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Seller Initiated Offer automation

Every day, eBay sellers send targeted offers to reach interested buyers and drive more sales. To make this process even easier, some sellers choose to automate their offers, helping them engage buyers faster and save time. We want to provide some cla...

Resolved! Help with buyer

Had a buyer leave me negative feedback after the item being a day late to ship but he still 2 weeks before expected delievery. Demands a refund which I give him. Then contacts me a week later calling me a dumb **bleep** and a **bleep**. I just want t...

NY sales tax now added, but shipping too?

Had a sale from NY and saw the first 'sales tax' added to the invoice. Tax was also added to the shipping cost. Is this for real? No way to adjust this. Why are they getting hit with tax on shipping too? Sales are already dismal and I just don't see ...

International Seller Protection is a SCAM!

I sold to France, the tracking showed DELIVERED, the Paypal account shows the address linked to the tracking number, and the resolution was to refund the buyer. I've submitted an appeal hoping someone would notice that eBay made a mistake. Guess what...

Email from Webinterpret saying Ive been opted in. Is this real? More fun stuff.

I just woke up to 3 problems as usual. One big one is web-interpret cross border welcoming me and saying that ebay opted me in. Im not clicking through anything and I know there were major issues in the past. I never would opt in and have offered int...

Buyer makes offer but doesn't pay

I had a buyer make an offer that I accepted. The offer included shipping and it was clearly marked that way. After a day and a half the buyer responds to my request for payment asking if there are shipping fees. I replied and told him yes, the fees a...

Bayonets are no longer allowed to be sold on Ebay??

I had a Bulgarian Type III 6x5 Bayonet removed 20 minutes after I posted it today. I have been told because it is part of a assault weapon. I ran a search for "Bayonet" , AK-74 Bayonet , Type III 6X5 bayonet and found literally 2500 of one type, 4700...

had a hold on payments and I could afford shipping costs

if your poor and a senior citizen don't count on EBAY to help you make a little money to survive, They will do everything they can to make sure you fail. Some people can not afford to cover shipping costs if there not paid and they lose sales,I don't...

Guy is trying to scam me with the ebay refund policy

hey guys, I'm a new seller and completely out of my comfort zone. long story short, I shipped a guy a $300 computer component, and he requested a return, saying it didn't fit his particular PC. I responded by telling him that I would not be able to t...

Broken items

First Ebay (aka Auction Web) sale - a BROKEN laser pointer. Ebay History - where did it go wrong?https://www.ebayinc.com/company/our-history/

is this somekind of scam?

This seems fishy to me. I revieved a message from someome one asking to buy my item for a good price and they would pay by bank transfer.At first it all looked legitimate and I agreed to the sale. But then later the same day I recieved a virtually id...

Buy 2 from A category get 1 free from B category

Hi, Is there any way to set a promotion on eBay with the following rule: Buy 2 from A category or list of items and get 1 free from B category or list of items? Please advise. Thank you,

Saw my first Amazon Prime delivery van . Asked local PO what they thought

The first employee told me that they loose money on Amazon. They make the PO deliver on Sundays and that cost the PO more than it is worth. The second employee told me that Amazon helps pay the bills , and she will be sad to see them go. Which is it?...

Tip of the Iceberg

Today's change in management is great news for me personally. I think the smaller changes over the next few weeks will prove to be even more important. Hopefully this will not disrupt the Holiday selling season. Maybe it would be a good thing if sell...

China scam artists

Ebay does not do a dam thing about these China sellers that are using the same people to bid up prices and allowing them to list items for auction and when they don't get the money they want the seller cancels your bids. Ebay does not give a dam abou...

Promoted listings policy update + ad-blocker hiding listings??

I've seen several reports on youtube and online that many browser ad-blockers will block promoted ebay listings. Currently when you promote a listing, you get a promoted listing and a duplicate listing that is not promoted. But with the scheduled cha...