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its the thieving season

I know there have been discussions about this before, but I don't quite remember the solutions you guys and gals offered,Here is my problem: Buyer bought a item (after she talked me down some in the price) It was in like-new condition, with all the t...

Hey eBay......Where is my refund?

So.......2 months ago I sell an item and the customer wants to return it and clicks "Not as described,defective" and the return is forced upon me to accept and pay shipping (customer ordered item that did not fit their device) I was told by ebay more...

Weekends

Why does it seem eBay locks the door for 2-3 days weekends now?? Last weekend Fri-Sun = 0 sales. This weekend = 1 sale on Fri. Nothing on Sat/Sun. Really getting to be a horrible trend! 5-6 straight weekends have been this awful. Any reason for it? A...

Cyber Monday Results-Analysis

News flash! eBay is falling behind its competitors. I'm kidding, we all know this... According to ChainStoreAge.com this Cyber Monday was a record setting one, with a nearly 20% increase over last year. https://chainstoreage.com/cyber-monday-spending...

Finding a member

My niece was scammed last night on her first sale. I need to find this member. He has been reported, but wanted a Gift card. Yes they did. He even called our phone. He has been reported but i wan to warn others and speak to ebay directly but I cannot...

Now we pay fees on sales tax

We are being "fee'd" to death here. The sad thing is that we are paying for used items from buyers on ebay. Reminds me of buying a used car. tax upon tax upon tax plus fees. Too bad there is not a way to shut this whole industry down.

Item was shipped 2 days ago, and Ebay still wont release funds.....

Ebay says the funds well be available by the 13th but I absolutely need it in my bank account by the 9th!!!!!I have make a payment on property tax. Are they really going to hold it for that long?!! It's so annoying. Now I remember why I quit this **b...

Service metric RIP OFF! 50% Extra FvF

Currently and once the new Seller Updates takes effect Oct, 1st 2019 Ebay will still continue to count NAD's (Not as Described) when Buyers fail to return an item. This bogus policy is only in place to inflate Service Metrics numbers giving Ebay the ...

Returns making selling on eBay unprofitable

@Anonymous happy almost thanksgiving all! so my business is hurting like everyone else down over 60% from last year this same month with similar or better inventory as last year. i have started removing returns from about 35-40% of my items because t...

Help! Question about cancelling a customers order.

If customer ordered 3 items, do I get hit with one cancel\defect? Or do I get hit with 3 order defects?

disabling auctiva

If i disable my Auctiva account will it delete all my eBay auctions ? or just the formatting from auctiva.....it seems even when i use eBay's "list it now" on my ebay, it gets imported into my auctiva account....it also inserts auctiva's counter & ot...

Search engine an epic fail!

I was in the process of listing a Men's vest, with the brand being "The Territory Ahead". I wanted to see all the active and sold listings of used vests to determine a fair price and view the sell thru rate. So I typed in the search bar precisely "Me...

Ebay charges fees on shipping and when you refund, they keep the final value fee!!!!

yup, thats right, it was bad enough when ebay started charging final value fees on shipping costs, but since ebay and paypal split...and possibly before...they don't automatically refund the fees when you refund shipping to your buyers. to make matte...

What is wrong with markdowns?

Sales created six and four hours ago are still "processing". There are only about a dozen listings included in one of those markdowns and even fewer included in the other. eBay, it's the busiest shopping 2 weeks of the year and sales are not working?...

Quid Pro Quo

Ebay wants me to work with a criminal in regards to a feedback scenario. I got negative feedback for a tool that my buyer says he never received. I have been working with the post office into finding out what actually happened. But all evidence point...