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ebay ads for Black Friday

I listened to our local classic rock station off and on this morning but heard an ebay ad about the Black Friday promotion three times! That's probably on par with Verizon and Comcast. I've heard other ads from time to time. Are they really hitting r...

Resolved! Shipping

Can I wait to ship until the buyer pays? I'm afraid of getting scamed since some people have tryed that already. And do I also have to use the postage purchase on ebay. What I mean is; can I just write down the buyer's adress and just ship it there? ...

Today's eBay Spam

Yup, I'm going to run right out hand hunt down these busnesses near me, that are supposedly closing, and buy stuff to list on eBay. I could be a coffee maker outlet! What a great idea. This could make me a rich $!#$.

Is tomorrow a Postal Holiday?? According to eBay it is?? HELP

Trying to print a postage label through ebay with tomorrow as the shipping date. Doing this through ebay it does not give me that option. It shows Mailing Date options as Today, Wednesday the 28th and Thursday the 29th. What happened to Tuesday the 2...

How/when do I pay taxes on eBay sales?

I've been selling since late January. All is going well, I've sold about $750 worth of items. Now I'm worried about when/how to pay taxes. Somewhere I read that I need to pay taxes quarterly. Not sure if that's so. How do you pay taxes, and when? Tha...

How to reduce returns

Got the March Vol II seller newsletter from eBay. They linked to a page on how to reduce returns. I have bolded my favorite parts.---------- Simple ways to reduce returns.Cut down on the costs (and headaches) of returns. How to reduce returnsEnsure y...

GD Date Missed

I try to avoid ordering GD items, but somehow I missed it on this one. On reviewing my Purchase History page, the GD date shown is yesterday 3/24. USPS tracking shows "In Transit - Delayed" with it now scheduled for Tomorrow. What exactly is the guar...

"Drop the Price To Make the Sale"

Another new ebay email. This one gives me a list of several items supposedly in people's carts. I am encouraged to drop the asking price 5% and they will alert the potential buyers. This is rather clever of Ebay I think. I would like to sell those bo...

Promoted listings going good so far!

I asked for some advice a few days ago about promoted listings cause I was unsure about it.It's now been about 12 hours since I started a campaign & I have already made 2 sales from my promoted listings. I'm not sure if it will continue like this but...

Seller account removed

Seller account removed.. I’m a stay at home mom who does this part time & doesn’t want to leave ebay. My account was remover for selling and not sure what I can or if I can do anything! I talk to one person at eBay saying that I’m pretty much screwed...

USPS is getting ridiculously expensive for larger parcels.

12x12x17 8.1lb box USPS wanted $32.56 for p-mail.Fedex ground was only $13.94

Well, there is this as well. Another reason why I am saying no to TRS

Had a buyer buy a new DVD. It is region 3 as I get a lot of customers from all over the world buying DVDs and I like having region-specific DVDs for that reason. The person was in the US. I emailed them immediately and asked if they were sure that th...

Ended notifications

I sell items on Ebay, but I dont know how to turn off my 'your item didnt sell' notifications, I get many every day and it's annoying, anyone know how to do it please ?

Checkout Problem?

People have posted about it before, but I never had a problem. Won't let me checkout now, either via CC or PP.

What do you guys do when a buyer hasn't paid for an item?

Hey all, So I have about 4 items unpaid for right now & I usually open an unpaid item case within 4 days but do any of you ever message buyers who haven't paid & politely ask them if they're still interested or if they've decided they no longer want ...