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Sold an item but cant find the transaction in the Sold category

I recently sold an item, it was payed for and the item is no longer listed but when I go to the Ebay Sold section the item doesn't appear. I found the address of the buyer through Paypal but needed to message them for address confirmation since I can...

This automatic "best offer" added by Ebay-RIDICULOUS!!

I have been selling some printer machine parts at the lowest price I can sell them, with free shipping. I'm lucky to make a few bucks after the high Ebay fees and shipping. Now Ebay changes the item to best offer? After the shipping and Ebay fees, Pa...

Cancelling a sale after the buyer filed a request

So I didn't know the cancellation request has an expiration of 3 days (why it isn't business days, I have no idea). A buyer filed a request on Thursday and I didn't see it. Apparently ebay's new Manage Orders Page moves the cancellations away from th...

Sold Item still shows as Active listing

Hello. I just started selling on ebay 2 weeks ago. I have made 4 sales thus far. I just noticed that I have 18 active listings and that I should have 32 left but it says I have 31. I looked at one of the things I sold, a Snes game, and when I click t...

Resolved! Some of my listings are being switched to "or best offer" does anyone know why?

I have gotten several emails from ebay saying my listing now qualifies for best offer and when I take a look at it, sure enough it has been revised to accept offers and I did not do it!!!Is ebay just deciding and changing things ?? Is there a way to ...

reselling full time

Apologies in advance if this isn't the appropriate place for this post. But my experience here has been very positive and y'all seem to be very knowledgeable in this biz. I'm thinking of going for broke and trying out reselling as my main source of i...

Resolved! How do I find out where the sender of a best offer is located?

Person made an offer on a local pickup only item. How can I find out at least what state they are in? When I look up their user ID it just says, Member since: Mar-10-16 in United States. Why can't Ebay be more specific about a buyers location than Un...

Link Issues Resulting in Ebay Messages

eBay will send you a message to correct listings that have an unauthorized LINK in the listing. These messages have come up here and there in my listings and always, I am directed to the HTML format to correct the problem. What I found out today from...

Find Advanced listing tool on phone and app

Where do I find the advanced listing tool if using the website on my phone or the ebay app?I have enabled all of the extra features such as scheduling a time and so forth. I read that listing this way stops the best offer option from being added by e...

Collection of sales tax

I'm a small scale seller,under 100 transactions and $10,000.00 annually.I have been trying to understand these new tax collection changes and all I can see clearly is that if I stay under the above mentioned numbers I won't need to collect any taxes ...

Foreign buyers not being charged shipping fees ?

I have sold two items from the UK in the last 48hrs to buyers outside the UK who have not been charged shipping fees so i have had to cancel the orders. Anyone else suffering this glitch?

Confused about seller’s feedback

How is this possible? Hi lease see picture. Doesn't the number in parentheses mean the feedbacks received?but then says 0%.and has 0 in all categories.confused. Please clarify. Thank

Desperation Shows in email from eBay

I LOOKED at an item and got an email showing the item again with the words, "This seller offers free return shipping." As a seller, I wouldn't like that message going out. It's encouraging buyers to "try out" items.

I Could Use Some Advice From Other Experienced Sellers

Hi all, I could use some advice from other experienced sellers. I believe I already know the answer but here is the situation. I have a very expensive item for sale. Price tag is $1195.00 with a Best Offer attached so I can screen buyers. I have sold...

Increase of bidders who just don't pay

Hello! First post here and I hope I came to the right place. I sell clothes and jewellery every now and then and noticed that, in the last few months, the number of bidders who don't pay after winning a bid for my items has increased. I always open a...