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Anyone seen the new eBay your item was listed email?

Has anyone seen this new eBay email? This morning notified in personal email 2 items listed successfuly. BUT then the notice directs you to a 3 page+ dialogue on how to sell on ebay? With videos of sellers (I didn't click on them). And shows what to ...

What more can I do to make my listings clear .... "receive 1 item"

Many times I receive feedback or a return request etc etc because a buyer was expecting more than a quanity of 1 of the item they ordered. Many of my pictures show various colors or other variations of an item available. Even though I indicate in the...

Listings that just disappear/shipping goof

Several times a year I come across something in my eBay stash that makes me think "hmmm, I don't think I've noticed that in my listings lately". And sure enough, the item is no longer listed. I used to think I'd done something while relisting, but it...

4% penalty

where the heck does ebay all of a sudden get the right to charge people an extra 4% charge on sales for a rule that they made.is that right?you figure that there is 100,000 sellers that fall into this category do you realize what a windfall that is.n...

Why does Ebay allow sellers like this?

There is a seller I purchased from quickly because I had a coupon to use that came with a tight deadline. I will lose my coupon because the seller never shipped out and does not communicate so I will need to be refunded. I lose the coupon and will on...

Error Code: 21916137

I'm using the file exchange importer on another account, and when I get the results file I see this error message:Warning - Please verify that you're complying with international selling laws, which can restrict the sale of authentic products. The eb...

Variation listings and Inventory issues

Lately I've had a couple issues with items that were part of a listing that had "variations". At the end of the time period, when the listing closed, I assumed that what would appear in "unsold" listings was the adjusted balance. I then relist the li...

Change in listing form for records

Writing up listings for records. Did five, ten using sell similar and suddenly on #11 the Item specifics change. Mostly cosmetic, they move things and added a group of 'edition type' - you can now pick record day and such. BUT they also added a box f...

get to know your USPS mailperson

Had a great conversation with my mailperson today... I ask her about the "out for delivery" scans, that don't show up at the address that day...and why can/does it happen. SO I knew why, kinda but she told me a little more.... WE all know that packag...

Buyer with 0 feedback bid and run on 47 items. Are ebay settings not working?

A buyer with zero feedback won 47 items. The next day he told me he isn't going to pay. This just a buyer ruining my auction. It happens regularly. I sell used records and there is a lot of competion between record collectors and they setup accounts ...

New 30 Day FREE Return Policy

I am an execellent seller and agreed to your original 30 day return policy. Buyer PAYS.. So if I get this right.. I can no longer receive TRS discounts unless I agree to offer to pay shipping to and fro for the buyer .. even buyers remorse! IF YOU AR...

A question to sellers - when do you leave feedback?

Hey guys. I wonder when do you leave feedback to your customers. As I buyer I almost always get a feedback already after purchase and payment "fast payment, quick response bla bla bla" or don't get any feedback at all.I usually track my shipments so ...

We have feedback level star ratings, what about sales amount ratings?

Feedback is one measure of a member's activity, but one sided if buyers can only get positives. Why not add a rating based on sales? Just noticed I'm coming up on $1 million in sales. That would seem to be a useful measure of a sellers performance.

Resolved! Buyer bought an item they can't use, what should I do?

I'm a fairly new seller here, so I've not had any experience with this kind of thing yet; any advice you guys can offer would be appreciated! So anyway: Just last week, I sold a somewhat outdated drawing tablet. Everything went fine initially - shipm...

PayPal Monthly Statements

I went to PP to get caught up on printing several months worth of monthly statements. I used to be able to click on "statements", get an option for what month I wanted and what came up was a montly report with everything I needed. Now it's changed. N...