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The price of "progress"?

There was once a simplistic auctioning platform - that favored no-one. It was called eBay! You listed something......didn't matter WHAT it was.....all things were created equal back then. "Then" being early 2000's thru maybe 2014/15. Views appeared l...

Your opinion and advice on a tricky return case - What Would You Do?

Seller-to-Seller Advice Needed — What Would You Do? Hi everyone, I need your opinion and advice on a tricky return case I’m dealing with on eBay. I sold and shipped a leather jacket from Pakistan to a buyer in the USA. The item was delivered on March...

How do I deduct the things I buy to sell on eBay?

I sell quite a few things here on eBay, and I receive the 1099 form and do my taxes with it. My question is that I buy mostly all my supplies to make the things I sell, or resell, here on eBay. How can I deduct this cost of my inventory, is there a w...

Auction ended with bid, but showing under "Unsold"

Good morning all, I have an auction that ended 2 days ago. There was one bid on the auction and whenever I go to the auction page, it says that the item has sold. However, the buyer never received an invoice and I never received notice it sold, as it...

Newbie question

New seller here. I just sold 600 dollars worth of video games to 2 different buyers yesterday. I just read that ebay will hold my funds within 3 days of delivery. So basically your funds are on hold until delivery is confirmed, or positive feedback i...

Resolved! Why doesn't the USPS or ebay send an email about underpayment

Checking payments this morning, got hit with 2 under payment charges. They said a package that weight 3 oz actually was 1 lb 3 oz, NO WAY, not for a 1/8 oz fishing lures and weight less then 2 oz total with the envelope. Lucky me, had this problem ye...

Impossible to understand and impossible to get help-sell from Europe

I wish to sell and ship from Finland, but eBay is totally f….d up. How to do it???????

ReUnderstanding the partial refund scam....

I've sold here for 2 decades so I have seen all the scams. Lately, it popped into my head a nuance about the partial refund scam. I used to just believe the usual, "oh buyers just never read the descriptions", butnow I have a better idea on the main ...

Marketplace Facilitator and Filing California Sales Tax Return

I neglected to file my sale tax returns, once eBay started collecting sales tax, directly. Now I'm filling out those forms. How do I tell the State of California, that eBay has collected those taxes ? I do not see an entry on the tax return form (CDT...

Ebay Motors Ads

Just Curious...Has anyone seen or heard an Ebay Motors ad recently? seems like over the years they were very prominent on the Radio, TV etc. and they were present at major car shows, trade shows etc. a couple weeks ago I saw a TV ad promoting Ebay ha...

Is there a way to list an item for sale only to a specific buyer?

I sold an item to a buyer in Guam and promptly shipped it. It was delayed by the USPS for weeks (did you know they use U.S. Navy ships for deliveries sometimes?). The buyer opened a non-delivery ticket, and I kept in contact with him after going to t...

Preview draft

Hello. When click on my name to go to my store. I am taken to page that says preview draft then if I click it it takes me to my store. I don’t think this is normal for eBay and I have been getting hacked. I think this mighty be part of whatever they ...

Received a random return outside ebay return system.

I received an item return today April 10th (showed delivered to buyer April 1st) without any notice from the buyer or through the ebay return system. Buyer printed a return label on their own. Are there any pitfalls to sending a refund outside the re...

Resolved! I received a negative feedback by mistake.

I received a negative feedback by mistake. I have sent the buyer a revision request. Ebay will not let me send another one. He shared he can not find it. He is trying to change the feedback from negative to positive. I sent ebay a request to look at ...

Resolved! Seller Protection

My feedback score was 100% until I ran into a horrible buyer.He purchased gaskets that were silver in color and were listed as copper gaskets. His purchase was around $20. He left me negative feedback stating that the gaskets were aluminum not copper...