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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...

Returns almost makes the whole selling thing a waste of time (at least with clothing/shoes)

Profit margins nowadays are already so tight, such that even a small amount of returns makes turning a reasonable profit almost impossible. Just today, I have 2 automatically approved returns, due to improper fit. In case you hadn't observed, I am no...

Is anyone else noticing a higher then normal number of items being damaged in shipment?

The last three months we have experienced a higher then normal number of damaged shipments ... and this includes not only our sales but some other local eBay Sellers we know. For us, we're talking about items very very similar to what has been shippe...

Promoted Listings - Trending Rates Seems Excessively High

Good Morning All! I started using Promoted Listings a few months ago just to give it a try. I started with a 3% Ad Rate on my entire inventory, and got wonderful success! The first week I bumped up to between 6000 and 8000 impressions a day, and my s...

Problem with Buyer

I sold a barely used fitbit Versa before Christmas. The guy emailed me today and told me it doesn't work and that Fitbit says it's out of warranty and that he's really mad. I told him to pack it up and ship it back to me for a refund. I then went to ...

Items suddenly not showing up as Guaranteed Delivery?

I noticed another odd issue this morning. Suddenly, it seems all of our listings are NOT any longer showing up as Guaranteed Delivery? In another thread yesterday, I posted some screenshots showing that it was indeed showing up correctly. Now today, ...

Paypal refunded without notifying me

Hi, i sold a designer purse on eBay for 1150 dollars. The buyer was located in Belgium. 7 days after it was shipped, the buyer opened a paypal claim since it had not arrived. I provided tracking stating that is was in customs. She contacted customs, ...

Has Anyone Received Their 1099 Form Yet From PayPal?

Just wondering if they've been posted yet.

Which category describes your sourcing habits?

I've been discussing sourcing with some of my local seller friends recently and the consensus we've come to is that sellers generally fall into one of four categories: The "knows their stuff" group.Sellers who truly specialize in their category and k...

Resolved! Can an Item be listed as part of a lot and by itself?

I have items that I initially listed individually, Then I listed them as part of a lot for a prospective buyer I was going to relist them individually and I am wondering If I can still leave the LOT listing up as an option for perspective buyers (kno...

Resolved! this weekend's transition

Someone please remind me what happens in each of these situations for listings with calculated shipping: Auction style listingsWhen the auction ends today or Sunday, will eBay charge calculated shipping based on old rates or Monday's new rates?When t...

Using the Same Name as User ID In the TITLE block when selling

I didn't think this would be allowed because of Swaying Potential Buyers

Re: Community platform maintenance this morning

Hi all,We are aware of the current outage preventing replies, creation of new topics, and use of the search feature. At this time, the Quick Reply option is functional and we are working to resolve other issues as soon as possible.Thank you for your ...

Best Match Search - A Big Reason Your Sales Maybe Tanking

It has been over a year since I have come to the conclusion that it is the search engine algorithms that have messed up traffic and subsiquently sales. Yesterday it was proven to me without a doubt. I was researching an item on google images and came...

Buyer threatening suing me in CA Small Claims Court over sale of gold nuggets. I'm in AK

In December a buyer bought 15 grams of #6 screen gold nuggets ($738). He was angry the minute he received them, stating that he wanted more rock in the gold than I sent him. The weight was correct and the nuggets were #6 screen as he ordered. He's ov...

Account Suspended, Can’t appeal

eBay banned my account a year ago due to suspicion of being linked with another account, even though this was my only account. I called to remove the restriction on my account but every eBay rep kept saying I was indefinitely restricted. Fast forward...