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ROTTEN USPS!!

I mailed a parcel, with tracking, to AZ on May 21. Last update shows it was in Chicago on May 26. WHERE IS THE BLOODY PACKAGE????! Sick & tired of late arrivals in the US over COVID. Get your inept, incompetent "president" out of office & get the vir...

Variations

I have one item that I can list with 3 variations. After doing so, the listing is showing 1 item for sale (correct) on the laptop but on android and iphone it is showing a total of 3 items for sale (wrong), I guess it is including the total number of...

Is it against policy to list Dukes Of Hazzard stuff now?

Is it ok to list Dukes Of Hazzard stuff (like the General Lee car with the Confederate flag on the roof) or is it against policy now? Anybody know? I see some listed but that doesn't really mean anything these days.

Using options - size and color - problem

Hi-I have a problem with some of my items that I set up using Color and Size drop downs.Here is an item:https://www.ebay.com/itm/113702789254?ul_noapp=trueI have 2 colors and 2 sizes, White only has 1 size. If you choose Ecru in the size that White d...

Shipping label is confirmed YET unconfirmed

Hi, just wanted to ask a quick question. I sold something last night. The payment confirmation email from Paypal showed the shipping address as "confirmed." Yet, when I printed out the shipping label through PayPal this morning, the email confirming ...

why would anyone still use eBay?

these fees are an utter joke lmao, 15+% on every item? Y'all high? Who the **bleep** would still use eBay lmao

£1 fees on out of stock listing

So I have the out of stock option enabled on my listings. I sold one item and the listing goes oos and hidden, I got charged £1 fee on this as I'm in the promotion . Now if I update this listing to add 1 more will ebay count this as a multiple quanti...

Non responsive buyer

I have a "Buy it Now" auction that was ended when a buyer bought and paid for the item. It is CLEARLY marked as local pickup ONLY. I have sent four messages to this individual with NO response on arranging a pickup. At the very least, I think they de...

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 ...