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Seller Beware

Just wanted to give a heads up to the community on a buyer that seems to be a scammer. I tried helping him with a part that he claims doesn't fit his boat, but it's clear he's not willing to let me help him. I just looked at his feedback that he's le...

Promoting a listing and Promoted listings feature?'s

I have been using the Promoted listings option with some of my items for awhile, and I have also recently started to run promoting sales on a few other various listings I have. So far I am not seeing any significant sales for the additional fees I am...

Another buyer abusing the BPP to try and get free return shipping!!!

Yet another buyer abusing the "buyer protection program" claiming 'not as described' to get free return shipping. Had to waste 20 minutes of my VALUABLE TIME to call ebay, and OF COURSE the representative agreed with me, said I'll note the case, and ...

what are the advantages and disadvantages to letting Allow buyers to remain anonymous to other eBay

what are the advantages and disadvantages to letting Allow buyers to remain anonymous to other eBay users

has anyone found that a paypal working capitol loan is not working for them?

i recently took out a paypal working loan 5,500. I made the decision after seeing the 10% figure used in the sales campaign. After a few days i decided i should do it.However when i got to the page to agree i realized they wanted something like 2,600...

Buying Guides Work! Don't Fix What Aint Broke!

I sell international folk art. I research these sometimes popular and sometimes obscure collectibles and then write Buying Guides about them. Not only are the readers grateful, they increase my sales and they eventually educate other sellers who can ...

New returns policy really doesn't make sense.

So after hearing about this new free returns policy. I have to say this. eBay why would you force us to pay for buyers remorse returns or lose our 10% discount and search result rank? It's like tying sellers to a chair, telling them that youll cut th...

Promotions Manager Not Working

Is anybody else getting the "Something went wrong. We're sorry." message in Promotions Manager? I can get to the overview screen but if I try to create or edit a promotion I can't save any changes. It redirects to this page:http://pages.ebay.com/mess...

restricted items

It is disconcerting to find that Ebay agents are instructed, knowingly or unknowingly to lie to members about the operating of their policies. E.g. The obvious fact that they targey certaim sellers for special policing if they have had an item remove...

How long does a listing run for?

I would like to list something. I am curious as to when I would want the listing to end. i am thinking 9pm eastern time on sunday evening might attract the most buyers who like to jump in at the last moment. Is this a good time to end auction? I cann...

Resolved! What do you guys know about Stale Listings?

I always been under impression that stale listings hurt your overall ebay sales in your store. For that reason we renew our listing per category every 6 months. We use good till cancel because its time consuming to "sell similar" that many listings r...

Resolved! Vacation question? Can I change the handeling time on my listings so I don't ship late?

I am a single mom with 2 kids trying to go on vacation and show them there is a life and world out there besides E-bay. Lol! My dillema is if I put the store on vacation I don't sell anything while I am gone. And that is QUITE the hit to a single mom...

Resolved! CAN I CANCEL AN AUCTION IF .........

Hi folksCan I cancel an auction if someone made me a satisfactory offer Thru an Ebay message and asked me to send him an invoice? there are no bids. 3 days left. I don't want to do anything wrong.Thank you!mike

Defect for late delivery

Tell me how it is my fault that a package sits in the post office for a week waiting on buyer to pick it up? This is the 2nd defect I have received in the past month that is ridiculous. I sold a ring and a month later the buyer decided to return it b...

EBay adding best offer to fixed price listings

I have called ebY several times since last year because they keep adding ridiculous best offers to my listings. When I kept complaining, even to supervisors, they told me there is nothing I can do but to revise my listings. As a matter of fact, I had...