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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

Consumer entitlement culture, my own dear Mom and Pop, and... another return generic rant.

I've been very lucky regarding returns. Even back when I sold much more I haven't been stuck with too many doozies. My customers have been, overall, pretty great. But in the current environment, one biggie would put me under. My Mom told me this morn...

Things eBay could do to actually IMPROVE the Seller Experience!

I tend to be a person that suffers in silence. However, with the latest un-welcomed changes forcing GTC on sellers, I thought I'd speak up. Rather than implement changes that sellers don't want, there are many things about eBay that could be fixed (p...

Slumping Sales?????

I have been selling on Ebay for 20 years. I started like every beginner with a few auctions and now operate an Ebay store. Over the past 20 years, my sales have increased. Now something has changed. My sales started to fall off in August 2018 and con...

Power seller status

Hello, I was just given power seller status, and I'm not sure if I want it. We're a very small operation only doing this to help our daughter's future college expenses such as books, etc. I understand power sellers MUST give automatic refunds, no que...

GTC vs 30 day Listings

eBay messaging on changes to GTC store listings seems to be very confusing. Please, eBay, sellers need a straight answer. Will sellers still be able to list items with 7-30 day fixed terms? A simple Yes or No will suffice.

eBay says to small sellers, WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE ANYMORE

When the USPS made small packages go from 3.25/3.75 to 5.25 or more, that was a damaging move to us small sellers, it seems that $5 is some kind of psychological barrier that cannot be crossed for most people in terms of their willingness to pay a sm...

Can’t list items?

I have 6 items currently listed and when I try to post more it says: “you can’t have more than 10 items listed at a time.” I don’t have 10 listed and I haven’t used my 50 for the month.

What's the most money you've ever lost in one transaction?

There's been numerous posts here asking what's the highest price they've sold on a transaction or what's the highest profit they made in one. I haven't seen a post asking about the highest loss though. For me it was pretty early on in my ebay career....

starting a ebay store and taxes

is there tax paperwork and forms that I need to fill out to sale on ebay so uncle sam gets his cut and i dont go to jail for tax evasion?

Ebay generated First Class return postage for my Priority Mail

This has never been a problem despite me seeing it tons of times... A buyer returns my item in the same Priority Mail packaging using an ebay generated return postage that is First Class. Until now. A buyer is complaining that "they guy" at USPS won'...

Min order purchase reuirements.

I am wondering how many people would benefit from setting a min. purchase requirement for buyers. I sell a lot of $.99 items, however due to USPS rates going out of control, I do not make more then $.10 profit from these transactions, and if lost in ...

Taxes?

I live in a state that does not tax coins. Since the coin is sold in my state, does that mean there is no tax on my sale even when the buyer' state does tax coins?

Resolved! how to deal customer who want to repay who get 2 items insted 1. by mistake

Hello fellows.I had 2 orders same brand but difrent versin. when shipped. Both mixed up and after shipping realies the mistake. any how cotected them and send return labels and send right away the correct ones with 124 value gift. One item is back th...

Listings drop in Best match

Anyone recently experienced a listing drop in search results "Best match". I thought this morning where have they gone, to find they went from top position to way down on the list Thanks in advance

Problem buyer demands partial refund or threatens other action in ebay messages - advice?

I came home today to these two messages: 1. "Hi, it seems to me that I already wrote to you a message that the camera is faulty and you promised to return the money to me. I changed the phone and many messages disappeared." 2. "Give me $ 10 and you w...