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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...

Automatic knives?

eBay rules say they're prohibited. I've seen them removed many times. Now I see modern Benchmades out the front automatics selling. Listed as Automatics. Why is eBay inconsistant about the rules? And yes I know what an automatic knife is and I know t...

Resolved! 34 Days left

What is with the good till cancel listings showing 34 / 35 / 36 days remaining?

I swear I am losing it!

I think I'm losing my mind. I would swear there used to be an "Economy Shipping" selection that did not call out the exact form of shipping you were using. I know I have shipped postcards in envelopes several times. I have an item I might want to sen...

Resolved! Can I come here with a Pay Pal question?

I got a message from Pay Pal in one of my transactions that said:Have you lifted your withdrawal and receiving limits? Just log in to your PayPal account and click View Limits on the Account Overview page.Sincerely,PayPal I went there but there was n...

active until sold

I have been a member since 1999 and just ended all my listings because of the active until sold feature. With this feature ebay renews and charges you automatically if you do not end the listing on the 29th day even if you do not want to relist it.

Odd thing with sales tax

Odd thing with the sales tax. I just sold several listings to the same person. All of the items added up as they should. All of the postage added up as well. So did the sales tax for the total. I adjusted the shipping for combine shipping , sent the ...

Bidder won auction and now wants to cancel? What do I do?

Hello,I am new to using eBay; especially to selling. I only started selling about a month ago and I’ve only sold 4 items. I had a 7 day auction for an item; the auction has since ended and the buyer now wants me to cancel the order. It has been 4 day...

Any recourse when a seller steals your title and description to list same item?

This happens to me once in awhile...another seller will copy and paste my title and my description to sell the same item. They even copied my standard verbiage that goes with all my listings (although at least cut out my logo). Probably not technical...

Buyer cancel payment after receiving item

So this just happened to me. I just sold an item on eBay, had a notification saying "buyer has paid for the item time to ship!". I then shipped out the item, buyer received the item. A few days later he cancel the payment. How do you dispute this tra...

eBay Phone App for Sellers, Inconsistent results and non-seller friendly: How can we improve this?

eBay Phone App for Sellers, Inconsistent results and Un-seller friendly. How can we improve this? 1. I try to respond to buyers questions promptly when using my cell phone, however when I attempt to respond to their messages, I have to make 2-3 attem...

Ebay is telling my buyers that I do not ship to their zip code.

Ebay is telling my buyers of one item that I do not ship to their zip code, two buyers same listing.The item number is 352467193274.I cannot find anything wrong with the listing.One customer is from Fla and one from Texas.

Sale/transaction cancelled at customers request. Can they still leave you feedback?

I cancelled a sale/transaction at the customers request. I noticed i am unable to leave feedback for thee customer. Does that mean they can't leave me feedback either?

Minnesota Sales Tax Issue

I posted about this on another thread, but thought it might get lost there and wanted to bring attention to this issue. Can any out of state sellers who are supposed to be collecting sales tax for MN confirm if eBay is actually collecting that tax an...

So I guess the lights are back on

I guess eBay turned my lights back on. Had a few sales here and a few on other sites too. A very low offer on 1 item I had to decline cause I would’ve lost money. I did have my store in vacation cause I’ve been so ill. I guess I’ll put it back on vac...

Buyer wants to return a Rolex because he said it is +10 seconds a day and should be +/-2 seconds

Should I fight with a buyer that wants to return a Rolex because he said it is +10 seconds a day. The watch was only worn a few times. What would you do. This is the first day of the dispute. Thanks