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WOW - Cost of shipping a 3 oz package to AU using Gobal Shipping Service

What would you consider a reasonable cost to ship a 3 ounce package from the USA to Australia using e$bay's Global Shipping Service??????? It's $23.33. The item sells for $7.56 with "Free Shipping " to the USA. The total price a Australian customer p...

Item MUST be 30% on BIN? I don’t like treating buyers like I’m greedy!

Sellers should be able to charge what they want on a BIN.I listed an item and only wanted to add $10 but eBay FORCES their 30% policy!Buyers DO NOT ALWAYS know we are FORCED into a 30% increase!The extra percentage is ONLY IMPORTANT TO eBay, but make...

Is this common? eBay or PP didn’t notify me of cancellation or refund?

Hi I received an orderfrom a buyer, received PayPal $$, then PayPal refunded the buyer. I didn’t receive an email from eBay of an order cancellation. I didn’t ship the item, but I did print and pay for the shipping label. The only way I knew the orde...

Auto accept of a best offer - ebay still sends an email you have an offer please respond

So earlier today I get an email from ebay with an offer from a buyer. It does not let me respond, because the offer expired at the same time the offer was sent at 18:06PM. I'm thinking what the heck happened, and then I see I have an order waiting to...

There are eyes on your item? Go for the sale?

I may have brought this subject up before but here goes. I get messages from Ebay from time to time that says something like "There are eyes on your item" and "go for the sale". The message has a list of items that people have in their watch list and...

Shipping cost cannot be calculated. Please enter a valid ZIP Code.

Shipping cost cannot be calculated. Please enter a valid ZIP Code. that is thew message on my listing. item number. 232764725365just was informed by a prospective buyer that he had to buy from some one else. listing has been active for a long time. s...

BUYER BEWARE SCAM/CON SELLER

HELLO ALL, PLEASE READ !!! I RECENTLY PLACED A BID ON AN ITEM OF A PAIR OF SHOES. AFTER, THINKING IT OVER I HAVE DECIDED TO NOT MAKE A PAYMENT ON THEM BECAUSE I HAVE AN EXTREMELY HARD TIME FINDING SHOES THAT FIT MY FEET PROPERLY. THE VERY FIRST MESSA...

1000 free listings terms and conditions.....confused?????

Hi, as of yesterday the 3rd of March we now have 1000 free listings a month and I was reading the terms and conditions and was confused with 2 elements.the first that a good til cancelled when renewed would NOT count towards your 1000 a month. So whe...

Is this common? Buyer placed order, PayPal refunded buyer, no notice from eBay that order cancelled

I received an orderfrom a buyer, received PayPal $$, then PayPal refunded the buyer. I didn’t receive an email from eBay of an order cancellation. I didn’t ship the item, but I did print and pay for the shipping label. The only way I knew the ordermu...

Lower the price? How about eBAY fix itself?

Yeah. Lower the price. They shows item in my cart priced at $95. Um....elloooooo......it's been listed at $90 for several days. I guess it's that time again, to raise the price. Last time I did that, the item sold at the higher price. I wish eBay wou...

Negative Feedback, how much more could I describe the item??

Just received a negative feedback from a buyer..."item too small" Not sure what I could have done anymore than what I have in the listing to have prevented this. I have all measurements, material type, etc. I even took a return on it. Any suggestions...

eBay LOVES zoned pricing for 1st class parcels

With the advent of zoned pricing for 1st class parcels eBay has a great incentive to show your items to potential buyers who are furthest away from you, since higher postage means higher fees for eBay. It just seemed to me I was getting a lot more di...

Is it safe to sell to re-shipping/forwarding companies?

The buyer is a shipping company and the shipping address is to the company address.

Emails sold items coming much later...cannot send invoices in the meantime

This has started happening in the last couple of months, more and more frequently. Item ends (all auctions), but I don't get an email that it sold, nor can I found it under sold items. If I go in through my listing manager (garagesale) I can see it s...

Request total from seller not available on smart phone?

I have a potential customer that wants to buy multiple items from a smart phone. I told him to Add to cart all the items and then click the Request total from seller button, then I would send him an invoice. He says he doesn't have that option. I kno...