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Ebay refunds Indiscriminately

We get a scammer who knows the tricks of the trade and files a case. This is a product we have been selling for 7 years and the buyer calls it defective not as described. We arrange with them to return the product and in the meantime Ebay refunds the...

Ebay Global shipping loophole that is ubsurd.

I sold an item and shipped through global shipping. The item arrived damaged, I never even had the funds in my account they were on hold. I issued a refund as If I did not it was only a matter of time before ebay automatically gave them the funds on ...

Resolved! Guaranteed Delivery

I received notice that I can now opt in for GD. It doesn't sound like there's a down side, but hey, this is eBay. There could be fine print that takes a computer science degree to find. Is there a down side? Any comments, pro or con, would be appreci...

Ebay Removed All of My Listings | Please Help

I'll preface this by saying I'm a new seller. I've only been selling for about 2 weeks. I was in the process of adding new listings and I received an email from eBay. In short, the email said, "After reviewing your account, we've had to take action. ...

Book sales question

Friends, How do book sellers sell books for $3 and free shipping. eBay takes 12% fee and pay pal takes 3%. that is .36 cents for eBay and .09 for pay pal.then there is the media mail. I know this is cheaper than other forms of mail.they have to purch...

best offer accepted but buyer did not paid for the item

hello!i accepted a best offer but the buyer did not paid! i wrote him a message and i told him that i accepted his offer and i'm waiting for his payment but he did not answered me! now i'll send him the invoice with the payment but i think he will no...

Return scam buyers waits until final day to print label

I buyer purchased a $400 item from me. They used a freight forwarder in DE. They are in another country. They have 0 feedback and checked out as a guest. I ship the item. They receive it (at the freight forwarding address). Then within 24 hours of th...

Looking at Yard Art, numerous Peanuts copyright violations.

How do they get away with it? On the funny side, anyone need an 8 foot aluminum Rooster? For grins and giggles I searched by Highest Price. Maybe I need a Velociraptor for my yard.

Neutral and Negative Feedback left by buyers

Years ago (not sure when this changed) - buyers and sellers could leave feedback for each other. Sellers could leave a negative for someone who refuses to pay and leave comments to alert other sellers to fraudulent ebayers. Fear of negative feedback ...

Today's pet peeve -- search changing what I type

I have a crystal unicorn paper weight/bookend. I couldn't remember who made it, and It chaps my behind when I type in a brand name like Kosta Boda, Villeroy & Boch, or Orrefors, and the system can't cope with the brand name and tries to guess what I ...

Postcard Letter Document Sellers: Please Add Surnames & Place Names mentioned in your items in Title

To the sellers of postcards, letters, documents or anything else that is pertinent,Please add in your titles whatever surnames and place names that are mentioned in your items. There are a gazillion (yes, an accurate number) of people interested in g...

I need the "Ship By Date".

They changed my pages link again and now I have to use the hub.I need the ship by date in orders waiting to be shipped. I only ship the orders scheduled to ship by that date as I have many orders sometimes and can only ship the ones for that date oth...

Account Restricted

Hello, Im a new seller on ebay, & I was doing well. Until my account got restricted by ebay for some customer complaints, due to shipping times. Ive been working with ebay & my customers to correct this problem, but it still hasn't been resolved. My ...

Can we do anything about feedback like this?

Hi. This feedback was left for me just under a year ago. I don't necessarily expect anything to be done about it now, but I just discovered this forum again and thought I would ask for the future. Does eBay help us sellers in any way at all when it c...

Frustrated! Unhappy!

Ebay's new sysem stinks! When I sell something I want to be able to go directly to my sold page.Is there a way that I can get the old system pages back without spending hours trying to find what I am looking for? There is way too much unsolicited eba...