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Hi everyone, I'm a reporter with an unusual request for a story. I'm writing about the last remaining company in the U.S. still making an old-time product, vanishing from America's landscape. For example, there's a manufacturer in Minnesota that is t...

USPS returning item to me, non-existent address

Not sure how to handle this...Shipped the buyers purchase and i tend to watch the tracking to make sure of delivery. Well USPS is showing this as an incorrect/non-existent address and the package is being returned to me. I notified the buyer, and ask...

Resolved! Buyer new to eBay with 0 feedback wants me to change my auctions to Buy it now

I have a large number of similar items (different colors) up for auction. I received an email from a prospective buyer asking if I could change my auctions to BIN. I said since I already had some bids, it would't be fair to change the format. The per...

Newbie Mistake: Allowed PayPal for Local Pickup -- What should I do?

I should have selected cash only, I realize that now, rookie mistake on my part. Item sold for $255. It's a large heavy item.Buyer has been uncommunicative which makes it feel scammy, but he has +470 feedback, so maybe he is legit?He has a business w...

Am I being scammed?

Looking for advice. I'm just a guy who's used eBay on and off for like a decade for both buying and selling. I feel like I know what I'm doing as a seller, but I've never had experience with any kind of scammers. I just made two sales though and both...

Why are CS agents' computers SO SLOW???

I know all of you who has called CS experienced this problem. This happens to me a lot when calling both ebay and Paypal. The agent takes forever and a day to look up whatever info they need to help your specific issue. And they always comment that t...

creating listing variations.

how do i create variations in my listings? I never see the create variations tab when starting a new listing. I don't even see it if I go to someone else's listing that has listing variations and I used the cell now feature. Am I using the wrong plat...

Ebay suddenly charging bloated re-listing fees

I just tried to re-list a number of my items and only accidentally noticed that the re-listing fee for individual items was WAY higher than the usual 25cents for a BIN item. For example, $2.20 for a $30 item. I suspect this has something to do with p...

Product database disaster! Sixbit customer service saved the day!

Last December I had an operating system failure on the laptop that I use to list my products. I thought that all 5000 of my product pictures and listing data was gone. I bought a new computer and connected the hard drive from my old laptop to the new...

Markdown Manager

Hi....when trying to add items to a markdown sale we have, I noticed something disturbing. On the shipping field for all my items, it says $18! We have FREE shipping on most every item in the store. Can anyone here look at some of our items and make ...

Message answered but not?

Hi,I've answered a question from a potential bidder regarding an item Im selling. There is still a red notice next to the item with " unanswered question" and a"respond now". When I check my messages sent it has my answer which was sent.I don't want ...

auto relisting didn't work

I had 4 auctions end today. One auto -relisted as expected and the other 3 are sitting there waiting for me to relist them. Any idea why? One was orig. listed a month ago, so was the one that auto relisted by itself. the other 2 I listed originally 7...

Order says "Sold via promoted listings"

I sold a phone and the in the order description it says "Sold via promoted listings". Although I didn't select any promo's. I don't see anything is my seller page that shoes add impressions or additional costs. Is eBay going to charge me more than th...

How to delete sold items.

I would like to know how to delete sold item's pictures.Please let me know.Thanks.

Resolved! Most Memorable eBay Package

Story time. Tell us some of your most memorable experiences opening packages of items you purchased on eBay. Doesn't matter if it's funny, horrifying, exhilarating, or tear-jerking... as long as it was a memorable moment. Several years ago my cousin ...