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Ebays "Final Value Fee" why does it include shipping paid by buyer?

Why does eBay include shipping in the final value of an item? I sell inherited and pre-owned items, not as a store. When buyers pay for shipping, eBay allocates those funds directly to the shipping label cost.The money goes straight to shipping expen...

Quantity sold count zeroed out

I revised a listing option for greater accuracy and the "quantity sold" now indicates zero. Just an FYI if you decide to modify a drop down menu option.

Victimization continues

i listed the serial # and place of manufacture, IT'S A GIBSON GUITAR which hundreds of other guitar sellers do on ebay yet my listing got removed, i removed local pickup and free ship but i didn't remove the serial # or location of manufacture and wa...

Resolved! getting paid

Customer service person says to me. Good News! while you have accepted an offer for an Item u r selling and waiting for buyer to pay, another buyer can acquire the item if the secondary buyer pays for it. If that is true, how can a secondary buyer se...

How does this happen?

I sold 2 items. One for $200 and the other for $1000. The first item I ended up giving a 50% partial refund. When I went to collect the other 50%, there was no money in my account. I called customer service, who then put me in touch with the payout d...

Buyers take advantage of sellers ALL the time...

Online buyers take advantage of sellers *ALL* the time and then... *When* a buyer makes a mistake (yes it does happen) in the midst of a transaction (which turns the tables in the seller's favor), *THEN* they want sellers to help them out!!! And IF t...

Resolved! Help with bidder who wants me to ship now when auction ends in 3 days

Earlier today i got a message from a person who bid on my item and this was their message ."Since I am the highest bidder, can you send me the collection binder today? Or do I have to wait three more days till the auction is over?". Part of me feels ...

Listing title options

Recently I searched an item using 3 different ways. VICTORIA, Victoria and Victoria’s. The 1st 2 came up over 1,500,000 listings and the 3rd one 600,000. Is I better to list where there are less or more listings? I found it interesting the more compl...

Leaving retaliatory feedback

I order a discontinued perfume - saw it said “2.5 oz 1/2” and being new to buying/selling didn’t realize I was buying 1/2 bottle. Ok my bad - totally didn’t read more carefully so that’s on me, but the bottle arrived literally with a piece of tape ov...

Can i avoid currency conversion if having multiple currency bank account

I am EU seller that makes most of my sales in US$. Conversion is a serious handicap and unnecessary cost. So: Can i avoid currency conversion if having multiple currency bank account?

Rasing rates and holding funds for casual sellers

Been buying and selling on Ebay since the late 90's. Bught for years (a bunch) and started selling after Hurricane Katrina. Ebay-PayPal combination was great . Fantastic CS agents. Left when Ebay-Paypal split mess. Came back and bought alot everyday ...

No way to add handling charges to listing.

My wife just started listing while I have listed for over 20 years. Her Dashboard does not allow her to add handling charges to listings. Anybody know how to get around this dumb limitation? She appears to have a VERY limited Dashboard.

Do you have anything coming from China or Hong Kong?

Just flashed on the news. President Trump has just blocked all incoming packages from China and Hong Kong (but apparently not regular letters). No comment on outgoing packages. No further details were provided.

Home and Garden Category was restricted without reason

On February 25th, I got an email saying my account was restricted. I then started to panic as this makes up a huge part of my income and I wanted to see the reasoning so I then reached out to ebay and basically got a response saying that this is norm...

First Payment Dispute - so confused!

Looking for some advice whether to accept or dispute a payment dispute. Those is the first time in 2 plus years of selling this has ever happened. Sold a 14k gold necklace, shipped it, it was received. During shipping the buyer filed a payment disput...