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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...

Buyers and sellers who don't comply with their commitment.

I would like to see eBay impose a fine or ban the buyers and sellers who don't comply with their transaction commitment. Things happen but when there isn't any communication or response to inquiries, these people should be considered a bad risk and d...

unauthorized transaction

i just got hit with an unauthorized transaction. It's only $78 (+ the $20 Paypal feels the need to add for the whole nutslapping). Should I alert USPS since I have tracking info (I know they can't do anything but maybe they would like to know about f...

DOES EBAY PURPOSEDLY REMOVE ITEMS AFTER A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME?

I was just doing check of my inventory in a particular category & found 4 items out of 20 missing that should have been there, as they had not sold. They were all older items which had been around for awhile. None of the more recently listed items we...

False Feedback

I had a buyer try to scam me out of $100 and when I didn't fall for it, they left false feedback that product I sold them was stolen. I tend to only sell iPhones on eBay when I purchase an upgraded version. I haven't been on eBay in about 9 months an...

catagory accuracy - ie listing NEW items in Antiques

Thinking about coming back to ebay selling after several years away. It seems to me that in the early 2000's that the item listed had to kind of fit the in the category's. The rules on that were fairly lenient but most items were close.Now when I loo...

OUTRAGEOUS Reserve fees

Did anyone know that ebay is charging a 7.5% reserve fee???? Outrageous, The customer service rep I talked to had a hard time finding the fee. How would a seller stand a chance of making an informed decision on choosing and AUCTION.e-bay used to be t...

Weird Buyer Behavior

I am trying to sell a refurbished laptop and I have been approached 3 times by people saying they want to purchase it without taking their chances at auction. They ask me what I'll take for it and agree, but they always ask for my Pay Pal email so we...

Problems with listing

I have been trying to list items for a few weeks now and it keeps comming up an error message: "your request couldn't be processed because of a technical issue. Please try again". Even when trying to revise an item i get the same error. Any advice?

Resolved! WILL LOSE TOP RATED IN JUNE (REFUSE TO OFFER FREE RETURNS)

Look like I will be loosing my Top Rated. As E Bay to start June will require sellers to pay return mailing on all thier listings to keep Top Rated. This is not worth it. As mostbuyers are fair. But thier is to many scamers also. I mostlikely will le...

Drafts NOT being saved for 20 days???

I thought that listings created and saved as Drafts were retained for 20 days? After 10 they can NOT be activated and listed ... was the 20 days inaccurate or am I just special and got the latest Drafts glitch from Home Office??

Abrupt Stop in Sales...........................Why?

On my other selling account I was doing find, I was selling items regularly, which kept me motivated to list more things which promoted even more sales, Friday came and nothing but crickets, someone had turned off my faucet, unpluged my power supply ...

Rotating Postal Strikes May Affect Delivery of Canadian Orders

FYI, Canada Post is still trying to mediate a labor agreement with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Postal workers are staging a series of geographically rotating 24-hr strikes in response. To date pick-up/delivery has been affected for 24 hrs i...

listing items today...no international sales,pop up to exclude countries is blank??

Hi all,I hope i have the right place for this...after a long time away from not seeling on ebay,i'm back...I listed a bunch of things yesterday with no problems(although a lot has changed) while listing some items today; i'm seeming to have a problem...

Why aren't some of my listings eligible for a markdown promotion?

I am running several large promotions, to help get rid of old stock. 20% off up to 500$ (done manually using sale percentage tiers). Most of my listings are eligible. But there are a ton now that say "Seller is not eligible to list a discounted item"...

SALES WAY WAY DOWN

I don't know if its just me or many sellers. My sales have plummetted. I know some of the problem is with buyers having to pay immediately for buy it now items and I am forced to ship them immediately. I've had buyers shop for the month and I combine...