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What is free shipping all about?

Why does ebay want us to offer free shipping so much? What else? Higher PayPal fees. If you sell an item for $5 plus $5 shipping, you pay a fee on a $5 transaction. If you sell an item for $10 with free shipping, your PayPal fee is based on a $10 tra...

Resolved! There is no protection of sellers on eBay !!!

I encountered several times that there is absolutely no protection for sellers from scammers-buyers on this site!Some scammers-buyers continue their black business so far, how to deal with them? There is no technical and consulting support on the sit...

Aw geez, need help from pottery/glass/dish sellers, pretty please

It got above 40 degrees today so I brought some boxes down from the attic. I had totally forgotten about the 8 place settings of unused stoneware dishes I bought at an estate sale. I was...wait for it...like, real smart at the time because it does se...

Free shipping

Hi,Do you think Free Shipping will increase the sales?Thanks.Funchoice

E-bay versus Amazon for selling

I tryed to open a sellers acc. on Amazon for more exposure. What a joke the process so exhausting taking over 2hr..to comply with all ther infomation and requirements.At this point I signed out and tryad to sign back in I thought,not ony would they n...

What is the latest Ebay edict on partial refunds???

I have always issued partial shipping refunds when people purchase multiple items. But I read in several posts in the recent past that some sellers have received (unwarrented) defects for this practice. I use the "send money to a friend or family mem...

2.5 months later, buyer requests refund, says didn't get items

So mid-October I had a buyer buy 2 of the same item, it wasn't until I went to add the tracking number that I saw she ordered 2 and not 1. So I immediately contacted her to let her know the first shipment was 1 item and I would ship the other next da...

Restocking fee

Hi, is a good idea to charge the buyers restocking fee if they return the items for unacceptable reason.Thanks.

FedEx Express & FedEx Ground Rates Increased 2018- and I am feeling it!

FedEx Express and FedEx Ground Rates Effective Jan. 1, 2018FedEx Express package and freight standard list rates increased an average of 4.9% for U.S., U.S. export and U.S. import services.FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery standard list rates incr...

Where is the seller's protection ???

I have received in a couple of months several negative feedback without cause.I have made such references to you without any answer.What is the seller's protection ???I struggle for many years with honesty to keep this store alive, but unfortunately ...

SOLD NEW WITH TAGS AND RETURNED WITHOUT TAGS.....

This is the 5th time now this has happened to me that i sell an item new with tags and the buyer requests a return due to item not fit, etc,. I Gladly accept the return and the item is returned with no tags. Now the item is useless to me. Isnt the po...

Possible Scam?

Hello everyone, I'm not new to eBay by any means, But im new to selling. I've had problems when i was a buyer with shipping, But always got the item. I now sold a Galaxy S8 MidFrame with the motherboard and etc with everything but the screen and back...

cancellation of a transaction by mistake the item has been shipped and the buyer has received it

by mistake, I have refund buyer, but item received after refund.I have sent a lot of emails to the buyer but not respond.I have sent a new invoice but no luck.I cant open unpaid item case because transaction cancelled by me.I informed the buyer that ...

Old Packaging

I buy dime store items from the 1950s - 1970s in their original packaging. Condition of packaging and header is important to collectors. Just received an item where it was split down the seam with part of the item protruding out. In the past I would ...