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Item changed in purchase from what i bought

I bought an item A (6 pcs egglettes plastic boiled eggs...) from a seller about a month ago. After the purchase i got an email that i bought that specific A item and also that specific A item was shown in my purchases some days after. Today i got in ...

Resolved! buyer states that product stopped working 3-4 months after sale

Just received an email that a buyer opened a request under "didn't receive an item" stating that:"Scales worked good for a while then quit just turn on and then offer by themselves. Tried new batteries and everything" We are talking about an item tha...

Think I’m being scammed

So I recently sold an iPhone X, and I thought I was being very diligent in making sure I wasn’t being scammed. When I got the email saying my item was sold and paid for, I called PayPal to confirm that the funds were actually there and I wasn’t being...

afraid to get scammed pls help.

so i sold an item on ebay on dec 11, 2018, that buyer asked me to ship to different address, and so i went ahead and did that. i have a tracking number and all says delivered to that address he asked me to send it to. i’m afraid i’m going to get a ch...

eBay adding best offer to my listings

Recently, eBay has started adding Best Offer to my listings. If i wanted to add best offer, i would have added it to my listing when i listed it. Now, customers get aggravated when i decline their offers but my listing price is based on the lowest pr...

Resolved! Posting on my website

I am new to ebay. I understand the sharing to Facebook and Pinterest with the triangular quick share button, however I am interested in sharing to my website page named affiliates some links of seller's items on ebay. I need proper way to do it or ca...

Just when I thought there might be hope for the world...

I've been selling on ebay a long time. For the past several months I've been selling hand made, 3d printed battery adapters. I received a communication from a buyer today that I wanted to share with everyone. The message said: "The item did not fit o...

Ebay steering buyers to lower priced products AFTER THE SALE?

Hey all: In the past week or so my business is collapsing. I'm having a problem with buyers requesting a cancellation for their purchase. This is freqeuntly within 1 hour of their purchase, but not always. This has happened in the past, but it is now...

Seller makes offer & then says they can't pay for 2 weeks? Am I required to tolerate that?

I had a guy that put in an offer on an item, which I accepted, and when he hadn't paid in 2 days I asked him to kindly submit payment so I could mail his item, after which he told me "sorry for the inconvenience but I can't pay until 12/27". Am I req...

Sellers BEWARE!!!

I have been selling and buying on Ebay for over 10 years and have had great results. I have never needed Ebays help with an issue. Yesterday a buyer decided he wanted to return an item. He choose the reason to be "not as described" which is not true....

thinking of dropping international selling

I just noticed a sale for $14.24 that was a global international program sale in my paypal account. I don't look at every single sale, but after reading about some of Paypal's increased international fees I did. Even though it was eBay's program, so ...

Old listings

Hello all, I do believe I need a little help.... I had to close my store last August and now opened it up again..... I was looking for some of my old listing to retrieve info and make it easier to create the new listings.... Anyone know If old listin...

Resolved! Any way to report suspicous activity (item claimed not working).

I quickly learned that there is a lot of suspicious activity amongst buyers and that the only "safe" way to deal with it is to never offer a partial refund. My policy is "take it or leave it". You claim it's not working? Great, start a return, ship i...

Sales tax

Alot of the items on Ebay are used and the sales tax has already been paid. So isn't the new sales tax double taxation?I don't believe it is legal to collect taxes twice on anything.Several years ago a complaint was filed against the state charging t...