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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...

eBay recommends wrong category. Will not accept correct category

I am listing a new product that has recently been produced. It is a small diagnostic tool for cell phone repair shop owners. You plug it into an iPhone and it measures a chip and says PASS or FAIL. The name of the tool is Digital Tristar Tester. eBay...

Thoughts on the new pricing banner...

So, I have been reading a lot of threads lately about eBay possibly changing prices, adding a best offer, etc. When I logged in this morning, this banner caught my eye. Gives it a whole new meaning if you read the threads!

Invalid Product Identifier ?

I just got a message from Ebay that I can't quite parse. I listed a vintage power cord (NOS) and I am being told that either (1) item must "be matched with a product from the eBay catalog" or (2) item "have an invalid product identifier". Here is the...

1 Year protection by Assurant... Appearing in my listings?

was checking my listings (other user name/different browser) and what do i see today under my starting price?: 1 year protection $1.99 from Assurant. i am amazed at all the stuff i see in my listings when i look at them on a different computer/browse...

Buyer Requesting Return - SNAD but he also says item is exactly as I sent it to him

I had a buyer purchase a camera lens from me. Upon his purchase, he asked if I could ship it ASAP as he needed it for a photoshoot in a few days. I got the item to him on time. A week or 2 later he requested a return stating the item was not as descr...

Every seller can get scammed!

Just watched this and thought even the vloggers with 6 figure sales get the occasional buyer returning somethin other than what was sold! Sellers have to take it all in stride bcause 99.9% of buyers are wonderful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0Y...

How do you create combined shipping?

hi Can anyone give some tips on how to set rules for combined shipping? My products are mainly Japanese books. I have like 300+ items and I can't seem to find a good way to create basically combined shipping. The thing that I find problematic is that...

Most Confusing Website

I appreciate ebay but it has to be the most confusing website I visit. Last month after a 30 minute search I found the way to cancel an ad on the screen/box in the capture below. This month after maybe 45 minutes I can't find it. So where is it?

Returning an item through a forwarding company

I received an email that says I am not authorized to sell their product on eBay. I suspect it to be fraudulent because it did not go through eBay and of the First Sale Doctrine.There are also MANY other sellers with the same product up for sale.Could...

question about promotion exclusions

I have a listing that i put up for 30 days. it ended with no sale yesterday morning. i just got an offer for a promotion yesterday--which i accepted/activated late last night. among the exclusions listed is this one:"The Promotion excludes listings c...

How are Chinese sellers getting away with this ???

I do searches for items and specifically select US ONLY and low and behold I buy an item and it's from China !!! How is this happening and why isn't EBay doing anything about it ???? I'm sure I know why, the almighty dollar !!

German customer only makes partial payment, i want to cancel sale and he now wants to sue me....

I am in Germany and I posted a jersey for sale at €10 + €5 shipping and payment method is money trasnfer. Buyer won the bid so final price is €10+5, so total is €15. He then sent me a message saying that he has paid with money transfer to my bank dir...

Watching items...

I'm just wondering what other sellers think about ebay members watching your items. Do you think it shows interest or is it mostly competitors? I'm asking because I had 2 things happen to me this week vis-à-vis this subject: 1. On my other account, I...

Huge traffic spike on October 2nd and great sales that weekend, then slow ever since?

Did anyone else have a massive traffic spike on 10/2? I went from the normal 5k to over 20k listing impressions that day, with a similar surge in sales 10/2-10/4. I also had a lot more outside traffic (10x) on 10/3 than I have ever had. What gives? D...