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No Skin in the Game

If eBay had any good sense, they would just contact a buyer with an item in their cart and offer a 5% discount, take only 5% from the seller, and let the sell be made, those people ain't got No Skin in the Game anyway, lol

Best offer etiquette

I have an item as a buy it now/ best offer. It’s listed at $XYZ. Potential buyer 1 submitted an offer of $XYZ-20. Potential buyer 2 just submitted an offer that is $25 less than buyer 1. (So $45 less than my buy it now price) Quite frankly I don’t wa...

Resolved! Mobile Optimized Descriptions

A lot of people still have questions on this topic (http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/news/sprupd16/view-item.html) and a handful of you asked me to create a dedicated thread, so here goes... For a while now eBay has been optimizing item descri...

Resolved! Item not received

Hello. I am based in the UK and posted within the UK - all signed for with signature online for proof. Buyer opened a claim and stated no received, UK eBay closed in my favour l as there was proof they signed for it. It was reopened today and case wa...

Talk about a psychopath.

Buyer took 4 business days to pay for her pair of jeans that I extremely discounted for her. She ended up paying late Thursday night, and was about to ship them out within the hour after receiving this. I paid you five days ago and I suppose to recei...

Shipping by using a buyer's account with DHL or UPS. Is it safe or am I risking a NAD or INR?

Sometimes international buyers ask me if I can ship items by using their own DHL/UPS/TNT/FedEx account, so that I don't need to charge them with shipping cost. Is this practice safe in case of NAD or INR? What am I risking?

emails from eBay

Received another invite to enroll in managed payments a couple weeks ago. Have not yet enrolled. Just received another email stating I had to enroll by May 31 to take advantage of 2.7% processing fees. Does that mean the processing fee will rise for ...

GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM RESTRICTING ITEMS FOR NO REASON

I have been a seller for over 10 years, and recently began using the Global Shipping Program. Over the past 2 years that I have opted in, I have not had any issues in selling my items, which are vintage electronics and vintage music gear. Recently, t...

Resolved! Is there any way a seller can remove positive feedback they left for a buyer???

I would like to know if it is possible for a seller to remove positive feedback from a buyers feedback.

Since GTC are you getting any views in Google Shop & Other Off site engines?

My favorite subject: getting views on off site search engines. What has changed for me since GTC? Considering eBay has professed the main reason for mandatory GTC was to get better visibility in Google and other engines. I only use GTC and not auctio...

shipping prices

I've been on ebay over 10 years, I sell and buy, I do a lot of both on models car kits, I use the calculated setting for shipping, A lot of seller I see is charging way to much for shipping, between $11.00 to $25.00, I know the weight of 1 kit is 1 t...

Ite

Item # 254233473126 Listed 5 days ago..not found in SEARCH I am trying to locate my item in SEARCH option,not able to locate it.I can understand it may take 1 - 2 days to appear in search action.Not even after 5 days.Can any body explain what might b...

Why is nobody buying or bidding on anything I list all of the sudden?

I am a small seller that has been supporting my family off of eBay for the last year after a battle with sepsis nearly put me down. I am not able to return to work for now and I have been selling all my collections and assorted goodies to pay the bil...

Your items are waiting in carts?!? Lower your price to make the deal better. No ebay just no!!!!!

Your items are waiting in carts?!? Lower your price to make the deal better. No ebay just no!!!!! OMG why are you interfering in my sales directly now? No!!!!!!!! I dont want to lower my price. Especially if its in the cart of a customer?!? Who the h...

item sold, not listed as 'sold'. listed under the 're-list' heading.

I sold an item that ended today. there was a winning bidder. i did not receive notice that the auction endedi did not receive notice that i am 'awaiting payment'.in myebay- it is listed under 're-list' item and not under sold.when i click on the item...