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Need help from anyone but an eBay phone rep

For more than 2 months I've had the same problem: it is impossible to search for my items using either key words or the item #. I have spoken to more than a dozen phone reps and none of them have helped me. The rep calls up the listing and confirms t...

I found this great tool that you can use to show your average shipping delivery times

https://ribbs.usps.gov/modernservicestandards/ssmaps/find_map.cfm If you ship USPS it will show how long an item will take to arrive from your locationThis can be helpful for others to find average delivery dates.I use mostly 4 services and can count...

Resolved! Can a European customer recovery custom fees he paid if he returns a product purchased from USA ?

We sell a repair part that has a 90% chance of repairing a buyer's automotive Navigation System. Most of our international customers don't attempt a return or refund when the part doesn't solve their problem. But, if an internatinal customer decides ...

Using Feedback to promote your listings

Share effective or creative examples you have seen or tried. I see FB on a regular basis that is similar to this:

Return request vintage leather for smell

He claims it smells mildewy.It didn't. It had been hanging near an open window for a year.Its a womans coat. Buyer is a man in San Francisco. Im sure he didn't like how he looked wearing it. I have no returns. Do i have any recourse?

How much is import fees?

Buying something from abroad with import fees. How much are they? Anyway to determine? Thanks!

Suspension violating rules

Ok, so this automated policy enforcement is GARBAGE! I just caught a 3 day suspension because a BUYER GAVE ME HIS PHONE NUMBER and we finished our transaction on ebay through ebay. I ignored the message about his number and yet I still catch a **blee...

What happened to the number of watchers showing on listings?

When are they going to fix this bug? It appeared in January. No excuses. I want buyers to get that look. Because I know it helps sales. Stop working against me, Ebay! This is hard enough.

Does refused package count as return?

Quick question here I accdently ship the wrong item out to a buyer and they have already received the item. So I was wondering if the buyer can write refuse on the shipping label and than request a pick up from the usps website for a return package.

advice? novels in Spanish

I sell for a library that got a very large donation of novels in Spanish. A few classics, mostly current publications in good condition. They would sell for 50 cents in the library shop (IF they sold, but we do have a large Hispanic population here s...

boot camp where is it on these boards? frustrated rant

ok i signed up for boot camp and got my intro email. now i am ready to view boot camp video but i cant find it or the boot camp chat on these community discussion boards. why cant they just put a category for boot camp and have it readily displayed. ...

Question about when eBay relists an item you sold and it "sells" again

There are a couple of threads going on about this happening. You sell an item and days or months later eBay puts it back in your active listings and it sells again, only you don't have it (since it sold) and have to cancel the sale. Does this result ...

What is Going on With Sales?

I started selling again a couple months ago. My sales are horrible although I try to keep my items at a very low price. I know that i'm in a very competitive market selling bedding but by keeping my items low I thought that I would do much better? Sh...

Seller wants to return something that's not missing a part

First of all, I've got to find where you can say you'll only accept bids from established buyers. I'm not a regular seller, but listed 20 items last week. Most of them, no problem. Two buyers, one with a FB of 1 and the other with a FB of 2, still ha...

Would you ship? Is this a scam?

A buyer with 0 feedback who joined ebay this month purchased a $400 Apple watch from me. The name of the purchaser is foreign and the address is a storage facility in CA. The payment came from someone with an American name like "Ann Smith". When I go...