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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

ebay relisting my sold items

As soon as an item sells on buy it now, ebay relists it with the time remaining left of the 30 days. This item still had 10 days left when it was bought. Last couple times I just ended the listing right away so it would not be purchased. I do not hav...

slow paying ebayer

So here i go with a slow payer and he does not respond to my emails.Yesterday he bought a item from me i sent him a invoice no payment i emailed him asking him if he could please pay me no responce No i just emiled him again asking him to payme by 9a...

Resolved! Need advice from sellers that deal with large quantities of inventory

Im finally living my dream. I now have my own shop with a garage that's absolutely perfect to run my eBay business out of. I have a "reception area", a "private office " and the rest is all garage.This is all I've ever wanted..I should be incredibly ...

Multiple Baskets

I've been reading posts in this community regarding the recent overall Ebay drop in sales. One group that I have seen responding are the people who rely heavily on Ebay for their income, but have managed to mitigate the drop in their sales through pu...

Anyone looking forward to sales on the Labor Day weekend?

It's been an AWFUL week for sales. I'm thinking the long weekend will just be WORSE & a lousy end to a terrible August. Don't think I'm being positive? I'm positive it will be negative. lol Looking forward to the end of summer & a drastic improvement...

First time selling an item and messed up

I sold my first item and when I checked it, it had sent to my normal email not my PayPal email. I had no clue I had to check as I assumed it was automatic I then panicked and signed up to PayPal with that email to refund the money, when in hindsight ...

Block List

I was suspicious and not sure at first but now I have 100% proof that previously blocked users are being taken out of my block list without my consent. Today after having an incident with a member I compared my personal notes of blocked bidders to ac...

Resolved! No sale & my reason why!

I have an item for sale Not with make an offer.”Buyer” emails saying she’ll pay $300. Less & asks 4 questions.I email back the price here is the price, no offers available.She emails back, “answer my questions!”Normally in 21 years here, I’d bend ove...

Resolved! Got massage " Some of your listings need to be updated in order to comply with eBay policies "

I got an issue , ebay message for my 8 listings " Some of your listings need to be updated in order to comply with eBay policies or security changes " I deleted all pictures which I added in "Item description" and had water marks After refresh the pa...

Resolved! Can buyer leave feedback after UPI closes w/ payment?

The winning bidder asked me twice to cancel the day after the auction ended. I want to open UPI in another day so he could get a strike. Today he says he will pay by Friday, which means he would pay before UPI deadline. I had a buyer once who gave me...

Does Paypal charge a fee if you refund a buyer through your credit card?

For the past six months or so I've been transferring my Paypal funds to my bank account ASAP. I've been wondering though, what happens if a buyer requests a return/refund and my Paypal balance is empty? I'm not comfortable refunding someone through m...

Resolved! Shipping to Nigeria using a Courier

Hi everyone, I have a customer using a courier service to ship to Nigeria. It looks suspicious and I'm afraid to follow through. I'm not sure if it will be a ding to my Ebay account if I cancel the transaction. I have international sales blocked. Are...

buyer scam or not? (item is sold but received email to change address)

Ebay shows buyer already paid the item, but I got a message(within few mins after the item is sold) from a stranger buyer telling me to change to another shipping address. Bote (buyer and the stranger buyer account) are new to ebay, no purchase histo...

So Ebay Gave the Buyer His Money Back and My Merchandise and Stole Almost $2000

What can I do? So I sold an oven on Ebay for $1927.00 and the freight company took longer than expected to deliver the item and while it was in transient the buyer opened a "item not received" case and eBay closed it and refunded his money even thoug...

Is there a way to talk to a customer rep who can make valid suggestions to improve sales?

I've been here for a while, and been active in conversations about sales figures and search engine optimization. I imagine some of the regulars here will recognize me at this point, and I've been on both sides of the fence for "is it eBay's fault tha...