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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...

Resolved! Venting Post: Buyers who ask for free shipping

So I usually try to respond to these requests politely & professionally, but I woke up to this one and I just can't...lol BUYER:Can I have it for free shipping?parkersparrow:You want free shipping on a 5.99 item?????BUYER:Can we make it $6.5 free shi...

Buyer cannot buy because it will not calculate shipping?

Just got a message from a potential buyer that she was unable to buy because I don't ship to New York. Went to check my listing, and it just shows Calculate where the shipping cost should have been. When I click on it, no matter what zip code I added...

GOOD TILL CANCELED - SALES DOWN!

Been a huge fan of eBay for years and the avenue they provide my small business to move product. Change can be tough but I have always been open minded. But this new change forcing fixed priced listings to be "Good Till Canceled" is detrimental to my...

Shipping Cost: $51.06@Paypal.com vs $40.67@UPS.com

WOW! For non-eBay items, it's much easier to ship directly from my Paypal account rather than use my UPS account; with UPS, I have to enter all of the info and then come back at a later date to pay the bill with a credit card. Out of habit, and distr...

Buyer made error and wants to return an item.

Under my main selling account, a buyer won a diecast car for 4.97. I shipped rightaway, he emails me 5 days later and tells me that he is going to return the car because he only collects 1:24 scale cars and he bought a smaller car by mistake. I tell ...

Any body else tired of E-bay adding Best Offer button to your items without your consent?

I have about had it with this. My listings are as low as I can go to be competitive after fees. I'm tired of editing my listings back to the way I had them & explaining to bid offers why I have declined there offer?????

Resolved! New buyer bids on product, immediately cancels it and leaves false negative feedback.

What steps should I take to get around this? It's rather annoying.

Not all Buyers are out there to get you.

I know, mea culpa! I have berated the buying side, not without knowing there are some of them that deserve more than being berated but this is not the case. The best case, and I feel bad about this, is that I sold a very heavy stereo to a person in O...

What action should i take, if any?

I bought and paid for this item on 4-16-19. Estimated delivery between 4-24-19 and 4-29-19. Today the tracking shows... 4-21-19: Tracking number provided.4-25-19: USPS in possession of package.4-25-19: Departed post office.4-26-19: Arrived at distrib...

Michael Kors handbags

This is the second time I've tried to sell my brand new Michael Kors handbags. Both times, I've been notified that I'm violating ebay policies. I was with my sister in law when she purchased one of the bags at Belk. Is ebay of the opinion that Belk s...

Ebay almost never on Seller side, maybe time to move on :(

So I have been trying to sell some luxurious product of specific brand with a really great bargain, I don't even take big cut, just some decent amount to support my animal shelter, but after almost a year in Ebay, i can see most of the time they are ...

Ebay invoice problem,paying for item i didnt sell

Hello ebay community,i have a problem with ebay invoice and i dont know how to resolve it,i hope someone can help. Here is the deal, one ebay user "bought" a backpack that i was selling and started sending me emails with the usual scam things "buy me...

Blocked buyer bought item with guest account

I blocked a buyer who wanted to argue about price, etc, and seemed to be a general pain. So they just went ahead and used a guest account to buy the item! eBay tells me if I don’t send the item, I will get a defect! So I send the item and hope for th...

eBay Charging 4% Penalty for Items not described!!!

Just an FYI I checked my invoice for last 3 months and I was charged 4k in extra fees because of this lame update from last year, where if you have higher item not as described rate than your peers then you are charged extra 4% fee. Now before anyone...

How much would it cost to ship the following...?

How much would it cost to ship a Priority Mail Large Mailing Box that is 15 pounds, and planned to be shipped to 29615, Greenville, SC? I need to do the math now because I just got an offer on something and I would like to respond quickly to the buye...