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Tis the season, for non paying buyers

I began selling on Ebay back in 1996. It has been a blessing mostly but I have felt the pain as Ebay migrates from a business that treats buyers and sellers equally to one where buyers can do no wrong. I get it, we need a buyer friendly environment i...

Codeless Coupon, no link and everyone can see it ?

So I set up a codeless coupon, see attatched photos as well. I never got the url to share with customers, and went to work on it again tonight and I see that everyone could see the promotion and it even shows I made money, so it really is available t...

Resolved! Bulk Editing Shipping Options

I just edited a bunch of listings in bulk to include 3 shipping options (media mail, first class and Priority). Previously, some only had Parcel Select and Priority, some had only media mail and Priority, etc. When I look at the listing as a buyer, a...

Can I still leave feedback for a transaction that I cancelled on request of buyer?

I wanted to leave feedback for this buyer who didn't bother reading the listing or even the title, but now there's no link there to do it after I cancelled the sale on his request. I could of swore I'd been able to leave feedback in cases like this b...

Zip Code?

Why does ebay keep asking for my zip code for new listings? Isn't my city, state & country enough? Kind of an invasion of privacy.

The Best Offer option is not appearing when I list an item for sale

I have items for sale that I have listed at the Buy It Now price and didn't see the option to give Buyers a change to make a Best Offer; yet when I view the listing, eBay automatically added "Make a Best Offer". So it appears on many of my items for ...

Should I cancel an order for an item I accidentally misrepresented?

Hi. Im somewhat of a new seller, and have 161 positive feedback. I realized I accidentally misremisreprested an item that an eBay buyer paid me for yesterday. I havent sent the item yet and messaged her twice (yesterday and today) nicely explaining t...

How to add a message to buyers on all my listings

I am going out of town and need to add a message at the top(preferably) of all my listings so they know if they buy, items will not be shipped off same day like so many of my ads say. Of course I will edit the handling time to reflect this. How can I...

Maximum number of messages sent

Unbelievable. Just received a red notice from ebay that I hit the maximum number of (sent) messages (I think I sent 6) Was going thru my best offers and if a potential buyer had been close to my declined offer $, I was revising my listing and sending...

EBAY IS NO FUN ANYMORE

EBAY IS NO FUN ANYMORE. AFTER 18 YEARS IM REALIZING ITS NOT WHAT IT ONCE WAS AND ALL THE CHANGES HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE OF A HEADACHE, I STARTED SMALL AND BEGAN TO GROW AND HAD THE STORE SUBSCRIPTION BELOW THE HIGHEST ONLY TO HAVE EBAY WIPE ME OUT ...

What's with Ebay forcing returns on sellers? Any luck with reporting buyers?

My account states I do not accept returns. I will however accept them if something was somehow my fault. A listing error or what have you. However, a lady bought a set of Legos from me. I paid extra to shipnit faster. Then she says she wants to retur...

Buying from auctions

I go to roughly 7 auction a month. I pass over thousands of items to bring 50 to 60 pieces a month to ebay. Everything is vented 2 or 3x before it ever gets posted. Now I have had this influence of buyers complaining their item is broken. I cant affo...

Question about 50 free listings for basic sellers

I'm a very basic/newbie seller. I am given 50 free listings per month. Does that mean at any given time I can only have 50 listings on my profile? Or Every month I can list 50 new items and they can accumulate without fees? so in 2 months I can have ...

Resolved! Lost package through eBay global shipping program - PayPal refunded buyer

I sold a new item for close to $100 through ebay's global shipping program. The item was delivered to eBay's global shipping center in Kentucky, and they shipped it to Canada using a courier I'd never heard of before (not USPS or Canada Post). Accord...

Buyer returned jewelry unprotected, jewelry damaged & eBay 100% refunds buyer.

Any suggestions on this topic more than welcomed!About three weeks ago I sold a sterling silver & turquoise cuff to a woman clear across the country. Sale price in the mid 300's. Cuff & stone in FLAWLESS condition and new. I don't sell junk, and most...