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Resolved! Ebay please give us free listings

Just because the holidays are here. Please give us additional listings so we an make more money for ourselves and you. ThanksBella

SLOWEST SALES IN MY 5 YEARS OF SELLING (ME THINKING REASONS)

This is my slowest sales year ever. You would think my first year would be. But my last 2 years are. Me thinking reasons. E bay dose not advertise themselves thru internet search. They want sellers to buy promoted listings to do it. 3 years ago if I ...

Unwarranted Negative Feedback

EBay, The buyer purchased a 60 cent item from me... The buyer had only submitted initials of MM on his profile so his address was incomplete. I emailed to ask him for his full name but he refused. I looked on PayPal but the buyer only has initials re...

Resolved! Ending Auction Early b4 fake bids start?

Thinking about ending my auction early while I still have a real (hopefully) interested buyer. The auction is at $640 with my buy it now price at $650. Highest bidder has 2 feedback history, I sent them a message asking for a response to verify they ...

Does it really pay to become a top seller and what are the advantages?

I am just getting rolling here on eBay selling what I truly love. Coins. Im doing pretty good and I am seeing a profit early. Should I stay the course and take it slow or go for broke and get the ratings of a top seller and open a store? I'm all ears...

Buyer`s can`t complete a purchase

I received an email from a potential buyer this morning saying that during check out they got a message that said "buyer is not receiving purchases right now" E Bay says it some kind of glitch and it`s happening to multiple sellers/buyers, just wonde...

Buyer Checkout Note to Sellers

I get a lot of the usual buyer notes left on the checkout page- thanks and pack well- but lately there's a new trend among notes left by buyers. A lot of them are stating exactly what they purchased in the note to seller. Today I got one of those and...

Several problems with Markdown Sales (Promotions)

Problem 1: For Black Friday, I ran a 15% off on all items and set it to end at 12am Saturday. I take a look at my account Saturday morning and the sale is still running. I double checked my start and end time and it does in fact show that it's suppos...

Brand new Ebay user wants to do off ebay purchases. Can't find where to report him.

I can find where to report a seller, But not a buyer. This brand new ID is needing to be reported to EBAY before he scams somebody.Messages are coming thru ebay. Used to be you could report right from the Message page. Link Please?

The Failure of GTC ...

Prior to the GTC mandate in March Auction and Fixed Priced sales were about the same (54% Auction and 46% Fixed Price). Now its 1 in 4 sales are GTC and that's on the good account. The account eBay basically killed off with GTC despite the regular PL...

Agreeing to buyer's changes

After a few times of this, I wonder if I should even entertain these buyer messages/requests anymore. A buyer bought an item early in the morn, 4am and almost immediately messaged me asking to "change to sona delivery." I was like "what is that?" The...

Another bug

Here's another "bug" that eBay programmers can take care of (rather than invent new "features" we didn't ask for nor want): eBay note: This order was canceled. View details eBay note: Ship by Tuesday, Aug 27. Ship now—past due. Why is this showing "s...

Cyber Monday

Do you generally get a boost in sales for Cyber Monday? I wonder if it's mostly for things like new electronics and/or Amazon Prime and big store sites. I don't remember if I've had an especially good Cyber Monday. Today is good across two sites thou...

Resolved! USPS says packages weren't on porch, but they were

I left packages on porch for USPS to pick up, but today I got a message from them that the packages were not there for them to pick up. Have you had this happen? Did they just miss scanning them and they may show up yet????

Offer higher than my asking price?

I just got offered $230 for a product I listed for $190 and the buyer left his phone number and asked me to kindly accept his offer. They are from the Netherlands could this be a scam?