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Buyer Refused Package.

This has never happened to me before in years of selling: In my mail today was a "refused" package for an item I sold and shipped. The buyer did not contact me. The item was less than $30. The buyer appears new to eBay. Should I message the buyer? Or...

I am not new to eBay selling, but I now have a problem

My page now shows Your eBay account does not meet the requirements to sell on eBay. Please review the requirements and update your account before listing on eBay.Yet it does not tell me what is wrong with my listing. It also says on my seller portal:...

The newest buyers scam

Just to put sellers on high alert. This didn't happen to me, but it's another scam that is making the rounds. customer’s opening statement “received shipping and shipping item has signs & marks some chemical liquid paint or mechanical oil damage. Ite...

Didn't receive my item that was marked shipped. Can't win for losing. :(

So i ordered a video game. Watched tracking show it being delivered on the 21st. Saw the mail truck pull up. Went to my locked mailbox and......nothing. Waited till today and.....nothing. Sigh. Not looking good at this point. I hear that this is a no...

Floored: eBay won't do anything about restricted seller who opened multiple new accounts

I sell in a VERY competitive category. There's all sorts of shenanigans that usually go on, the most common being other people outright stealing my images and description text. Usually, I resolve those quickly by emailing the seller in question and t...

Wish there was a way to filter out dropshippers

I am getting to get tired of ordering stuff on ebay and receiving "gifts" from "A"... And then a few days ago I purchased something and tracking info has now been uploaded to one of those awful "TBA" numbers which, according to a brief web search & s...

Why You WON'T BE SEEN Starting In September w/ The New Product Based Ebay- The CEO Said It Himself

People shouldn't forget what Devin Wenig (the CEO) publicly stated back in February about the new "product based" eBay -- buyers are about to see far fewer options when looking to buy a product. Instead of 10, 000 choices of something, they will like...

eBay vs the Big Three

eBay and the Big Three of th 50s -mid 70s have (had) a lot in common.1). They were the only game in town.2). The product was second to none.3). Everybody loved them4). They made very few mistakes5). They crushed it at every possible angle. Now:1). Th...

legit seeming buyer offers more than buy it now price on 1-5€ items and also legit buys other items

I know there are several threads about the topic of fishy buyers offering more that the buy it now price on high value items and it's a common scam to new and inexperienced sellers. But, in my case the items are Pokemon cards listed for 1-5€ each and...

ebay penalizes sellers who dont use their postage system

Ebay penalizes sellers who dont use their postage system case in point i ran out of an item (liquid soap) and used ebay to drop ship the item --- seller didnt provide me a tracking # so I couldnt do anything other than mark it as shipped. Buyer was h...

Best offer question

On one of my recent listings Best Offer was enabled and i didn't want it to be. My mistake! Now i have an offer. Questions i have are: if I decline the offer can i revise my listing and turn it off Best Offer option? Also i really need to revise my l...

Anyone receiving high number of "Best offers" from what appear to be fake accounts?

I am listing a single Apple Watch Series 3 at $300 and in less than 1 day I received 9 offers. The majority of the offers came from what appear to be fake accounts, with users who simply joined to bid on my item who have no ebay ratings. One offer wa...

Negative feedback

Hi I just want to ask. I am selling leather jackets on eBay a customer bought a jacket he didn't like it sent it back to me and I refunded him in full including postage. He left a negative feedback saying fake leather and stay away. I called eBay the...

Does Ebay know about KISS?

I am not sure that Ebay employees know about the acronym KISS becuase they are members of the younger generation(s). Here is what KISS is: KISS is an acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid" as a design principle noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960. The KISS ...

One auction - multiple items to choose from

I am trying to set up an auction for my Sacagawea S PF69 PCGS graded dollars. I would like to set up one auction format which would include dollars for the years 2000-2013. How do I set up the auction so that buyers could choose which year(s) they wo...