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manufacturer direct items

I sell some manufacturer direct items. eBay seems to like to pretend that this type of selling doesn't exist and doesn't offer any support, but certainly takes 10% of sales. A lot of higher priced items on eBay are manufacturer direct. There needs to...

Good / Funny Seller Stories

I don't usually comment on other's posts as I believe people's opinions are just that and they have the right to express them. But I think that there is a ton of recent negative forum strings regarding the stronger enforcement of the offensive materi...

Help filling out SBA Disaster Loan application... business name?

When I file my taxes, I never input a business name. On the SBA loan application, it asks for a "business legal name" and "trade name". On my "Profit of Loss from Business" tax form, I have my actual name listed in the "Name of Proprietor" box and I ...

Resolved! Whew! That was a close one! Thank you EBay for notifying me in nick of time!

Spent 4 days negotiating with a “buyer“ on a sale of an expensive item. You know offers made, declined, 4x like a normal person would do...We finally came to terms. They bought it not immediate payment Now but I wrapped it right up to run to post off...

International issues and ebay's lack of awareness

To pass along some information for those that might not know. Since March, USPS packages (First Class and Priority) going out of the USA, most are now going by sea travel. With the virus and many canceled flights around the world, USPS made the chang...

Insane Overbidding

I currently have 2, what I assume are scammers playing games with my DeWalt tools auction. 3 days still left... Do I cancel and ban both bidders? Just making sure I am doing the right thing. Thanks all,-Alan

Starting use Ebay to increase your business

Hello from Portugal,Please, we need some advice to starting use Ebay to our sells.We are a Portuguese company that sells vehicles parts, essentially SMART.It's our first time here and we need help to start the to start launching our ads. Someone can ...

Jeffery Epstein Stickers, Hats, Books, Shirts For Sale on eBay

Im pretty sure this human scum is more offensive to see and look at then a postcard with a sharecropper image from 100 years ago.

50 free listings a month, why do I only get to use 15 of them ???

on my sellers page, it states, " 50 free listings per month ". I have used 15, I have 35 left. Well , I try to post some more items and at the very end of me typing up my post, I hit the post it button and WoW ! a notice in red print shows up saying ...

FedEx misdelivered my package, do I get a defect?

So they say. I sold something, a $600 something. It is something I had bought a long time ago, and wanted to keep, but could use the money. I sold it for what I paid for it, so there was no profit to be had. Well, it was going to Wisconsin. 2 days la...

ebay shipping supplies

why is ebay not selling airjacket envelopes any longer?

Buyer won refund case while package was in transit. Appeal denied. Am I SOL?

I'm not quite sure what to do in this instance. My post office received a 2 day priority mail package and it took them 18 days to get it scanned and delivered. During this time, I was communicative with the buyer. After a few days they opened a case ...

Another little Covid-19 "Gotcha!!!"

I was on the final leg of a trip today, about an hour from home when the car decided it didn't want to go any further ... okay, so despite a very serious conversation with the alternator-generator the car won and I sat ... of course I used my trusty ...

Question about bulk editing

I've never used the bulk editing tool before, and I thought I would try it today. Want I wanted to do was check all my listings and ensure that none of them are set to "automatic relist". I went through the steps to access the bulk editing tool, but ...