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Update to Image Issue

Hi all, Thank you for your patience and once again we apologize to everyone who experienced issues with being unable to view images in listings as the images are taking time to load or no images available.The Product team has informed us that the iss...

Indiana man indicted on $2mil eBay & PayPal fraud

Found this in my news feed today. https://www.wthr.com/article/carmel-man-indicted-2-million-paypal-and-ebay-fraud

Buyer's payment applied mistakenly to defunct old email unsed for over FIVE YEARS

Be forewarned. If a buyer's payment shows in fleabay but not paypal then fleabay may have misapplied their payment. This happened this week when fleabay applied payment to a email I haven't used in YEARS. Claim it autofilled possibly, well I don't us...

I used to get "request total" from buyers for Buy it Now items to combine shipping, now it won't+

work saying "You can't request a total for items that require immediate payment". I believe my buy it now items were alway immediate payment, did something change? To be honest, I was wondering why in the past 6 months or so no one who has purchased ...

Just got a message asking 4 a refund, but no option on auction page

I sold an item yesterday, printed the shipping label. Today the buyer sends a message requesting a refund, but neither of us have a 'cancel' option. If I refund direct from Paypal, will I get my Ebay fee refunded? How about a refund on the shipping l...

A new (old?) buyer scam?

Wondering if anyone has had this happen to them: A 0 feedback buyer (of course) buys a heavy item (ie expensive shipping - about the same as the item itself) then requests a return knowing that the seller will likely let them keep the item since it's...

Poll: strict rules for listings with variations

Hi all, what's your experience with listings that contain variations? I feel that this is one of the most abused and thus useless choices that sellers have. The typical malpractice is: Create a listing with variations to select from. Have some more e...

What Happened To The Seller Page?!~

Hi eBayers, I started to print labels this morning when I noticed the "Awaiting Shipping" page changed drastically from one day to the next. I clicked to go back to how the page was, but it's not the same as yesterday. Now it;s like the old version. ...

How does this seller get these prices?

I’ve been selling for nearly 20 years and have specialized in clothing for the past five. I do weekly research and look at all kinds of other sellers stores every few days.I have come across as a seller that I am shocked by the prices are selling man...

How long would an auction last? Can a seller put a time limit on an auction or is it automatically ?

Hi there,How long would an auction last? Can A seller put a time limit or is it automatically set? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Ousted From " TOP SELLER" Status

I know rules are rules but with 100% positive feed back,delivering quality items,shipping immediately on payment,free shipping,free returns but I did not make the quantity in sales. That makes me no longer a "Top Seller" It hurts but I know the answe...

Can someone please post a screenprint of the ebay pop up notice regarding Gift Cards?

When you list gift cards, a pop up shows up before it's listed, that says something about sending gift cards in the mail. I can't access it now, can someone please post the actual pop up, not just an interpretation about what it says, but the actual ...

CAN'T FIND MY ITEM USING THE SEARCH

I HAVE A SET OF BLUE CANISTERS LISTED BUT WHEN I ENTER "BLUE CANISTERS" IN THE SEARCH LINE MY SET DOES NOT SHOW IN THE LISTINGS? I CANCELLED THE ITEM AND RELISTED IT USING THE SAME WORDING AS OTHERS THAT DO SHOW BUT AGAIN MY LISTING DOES NOT SHOW. I ...

If I cancelled an order because a buyer told be to, do I have to go into PayPal and refund?

I canceled an order for a buyer in which it does say the order has been canceled that the refund was initiated, but do I still have to go to PayPal and refund there or is it automatic?

thank you, auctions

For about the last 3 months I have been listing auctions as much as I can (note: they are almost all lots, not single items). I've gotten my stats up to 70% over this time last year. The listing promotion I get every month is going on right now so I'...

Listing retention: ideas please

Hi, Any knowledge here would be much appreciated.I am a hobby seller of 2nd hand DVDs. My biggest frustration is that having spent time completing a listing I frequently find that I pick up a similar title DVD several months later. If it's within 90 ...