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Ebay has sapped all the life out of me!

O.K. now all my motivation and drive has been sucked out of me by the Ebay Monster. I have searched for the very best, most in demand items I can find, and listed them with every trick Youtube videos have to offer. Yet very little views or sales. I c...

Who Made Me??? (I miss the old P&G Boards!)

Any "potties" around anymore? I've got this cute little MCM (or Deco?) creamer that I just can't seem to find anything on. I 'm thinking Fredericksburg or one of the Arkansas potteries ... or Canadian? It's got impressed marks, but I cant make them o...

Ebays constant tweaking of item specifics is wreaking havoc on search and sales

Every couple of days, as I make new listings, I'm prompted with new selections in item specifics. Despite ebay claiming that the new specifics grandfather in old listings. I'm beginning to think this may be the cause of the drop off in sales.. If ite...

Resolved! Suspected but not confirmed suspicious buyer

Sold an item for $1,700 late last night. Buyer has zero feedback, a weird username , and registered that same day. Red flags all around, right? However, payment has been received. I check paypal to confirm. It has been received and the buyer has a co...

Testing Promotional Banners

Ummm...Doesn't the very defintion of "Banner" they are presented at the top of the landing page. Thus the term BANNERSWhat exactly are we testing.That we are offering some promontioal options but "burring" them in favor of others that are clearly see...

Resolved! A fellow ebay seller left inappropriate feedback as a buyer

I sell NEW, low cost play money, sealed in package with free superfast shipping. A buyer (who also sells) receives my product in 3 days, and leaves me a negative feedback "SUCKS". I contacted ebay customer service, and they advised me to contact buye...

Sellers BEWARE ABOUT RETURNS

Sellers be careful when you have a return claim and need to provide a return label if it is FIRST CLASS buy it at your local post office or online NOT TRU EBAY because EBAY PROVIDES PRIORITY LABELS ONLY. Imagine a $3.99 free shipping can cost sellers...

Editing active listing to change qty on my ebay premium store now charges listing fees when you edit

Noticed this last night. Was changing an active 30 day fixed price listing on my premium store. Changed qty available from 4 to 6 as I got in 2 more from my manufactuer. Fees at bottom of page turned from zero to 10 cents when I changed qty and updat...

E BAY PUTTING UNJUST EXPECTATIONS ON TOP RATED SELLERS FREE RETURN POSTAGE

If I buy a Regional A labe for $ 10.80 to Calf. For a box of wood 8 lbs. Reg. Priorty mail cost $22+. But e bay can not offer the A Box label to the buyer for return. That is a shame because. Most buyers know priorty mail is high on returns. So just ...

Yet another Global Shipping Center ???

Recevied a question about a BIN I'm currently running from a guy from Japan-he wanted to know if I would ship to Japan if he paid the international shipping. I checked and I have the Ebay global shipping center option already enabled.Should it be OBV...

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

Hopefully to whoever removed my listings have direct deposit setup for their checks. Watch me roll your checks til Tuesday. I'm gonna make sure all you who get paperbacks will wait 2 extra days before your checks get to you. .. .Now that you've gotte...

I purchased a shipping label through ebay but it is not in my invoice and it never charged my paypal

After buying 2 shipping labels for a large set of items, i shipped them off today. I noticed that i haven't been invoiced the amount on my ebay account and i haven't been charged on paypal. Is there any way to find out how much i will be invoiced (if...

Resolved! eBay automated monthly seller fees via PayPal

Hi there, I have a question that i cant seem to find an answer to. Right now my monthly seller fees are auto deducted from my paypal balance monthly which works fine for me. Now my question is,, if i had zero dollars in my paypal account would ebay s...

Sellers and Buyers

I am an ebay seller and buyer for a while and I used to do the mistake of leaving the feedback for the buyer as soon as they paid the item with everything that has happened to me in the past months I start leaving the feedback for the buyers after th...

Ebay Stores

Like many of you I have seen my sales take a nose dive in the past few months. My Anchor store subscription expires June 1st so I am thinking of cancelling it and doing 2-3 smaller niche stores. I sell a variety of antiques collectibles and books so ...