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What's the highest profit margin you ever made on a item?

Not including a rare garage sale find, something you bought strictly to re-sell, what's the highest profit margin you've made on a item? Mine would be a aquarium filter. I bought bunch from a local craigslist seller. I paid less than 25 cents each. T...

How are bulk items calculated?

say i sell 10 of the same item to the same buyer. is that considered 10 items to ebay or just 1?

Make Offers to Watchers - but not on Seller Hub?

With the 2019 Spring ebay update there will be the possibility to send offers to watchers of your items. I am very excited about that. However I've become aware that this already exists when you use the regular selling manager tool. I use the Seller ...

Re: Tablet / Smartphone ebay users not reading listings?

I am in the UK and have been on eBay since 2001. I am wondering if there is a similar problem in the US.... I have sold about 8 items in the last 30 days. I have had issues with 3 of my sales :2 of the 8 of the buyers are unhappy with their purchases...

Resolved! Buyers not leaving feedback

I was interested in contacting buyers and respectfully note that their feed back has not yet been received. However, it is very onerous to request feed back on a per sale request. When I notice that in 2 months, 57 peopel have not left feedback, I wo...

Buyer wants to pay me for item I fully refunded.

I sold an item that was lost in the mail. The PO lost it. The tracking showed that they had lost it. The buyer contacted me and I fully refunded. They had waited patiently. Then 2 weeks later the item shows up and she received it. The buyer has conta...

Sales Tax

I'm confused. I purchase most of my inventory for resale on Ebay. Now Ebay is charging me sales tax. Does this sales tax go back to my home state which is Iowa where I live and purchase these items online, or does the sales tax that I pay for an item...

How long until eBay turns into a regular retailer and gets rid of multiple sellers?

All they need is one company to source iphones. How long until they make an agreement with one that they are the only ones that can sell them here? How long until the make an agreement with a manufacturer like Mikasa so that Mikasa is the only one th...

How long can you leave an unsold listing at "Manage Unsold Listings" before Ebay deletes it?

eBay sides with the buyer even when their claim is proven invalid

Hello, I recently sold a unused and unlocked iPhone XS to a buyer in San Diego. After arrival the the buyer opened up a ‘Item not as described’ case with eBay claiming that the phone would not work with Verizon. Despite the fact that the phone was bo...

30 DAY DURATION STILL AVAILABLE. READ MORE.

30 Day duration still available if you have scheduled FIXED PRICE listings that were generated BEFORE the March 18th GTC impose date.But the only way to retain the 30 day duration is to click EDIT on the scheduled listing and then proceed.

Resolved! Does this sound fair????

I must share with you a terrible experience (as a seller)with eBay, and I really do not know what to do.I sold this product - https://www.ebay.com/itm/sennheiser-421-u-5-/153413501069?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=trueI wr...

Another false perception and rip-off scam by Ebay

I just noticed today when reviewing my invoice that ebay is ripping off my 10% value credit on purchases sold overseas. Although the listing has the same credentials as my other listings (ship within one day and free returns) if the buyer is located ...

Marketplace facilitator sales tax collected/listing requirements

Slightly confused about whether or not to address in my listings the collection of sales tax by Ebay as marketplace facilitator. I understand that a growing number of states are now requiring eBay as the marketplace facilitator to collect and remit s...

This new GTC policy is the WORST thing eBay has ever done - what can we do?

Honestly, I am not entirely surprised that eBay did this. For months (years?), eBay has been sneakily forcing my listings into GTC format and adding Best Offer options after I submit my listings, without my consent. When I called and complained, they...