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USPS will be closed on January 9th

Thursday, January 9th has now been declared a National Day of Observance to honor the death of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. Because of this, the United States Postal Service will suspend regular mail deliveries, retail servi...

Reporting Violation of Ebay Policy

I recently discovered that another Buyer was using my Photo to sell her Wig. I have been selling for over 22 years, and I spend a lot of time taking Photos so that my Models look their best for these Photos. I sent the Seller a Message and asked her ...

Listing is showing to US audience and I am located in Europe

Hello everyone, to keep it short. I live in Portugal (Europe) and wanted to sell my first item. When doing it so it wanted me to list it in dollars (which I thought was strange) I set the item location in Portugal and said that I shipped only in euro...

What is the second tier of appeal for denied listings?

I know eBay has a global customer "service" technician base. And I know they claim to work in teams. But there has to be a way to break through the organization chart when you have a legitimate issue. What I read in these forums makes it sound imposs...

snow day?

I know it doesn't mean much to many people in the US a nd CAnada but here in the DC area for years we haven't had a good dump of snow. Getting a good one now. I'm taking the day to stay home for once and work on listing. compared to the last couple o...

Best offer glitch

Hi everyone, I’ve had some issues with best offer process lately. Usually, when I accept an offer, I receive an alert instantly saying that my item has sold and waiting for payment. For the past week, after accepting an offer, I don’t get this « item...

How to set handling time longer due to snowstorm rolling in

It's been years since I've had to do this. We have a big snowstorm rolling in on Sunday. I currently have a two day handling time set and have put the store in vaccation mode until Wednesday starting in the next hour just to be safe. I'm still allowi...

Authentication and minor defect

Hello forum,I sold a watch recently that had to be sent to be Authenticated.I got a message from the Authenticator saying that was watch was authenticated but they noted a minor defect ie a slight mark on the side.They said that they would contact th...

Why does the seller have to pay a percentage on the shipping fees?

Why does the seller have to pay a percentage on the shipping fees? I make no profit on the shipping fee. In fact, if the item has significant weight or ships a long distance, the shipping cost goes up and that takes from any profit made.

Your account is currently limited. Go to Messages to find out what you need to do next

Hello, can someone help me with this error message please "Your account is currently limited. Go to Messages to find out what you need to do next". I have searched but could not find any solution. Find things I am currently not able to do: 1. cannot ...

Customizing the Active Listing Table - reserve price

I am using the Buy It Now or Best Offer options on eBay. In my Seller's Hub Active Listings, I see the "Current price" column but it looks like the "reserve price" is only for auction-type listings. I'd like to see what my minimum asking price is wit...

Resolved! Authentication system is a joke

The authentication system is super flawed. I am FUMING right now. Was selling my LV purse that I bought with MY own hands from the LV store, and I received notification that authentication failed. All the notes I received from the authenticator was “...

eBay needs to rethink its "Infringement Enablement" rules...

I had a Dreamcast console listing pulled down for "infringement enablement".Yes, I had put in an optical drive emulator but that's specifically because the console's disc drive didn't work anymore. If I didn't do that the system wouldn't be able to p...

Can I run a report with sold item name as a part of a multiple-item listing?

I'm trying to generate a report which shows the name of the specific item purchased in an multi-item listing, but am either overlooking or not possible (not seeing as an option in "customize column settings)...wondering if anyone has advice.Right now...

Abusive Ebay Sellers to other Ebay Sellers

I've just encountered the worst ebay buyer and ebay seller ever. How it possible that 1 ebayer is allowed to abusive the system by giving fellow ebay sellers over 39 NEGATIVE ratings. In his mind almost everything he buys on ebay is JUNK and beware o...