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Resolved! How to Deal with Unreasonable Requests from Buyer?

I was contacted yesterday by a buyer who was interested in three of my items and asked if I could give them any discount. I said that I was happy to throw in the cheapest of the three items for free (since its cost was marginal compared to the other ...

Texas Sales Tax - Exemption for small sellers...

So I just purchased a used fragrance product from a New York seller (who has only 25 feedback). This person is obviously just a small infrequent seller and is selling her own personal product. I live in Texas and had to pay sales tax on a used produc...

MPN missing from Lego listing

I'm listing some Lego sets but I cannot put them in the "Lego complete sets and packs" category as I keep getting an error message saying the MPN is missing. This error message appears in the "item specifics" section, but there is no field for a MPN ...

refund problem!

Ok so I had to refund a buyer before the item shipped because the item got damaged. I issued a refund 10/20/19 as you can see in the screenshot belowbut now my ebay is saying I need to refund the buyer by 11/05/19 even though paypal says the refund t...

Mods & Vaporizers

Are these allowed to be sold on eBay?

PayPal - Funds on hold - need alternate

I've been a seller on eBay since 1999. I've had 708 positive FB, no neutrals and 1 neg in all that time.Recently PayPal started putting all my payments on hold. They are currently holding $1200 total.They can't give me a solid reason why they're doin...

Where did "mystoremaps" app go?

I have used "mystoremaps" app for many years now...In the past few months, my international sales have tanked...I believe the main problem is the mystoremap app is dead now?? where did it go? It was a HUGE factor in bringing in international buyers t...

Resolved! No Sales for Days- No Wonder- MY LISTINGS AREN'T SHOWING!

I have had really poor sales this week (a handful of sales that I sent direct offers to)- I decided to just type in some of the brands of the items I am selling. Well- No wonder. I tried this with three brands (smaller/independent designers that I ha...

Resolved! Buyer Keeps Asking for Discounts

Lost paypal fee's from canceled transaction and False INAD'S

Now that paypal holds all fee's from transactions, even when the buyer cancels a few minutes after purchase. I was wondering what others feel about that. I personally have had about $2500 in transaction cancellations this calendar month before the it...

Paypal removed the "Classic Site" button..

Paypal removed the "Classic Site" button. Is there a link where I can still get to it?I need the classic site for bookkeeping stuff. On the latest site, paypal either made functions not work right, or removed them altogether. Thanks

All I hear is Bad Sales, Bad Sales. Anyone with Good sales?

So many threads of late about how dead Ebay is. I have been very dead myself otherwise I probably wouldn't bother with this thread, but since I have nothing to do, here I am.. Im using another account other than my selling account, just because Im on...

eBay has Refused to Protect Seller from Negative Feedback from Abusive Buyer

After purchasing an item, before I shipped it, a customer asked me to falsely declare the value of the item to her nation's Customs bureau to reduce potential Customs duties she would pay. I refused, explaining that this would be illegal. The custome...

Watchers watching, not buying !

The “watchers” feature needs 2 b terminated b/c it breeds false hope. 90% of the time it’s just fellow sellers (voyeurs), selling a similar item & gauging the price.

I picked the worst time to open a store!!!

I've been an off and on ebayer for about 10 years. The last time I ebayed was a few years ago. I got so turned off by the higher fees, higher shipping costs, and loss of profits, so I stopped listing thinking what's the point, and that maybe I could ...