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Buyer is trying to scam me by demanding money back for item sold

I have no idea how to proceed with this since I live in sweden and ebay can't call me. The buyer claimed he didn't receive his item has got his money back on paypal just as easily... LIKE WHAT THE **bleep**? Why isn't there an easy way to solve this ...

California just increased their Internet Sales Tax Threshold

California just increased their internet sales tax threshold from to 500,000. The new law requires collection and remittance of sales taxes ONLY if the seller does $500,000 or more in business with the state of California.I'm a small seller, but a 50...

Removing promotional discount

I added a 15% discount for purchase of 3 items or more and I want to remove it from some of my listings. Not sure where to find the prompt to do that. Any one know?

easy pricing and bulk edit

does anyone know if ebay will be added a 'easy pricing' option to the bulk edit 'edit fields' box option? this would be useful for: - adding easy pricing to all listings, or just selected (to move old stock out)and for:removing easy pricing from all ...

Optiseller - Confirmation of account email not received-cannot use-ebay customer service not helpful

I called ebay because yesterday I followed the link in the Optiseller announcement and provided my email and ebay ID. I am supposed to receive an email from Optiseller with a link to confirm so that I can start using it. I never received the email af...

Private Party Sales and Tax

I haven't been selling for awhile and was thinking to list a few items. I've seen that ebay is collecting tax now. Does this effect private party sales or only tax IDed businesses selling on ebay? If it does effect private party sales how does the pr...

Markdown Sale Promotions NOT Working :-/

I started having this issue a few days ago and cannot figure it out. Adding items to a Markdown Sale promotion does not put them on sale. Removing items from a Markdown Sale promotion does not remove the sale price from the listing. I have made chang...

Thinking of not bothering with these INRs anymore

Up until now (I'm on the fence still), I've always sent canned message replies to buyers who file INR and tracking shows delivered. The message politely apologizes and explains that tracking shows delivered and gives suggestions on how to locate the ...

Will eBay actually do something about duplicate listings?

How seriously does eBay take duplicate listings?..a seller has about 50-60 listings, but strip away the duplicates and it’s more like 20 listings..very egregious violation of the eBay policy, will they actually do something if reported or is it a was...

Buyer demanding partial refund

Sorry for the long post - quite a lot going on here. I've had a long-running dispute with an eBay buyer. Essentially I am selling bundles of retro computer games. Initially, he submitted an offer, which I accepted on a bundle of 24 games. After a bit...

Seriously, does eBay shut you down periodically?

How is it possible that last month was my best month in a long time. I was selling something almost every day on 1 of my 2 accounts. This month. Nothing. No views, no watchers, no sales this month. How does the first day of the month magically change...

Politically correct?

While listing a T-shirt, I see eBay has removed the "unisex" option. How provincial can they be?

New 30 day return policy

Subject: 30 day return policyDoes anyone feel strongly that this is very unfair to the seller.I seel high priced items (jewelry).It is unfair to keep an item off the market for such a long period of time,Additionally it would be very easy for someone...

EBAY IS CHARGING THE WRONG TAX- Colorado? Your state?

Ebay started collecting taxes in Colorado on October 1st. They are charging the WRONG tax percentages locally and across the state. When we called them they had no explanation. They charged a local customer (our tax rate is 8.25 % here in town) 7.88%...