in general. It makes me really sad. I just wanted to stand up for the little guy. Although it it true that the majority of the big charities have enormous salaries for their...

Promotions vs Markdown Manager

I've come to find (at least for me) that Markdown Manager works WAY better than Promotions.I like the idea of increased visual prominence with Promotions but Markdown Manager for whatever reasonworks better.I guess it's the old saying that Money Talk...

Resolved! First charity sale. When/where does donation come out of proceeds?

I set up a few listings on another account with 10% going to charity. I sold one item and was paid, but I don't see where the donation was taken out. I see I was credited back a small portion of the fees though. When and where does the donation come ...

Procedural question on sending an invoice w/extras

Over in my selling account I have a buyer who is interested in a Buyitnow item but would also like to buy a few extra parts for a second one that he already has. I am fine with that but I am not sure how to add the extra pieces into the bill. This is...

buyer wont respond to my messages,to specific color of item choice purchased?

I have repeatedly sent messages to the buyer asking them to let me know which color item they prefer, which was purchased and paid for. Just wondered if anyone else has run into this problem? any suggestions?

What do I do about canceled item?

Okay, so I’m fairly new to selling on eBay so I didn’t know about this at all. Anyways, I was selling an item and someone bid on item and won the bid. I sent them a payment reminder and a few messages that they had to pay or I was going to cancel the...

Buyer wants to meet up with me to see if laptop works

So I had a old laptop that doesn't have a hard drive I'm selling, and there's a buyer in a different town not far from me that wants me to meet up with them to see if the hard drive can work on his laptop. The thing is that I don't like doing this as...

Appealing Service Metrics?

I was wondering with the new protection for top rated sellers, can you appeal an item not described ding on your service metrics? Sold an item for parts and the buyer claimed snad. Buyer admitted on messages that she didn't read description or look a...

Resolved! Buyer read my listing wrong and blamed me in the Return Request. Will this hurt my account?

So I'm pretty new to Ebay, so let me know if I'm missing something. I'm selling a used stepladder, and tall stepladders are difficult to ship. Since they are so long, wide, and lightweight, the shipping would cost more than a new ladder, so I wanted ...