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Seller self-defense

Here are some things on this group as well as the Facebook eBay seller groups: 1. Clothing - especially high end clothing, is extremely subject to unwarranted returns and claims.2. If you sell anything with a serial number or other identifiable marki...

Is there something wrong today? No sales all day so far

Hello - Did this happen to you? No sales today. That is unusual for us. We at least sell one item but today nothing. Not sure e-bay back to pushing off sellers -- we did get feedback and maybe even e-mail but no sale. Not sure if that is how the sale...

Give me a reason to re-start selling on ebay

I've been an eBay seller for over 10 years, I sell luxury accessories, and have 100 free listings a month. I've got thousands in merch I want to sell, but the fees are so high I haven't listed anything in over a year. Is eBay doing anything to entice...

Almost shot myself in the foot

I have one day handling and generally adhere to that for Friday sales even though they don't have to ship until Monday. But if something requires me to scrounge for a box or takes extra effort to pack I may wait until Monday. Sold my first item in a ...

Yellow lines in my product photos!!!

I'm at my witts end!! I am wanting to up the quality of my listing photos and purchased 3 LimoStudio 3000 watt lightboxes. This has given me PLENTY of light for my items but every time a take a picture yellow lines appear in the photo!!! Also the pic...

Why doesn't sales tax autofill?

It seems that it would make sense for it to autofill based on what state you're selling out of. I've never understood why it's just blank for you to type in whatever?

Negative feedback left by customers after case is closed in your favor

I have contacted ebay several times about feedback left for me from a buyer. He had opened a case stating an item didn't work. I accepted the return and he never sent it back. The case was closed in my favor. He left negative feedback for me. I conta...

Handling time

If I have 1 day handling time, and someone buys something thursday night, am I ok to mail it on saturday?

Dodged a bullet - learned a lesson

I was picking up a few books at my local thrift today and several of them were photographic books. So I opened each one and leafed through them to make sure they were undamaged. When I got home I looked through a book on the local football team, whic...

Buyer issue with shipping charge

I just noticed my item sold and I received the following message from the buyer: This is what appeared when I was ordering the item:$81.00Buy It Now+$31.95 shippingHow is it that the cost of shipping jumped to $50+ ? $51 is the exact amount to ship t...

Resolved! Is USPS tracking down everywhere?

Just tried tracking two different packages at the USPS website. I keep getting the message that the service is "temporarilly unavailable". Are any of you having this issue?

Fake Patriots tickets

Be Aware - If you are buying Patriots Trickets on the secondary market - especially CL - there are some really good fakes out there according to my local news.

PayPal account holder claiming unauthorized purchase but opened INR; how to proceed?

Hello all, It's been awhile since I've posted and as my selling volume has steadily decreased I wanted to get some feedback regarding a problem transaction as I am not sure if the process and channels are the same as in years past. I had a ~ $500 tra...

Resolved! Help with a GSP return

I sold an item through GSP and yesterday received a msg. from EBay that I had a return request because item delivered broken.Msg. said I had until Jan. 28th to respond to request or buyer could on that date ask eBay to step in and help by opening a c...

For laughs: Share your funniest/worst/incomprehensible feedback stories.

I just left this feedback comment: Excellent seller. Great shape, packaged well. The book, not the seller Another time, my finger slipped and I posted just this: m What's the funniest feedback you're sent or received? Best, worst, strangest?