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BULK SHIPPING TOOL ERROR processing

Hi, The bulk shipping tool, new form that began a couple months ago, is only processing 7 or 8 at a time and the rest error. Then I can go and process those others and only half of those will go through. Ultimately I can process all of them but some ...

Review Bots?

So, I “sold” a guitar to some bloke on Friday, Sept 13. He hasn’t paid and I opened a case against him. Today, I am allowed to close the case to give him a strike and cancel the transaction. Never shipped the item due to him never paying. Also, I’ve ...

Resolved! The new shipping page wants you to spend more money.

One product i sell quite a few of ships in a padded envelope at 15 oz. for $5.53. The new shipping page automatically defaults me to Priority Mail for $8.01. WHY WOULD EBAY DO THIS???

eBay's periodic "free listing" offers...

My wife and I both have separate eBay sellers accounts. She has about 1500+ feedback's, while I have about 700. For many months (perhaps almost a year?) I have received monthly "free listing" offers (no insertion fees) ranging from 150 to 500 free li...

Variation Listing...Do I really Need To Type Each One? Is There No Copy and Paste?

I list Baseball cards. Say I have 50 Purple Cards all different players. My title is 2018 Purple Cards You pick who you want. In my listing under the drop down arrow I have all 50 players names. When I create my listing do I need to type in each play...

Negative Feedback Question

Hello, A quick question.. Can you receive a negative feedback if a package was returned due to an absence and unclaimed by the consignee?

Sellers Beware of New "Handy Assembly Charge" Feature Ebay Has Added To All Furniture Listings

Ebay has added a new option on all used furniture listings which has done nothing but confuse and turn off my potential buyers. They added this box just below the Make An Offer button: Chair assembly from Handy - $72.00Handy will email you to schedul...

Resolved! Problem Starting And Revising Auctions - IPhone/IPad Safari - PC Explorer - Started on 9/15/19

Hi, Is anyone else having trouble revising or starting auctions using their Iphone or Ipad on Safari, or on a PC using Explorer? I cannot change any of my listings or create new ones. This started about three days ago, 9/15/19. I have cleared cookies...

Resolved! Full retail CDs that have read errors

I was wondering if I bought a CD and the original had read errors could a copy of the recovered CD contents be considered piracy If I include the original CD with it showing ownership of it. If so I want to know, so I do not try it.

ethical, or an idiot? (partial refunds for combined orders)

I had a discussion, almost an argument, with husband over my practice of combining orders and issuing combined invoices. Or if they pay for each item singly, calculating the combined rate and refunding for the excess postage. I do aim to charge about...

PayPal email - The email address you entered isn't linked to a PayPal account.

I'm trying to relist all my items before the free listings ends today, and now I'm getting this nonsense message that my paypal email is not linked to any paypal account. I been using this account for some time now w/o any problem, I can log in to it...

Bulk Edit Handling Time

I noticed that I did not have the Bulk Edit option on one of my selling ID's, but knew it was present on another so it must be an isolated thing. After a little digging, I realized it was because eBay had opted me into "business policies" which is al...

Have HUGE lot of brass stampings (800+ pcs; 6 styles/sizes). List as HUGE lot, BIN, auction, other?

Hi all, I have 800+ pcs, 6 styles/sizes, brass stampings (mostly raw with a handful in various states of prep and paint). I was gonna do an auction of the entire lot, but got cold feet on that fearing I'd get taken to the cleaners. Anyone here have a...

Unpaid Item Assistant - isn't quicker just to cancel the transaction

In the last week I've had two occurrences of unpaid items. The first a buyer with a (1) positive feedback rating suddenly had her PayPal hacked or something just hours after they were the late at night, winning bid. Then I had someone who made an off...

A NEW SYI "IMPROVEMENT"

A NEW SYI "IMPROVEMENT" Beginning the week of 9/09/19 the SYI form for listing books has mutated.If you choose a Books category when you get to the Item Specifics sectionthere are now links indicating "# searches". If you click on one of these links ...