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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...

Time to Protect the Seller

In the last 2 days I’ve had over $600 of Buyer cancellations. I’ve had to relist items and wait longer to hopefully resale them, probably for less money, while the buyer has no consequences. Buyers can cancel at any time and the seller is just screwe...

Resolved! good til cancelled

Well, I went to relist a few items that expired without selling. Planned to list for 30 days fixed price. THen the only GTC change finally reared its forecasted ugly head. Yup,,it is here now. No longer can you do a 30 day fixed price listing without...

eBay picture uploading not accepting anything?

Is there an official issue today with eBay picture uploading? Or their servers or something? I can't upload ANYTHING, not even old photos that I have uploaded to eBay before.

Seller's Emailing Buyers - Is it alright to email past buyers telling them of a sale/promotion?

Because of a dearth of sales recently (summer I suspect...) I have decided to run a sale. Does anyone know if it is alright to send a simple email to selected prior buyers letting them know of the sale? Or, is this something that would cause heartbur...

You are not permitted to offer shipping to Germany (this includes worldwide or EU) for this item

Hello, I have a problem, when I try to list 20 YU dinars from 1938, coins, I get a message from e-bay saying: "It looks like there's a problem with this listing. You are not permitted to offer shipping to Germany (this includes worldwide or EU) for t...

Resolved! Tracking Indicates Late Delivery is Bogus

Lost my top rated status ever since eBay institued these shenanigans regarding late shipments. Just to clarify for anyone not familiar. It used to be that if you had a handling time of one business day, as long as you printed your shipping label or u...

Sending buyers unsolicited offers Yay or Nay ?

Resolved! Should I cancel bid and block potential persistent negative buyer?

Hi I noticed someone bid on an item of mine and I checked the feedback they'd left for recent sellers. I was horrified to see the amount of negative feedback they had left to scores of different sellers in the last month alone. Of course I scrutinise...

Scam?

Sold a little toy to a russian buyer. I had three of them, one I took out of the packaging, took pics, listed it, sold it.I used the same photo for the second one, because I did not want to take it out of the sealed packaging. Mailed it to Russia, de...

Has Anyone Else Noticed That USPS Shipping Costs Are Now Even More Ridiculously Expensive?!!

I was once a long time power seller here on eBay. Sadly, in the past I got burned twice selling high valued antiques by scammers and lost hundreds of dollars. Because of that, I no longer sell here anymore. With that being said, since I am a just a b...

Sharing listings to Facebook problem

since yesterday all the items i share on Facebook come up with the picture only , no title just a small text in corner , something like IE.EBAYTo most people this would look like a dodgy post that few would click on - when you do it goes to Ebay US t...

Resolved! vacation mode not showing

I read the FAQ on putting your store on vacation mode but it doesnt show as an option for me in my settings. I see the option to turn on and off the away message for when sellers message you but nothing toggle my store to vacation mode. Is it just me...

Difficult communication with the buyer

Hello!I sold an item but the communication with the buyer it is very difficult. He does not answer at my messages. I sent him pics from post offices before shipping out and show teacking number but he did not response at my message. I am little bit s...

Where is the list of buyers who were auto declined?

Where is the list of buyers who were auto declined? Or not allowed to bid because of my restrictions?

Resolved! GTC ,,Lets make a pie Chart - Whats everyone's percentage % numbers right now?

Im not sure if GTC {Going Totally Clueless} has hurt or could it be the other countless changes that have made Ebay what it is right now,., But what are everyones percentages of sales? Mine are -49.1% from prior 31 days,.,.-25.8% from the same period...