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Buyer`s can`t complete a purchase

I received an email from a potential buyer this morning saying that during check out they got a message that said "buyer is not receiving purchases right now" E Bay says it some kind of glitch and it`s happening to multiple sellers/buyers, just wonde...

Buyer Checkout Note to Sellers

I get a lot of the usual buyer notes left on the checkout page- thanks and pack well- but lately there's a new trend among notes left by buyers. A lot of them are stating exactly what they purchased in the note to seller. Today I got one of those and...

Several problems with Markdown Sales (Promotions)

Problem 1: For Black Friday, I ran a 15% off on all items and set it to end at 12am Saturday. I take a look at my account Saturday morning and the sale is still running. I double checked my start and end time and it does in fact show that it's suppos...

Brand new Ebay user wants to do off ebay purchases. Can't find where to report him.

I can find where to report a seller, But not a buyer. This brand new ID is needing to be reported to EBAY before he scams somebody.Messages are coming thru ebay. Used to be you could report right from the Message page. Link Please?

The Failure of GTC ...

Prior to the GTC mandate in March Auction and Fixed Priced sales were about the same (54% Auction and 46% Fixed Price). Now its 1 in 4 sales are GTC and that's on the good account. The account eBay basically killed off with GTC despite the regular PL...

Agreeing to buyer's changes

After a few times of this, I wonder if I should even entertain these buyer messages/requests anymore. A buyer bought an item early in the morn, 4am and almost immediately messaged me asking to "change to sona delivery." I was like "what is that?" The...

Another bug

Here's another "bug" that eBay programmers can take care of (rather than invent new "features" we didn't ask for nor want): eBay note: This order was canceled. View details eBay note: Ship by Tuesday, Aug 27. Ship now—past due. Why is this showing "s...

Cyber Monday

Do you generally get a boost in sales for Cyber Monday? I wonder if it's mostly for things like new electronics and/or Amazon Prime and big store sites. I don't remember if I've had an especially good Cyber Monday. Today is good across two sites thou...

Resolved! USPS says packages weren't on porch, but they were

I left packages on porch for USPS to pick up, but today I got a message from them that the packages were not there for them to pick up. Have you had this happen? Did they just miss scanning them and they may show up yet????

Offer higher than my asking price?

I just got offered $230 for a product I listed for $190 and the buyer left his phone number and asked me to kindly accept his offer. They are from the Netherlands could this be a scam?

Setting up multi-buy Promotion

I would like to set up a Buy 2 Get 1 Free listing where the buyer can NOT buy less than 2. How can I do that?

Resolved! Harassment issue

I have a listing that is the same as an item another seller has listed. They are sending me harassing messages because my listing has a lower start price and they claim that I am causing the value of their item to be low. I have found no way to repor...

Understanding paypal monthly summary report

I apologize if I am posting this in the wrong place. I was printing out my monthly summary report and I noticed on the back in other activity and then under other there is a money amount. I'm not sure how I missed this, so I pulled a few other of my ...

Why does listing in a second category get a 35 cent fee when I'm under the 50 free listings cap?

Why isn't it just treated as an additional listing. I ended up just putting it in one category, but couldn't I just as well now put it in the second one manually?

What does a buyer gain from winning an auction and then not paying?

It really baffles my mind when a buyer bids and wins an auction, and then doesn't pay for it. Now, this just happened earlier today, and I was happy to see I sold an item (vintage quilt piece.) Four others people were bidding on it. So,I looked at th...