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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...

Another weird INR case

There never seems to be a shortage of new stories when you think you've heard them all. A buyer wrote me a rather lengthy message then filed INR but tracking says delivered. He said he checked with neighbors and nothing. I pasted my usual response gi...

Promoted Listing....OR NOT???

Hello fellow sellers..... Does anyone have products that are lower priced than the competition, and your "Promoted" listing can't even beat another non-promoted listing? I have sold TONS of a specific product, and yet some newbie comes in and his pro...

Is my listing misleading?

I have been trying to sell a bar of silver on ebay. I tried first with buy it now which was met with chirping crickets and no one was willing to make an offer even though I reduced the price twice and selected the option of make me an offer for the l...

Resolved! photos on the manage active listing page

@bryan.t@ebaywhen and why did ebay remove the ability from the manage active listings page to SORT listings by those with or without photos? as far as i know it was the only way and easiest way to locate the listings that ebay has removed all the pho...

State Sales Tax

Hello All- the state of MI will require online sellers to collect sales tax starting Oct 1, 2018. I already collect the MI sales tax. My question- How is eBay going to handle all different state sales taxes? Does anyone know?

Question about prices on shipping USPS

So I searched and couldn't seem to find any actual answers. USPS shipping is getting out of hand these days. Prices keep increasing way too much every year and I only fear what January 2020 brings. But in the meantime, to try to cut down costs I am t...

Promotions not working for me....?

i am currently utilizing promoted listings. it shows that my current promotion (buy 3 get $10 off) is active. however, nowhere in any of my listings can i see the banner that would inform potential buyers of such promotion.... i wonder if it is just ...

feedback.

why do some buyers/ sellers never leave feedback.

Need help on how to deal with a seller dispute

I have not responded yet but got this message from someone who purchased a new with Macy's tags from me: "I tried on this shirt and did not even wear it because I decided to wash it first. It fell apart upon washing it :-(" While the cost of the shir...

Buyer pay freight charges problem since new label printing implemented.

Today I sold an item with the buyer paying the freight going 1st class mail...when I tried to print the label the freight he paid was $2.64 and my charge was $3.88!!! What is up with that!!! Contacted Ebay and they said they would apply a credit.... ...

Resolved! Buyer seems shady, what are my options?

I just had an auction for a laptop I was selling wrap. During the auction I had one person message me asking to sell outside of Ebay. At the end of the auction, the winner had 0 feedback (beating out someone with 200 feedback by $5, ouch) and sends m...

Neutral feedback just disappeared

I had posted a few weeks ago about someone that left neutral feedback and filed a "not as described" case complaining of something that was clearly mentioned in the description. I am making a new post because the previous one got long. I just noticed...

eBay's switch from 30 Day Listings to GTC.

I've been trying to wrap my mind around why eBay shifted from offering the option of 30 day listings for fixed price, to now only offering Good Til Closed.The listing pages will give you an explanation of "To give our sellers a better chance to blah ...

Okey Dokey How To List A Book That's Not A Cookbook ??

Trying to list an expensive hardcover about an artist's* work and if I use ebay's catalog, how do I fill in the "Regional Cuisine" and "Cookery Topic" specifics? SMH. Really, ebay? Is the answer just don't use the ISBN and hope for the best? This is ...

book selling fees

I just started selling books on eBay, Seller fees are listed at 12% for books, but end up being between 15-18%. Sold a book for $5.88 w/ free shipping. Selling fee $2.22. Anyone know why? thanks