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Update to Image Issue

Hi all, Thank you for your patience and once again we apologize to everyone who experienced issues with being unable to view images in listings as the images are taking time to load or no images available.The Product team has informed us that the iss...

SHIP SHIP SHIP YOU ARE GOOD...TIL CANCELLED SCREWED WELCOME TO SHIPPING HELL

Quickly, if you don't know, ebay has mandated there are no more duration options for FIXED PRICING AKA BIN ITEMS they will soon only be listed as good til cancelled. YOU HAVE NO OPTION.The geniuses at ebay aka e-geniuses forgot one thing. SHIPPING HE...

Another GENIUS decision!

So, 1 more genius decision was made that is putting me 1 step closer to ending my selling days here. Removing the 30-day fixed price option?? Really??!! Asinine! After another poor week of sales, this is helping me make another decision about this si...

Oh USPS, you are a hoot!

You know how you can get those plastic white bins/boxes and clear bags to hold your packages? Well I get alot of them from my mail carrier or sometimes grab a bunch of them when I drop off at random POs. From time to time I would find a small package...

Resolved! Package stuck near Buyers location? Help..

Hello, I sold an item recently and ensured the package with tracking and insurance. The item was suppose to arrive a few days ago and has remained in the same location near the buyer's address. When looking at the tracking history it states "The item...

Any Thoughts on Using 10 Day Auctions?

Hi all. Just had a 10-day duration auction close. It was a vintage collectible item in the medical device category. Looking at past sales on-line for it, I found others like it and they did well. Mine did ok, but fell short of the expected target. I ...

How often do you add folks to your BBL and why?

I'm just curious how many of us add people to their BBL on a regular basis? And why do you do it? I have collected a few on my list, but I know not nearly as many as some do. Last count was 20 or so with 15 of them being in the last year. I feel it m...

So we got an "early" update - so what does the real Spring Update hold for us?

I'm thinking this one was because the Spring Update is usually where they ramp up the fees for having a store/cut the # of listings allowed etc etc. They wanted to get the outcry against FP going to GTC out of the way first? (I didn't notice but is t...

How long does it take retracted feedback to show up

A buyer recently gave me unwarranted negative feedback. After we communicated she agreed to retract it. I sent her the feedback retract request and she said she did it. However, it's been several hours and the original negative feedback is still ther...

No Way to Appeal the Decision

For the first time in many years of using eBay, they have disappointed me.I received an inaccurately described item and asked them to step in. They closed the case with no way to Appeal the decision or even to further contact eBay.The seller had prov...

Resolved! Buyer False Reason for Return

I had a buyer purchase an item, I shipped it within minutes, then a half hour later I get a message that he wants to cancel the order. Unfortunately I was unable to cancel the order as it was already in the carriers possession and told this to the bu...

Alternative methods of receiving moeny

Hello Everyone, I am Anu from Sri Lanka. I am a seller on amazon. When I connected my amazon store with ebay using joelister, I managed to get a good amount of sales in few days. But since PayPal doesn't allow Sri Lankan account to receive money ( du...

relisting an unsold auction item

If an item doesn't sell at auction can I then relist it as a fixed price item?

Bidder cannot bid on item

Fellow users I have just been contacted from a buyer, saying that he cannot bid on a specific item, saying that he gets the following message "The object can't be shipped in your country" (Italy) Please have a look for yourself at the itemhttps://www...

Resolved! Ebay Sellers, I would not give up just yet! Please read

In Yahoo today:https://www.ccn.com/ebay-dramatic-housecleaning-ahead-after-elliott-management-acquires-1-4-billion-stake/

Opinion on what new USPS zone based shipping rates will have on sales?

I was wondering what everyone thinks about the effect the new zone specific usps rates will have on sales. Will we see an increase in local sales? If a buyer has a choice between two sellers with the same item with the same or similar price the one c...