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Its hard to compete with a seller who prints counterfeit major brand labels for his listed products

In 2013 I started an internet business selling replacement hard drives for Dodge Chrysler Jeep navigation systems. I had no competition until an ebay seller bought one of my drives and clones the hard drive to cheap, used laptop drives packaged it in...

Question on complaints

A buyer bought a mobile phone off me in early November 2018.It had been locked to a network and I had it unlocked. I should have known something was wrong when he bid on it and then retracted his winning bid saying it was too much. He then offered a ...

If I list an item GTC and then immediately end it....

Will I still be charged 35 cents?

Best way to handle sketchty odd buyer?

A buyer recently bought a product mid-transit messaged me for a address change then opened a return case saying he didn't want the item then closed it saying he wanted more and bought another product a day later. Kind of sketchy?

If you need 3,5, and 7 day Buy It Now listings to get sales? Would you pay to get options back?

Bottom line: There are a ton of sellers who are being killed by this Good Till Cancelled change eBay just made. For a ton of people their sales have come to a crawl, if not stopped completely. Granted this has not effected everyone in the same way. I...

Help With Identification

Hello everyone,Would you please help me identify this item?Thank you!

GTC--- Save Yourself Some Time Monitoring Your Listings

If you have Seller Hub, go to Active Listings. Do you have a column titled "start Date"? If not, go to the right, above the listings, click "customize" and check and save "Start date". This will give you a column that now shows two things: the date y...

Why can't ebay go back to the way of selling?

I am trying and thinking of ways and what could possibly sell on this site. This site has definitely changed for the worst. This site also predetermines the listings no matter what people sell. It could be electronics, something used, something new a...

eBay is a Scammer’s Paradise

Pretty sad that eBay does NOTHING to stop known scammers from continuing their fraud on eBay. Sold a brand new dress 2 weeks ago. Buyer messaged me after shipping that she needs Dress ASAP for an event. I tell her it’s already shipped. She’s happy. Y...

Sing it with me "Oh where O where can my eBay buyers be?"

Worst selling month in 21 years. Taxes due? GTC? Broken IE? Spring Break?Search algorithm changes?Who the heck knows anymore.It's not much fun anymore, I'll say that.Sad story for this small business owner...

PayPal Policy Update on Refunds Sellers to Forfeit Fees

Just received this email from PayPal, called them immediately and they verified that effective 5-7-19 when sellers have to refund a buyer they WILL NOT get their 2.9% back. PayPal will keep it.We are updating the PayPal Account User Agreement for U.S...

5 days - 0 sales. Wasting my time here?

Happy Easter Monday to all. I would really like to know why sales are as dismal as they can be! 2 horrible weeks. 5 straight days, and counting, without 1 sale. It's not like I am turning down any offers to make it a 0. I thought 5-6 sales a week was...

Monthly Selling Limits are missing from Selling Page

Last week ebay screwed up my selling limits (along with others who reported it here). I called and my limits were restored to what they were before. Now that section is completely gone on that ID, my main selling ID. I can't see the amount total I ha...

could some buyers be using me as a drop shipper?

i have a few buyers that have popped up in my sales account that are all doing the same thing that seems strange and im trying to figure out why. the 3 things they have in common is they send a message stating that the purchase is for a gift and they...

Ebay labels giving blank page!

Hi I use the eBay "buy labels in bulk " feature as its easier for me. Up until Friday it worked fine, since then when I click open labels to print, it just gives a blank page - and if I attempt to print the printer just spews out however many blank l...