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Sent the wrong item to a customer, can not get them to respond

Hi everyone. I have never reached out on here before, so I hope this is the correct way to get help. I swapped the labels on 2 packages I shipped out on March 16th. One of the buyers reached out and brought it to my attention. I knew who the other bu...

Sales have suddenly stopped coming

It's the end of summer and summer slowdown should be over. Instead, my sales on EB have come to a stop for about 2 weeks now, and my sales on alternative platforms have boomed. Is EB hiding my listings? Does Google know where my listings are? Why is ...

Seller Protection for SLOW US MAIL Services

Ebay needs to do better job of protecting sellers from negative feed back when shipping is out of our control. As a seller, we strive to ship same day or within 24 hours of purchse, but that doesn't matter when the post office mis handles a shipment ...

Non- delivery

What do we do about usps non-delivery policy.

Resolved! Ebay just limited my Listings

First I got an ALERT message that my account has been consistently below standards level. I have no problem with this because it's true. EB also threatened to ban me from the site. I do not sell a lot on Ebay, averaging about 1-2 items a week because...

Seeking help

I am trying to find someone local to help me get rid of some stuff I have. I live in Port Richmond area so anyone that's close that can assist me hmu.

$30 less on the payout

What is the issue here? I sold one item, got exactly what they said I would get. Now, I sell my second item, have everything deducted and im supposed to make 91 bucks. I wake up today expecting to see 91 dollars only to see 62 dollars and no further ...

Item Delivered But Tracking Not Updated By USPS

Hi Everyone. I have an item that I sold and it was delivered to a P.O. Box, but it does not show as delivered in the USPS tracking information. The tracking information just shows “Available for Pickup”. I contacted the buyer and she ensured that she...

Need some input on dealing with a potential scammer

I figure my money is gone either way but there may be a small chance. Listing sold over a month ago. Yesterday out of the blue I get a message claiming the item he purchased was not as described, namely that it was not a Ford script part and did not ...

need help in how to fill out schedule C

First off I never had an official ebay store but selling on ebay has been my primary income since 2017. I made the lowest amount of sales I ever did last year coming in around $3k gross sales. The reason I have to fill out a schedule c as I'm told is...

Resolved! Deceitful Buyer is Allowed to Return Item for full refund.

I am so angry at Ebay right now. I had a Buyer who purchased an item, then sent me an email stating that she had purchased the wrong item. She clicked too fast to secure the deal and it isn't what she wanted. I told her I had a no return policy but i...

Question on how to figure taxable income

On the monthly eBay statements, it shows 'Payouts', 'Shipping Labels' and 'Refunds'. Would I subtract the shipping labels and refunds from the payouts figure to arrive at net taxable income?

What's the best way of handling this?

Hi all, so I've been selling for about 8 years, Here's my story, few years back bought some 3D plastic gears for my car seat, they didn't fit, the teeth on gears were not meshing right, contacted the seller in Hungary and he refunded my money, we bec...

Resolved! Can you no longer message people?

I’m trying to find how I can message someone who won’t accept my offer and won’t decline it so I can make changes and send other offers to people who will actually buy my item but when I type in their username I see no way to message them, so now I h...

Beware of buyers. What a nightmare, went out of my way for this woman, never again.

This buyer purchased a brand new unworn wig from me. She contacted me at least three times getting the price down, telling me she was exhausting her savings. Then she paid with a card and it bounced, then she said it was because there was fraud on he...