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Seller Initiated Offer automation

Every day, eBay sellers send targeted offers to reach interested buyers and drive more sales. To make this process even easier, some sellers choose to automate their offers, helping them engage buyers faster and save time. We want to provide some cla...

Strange buyer behavior experience - anyone else?

Had a buyer do the most odd thing and when I saw it, red flags went up all over the place. Here's what happened. I get a sale. Great! I go to start preparing it for shipping and I get another and another... boom....boom...six purchases OF THE VERY SA...

Resolved! It's not SHIPPED until it's SHIPPED

Made two purchases on 11/27. Within an hour they both uploaded tracking. 3 days later and tracking still shows The seller has provided a tracking number. The tracking status will be updated once the shipment reaches the carrier. Then ebay proudly pro...

Feed Back from Sellers

Sellers please respond. Why must a buyer not receive feedback as soon as the purchase is completed?As a buyer, I'm told feedback will be left as soon as you (the buyer) leave feedback. Once I pay, should I not received feedback? Thanks for replies an...

The myth of eBay seller protection.It doesn't exist.

Please take the time to read the very well thought out and accurate facts regarding eBay's "Seller Protection" created by an attendee at one of eBay’s live seminars. EBay has always maintained the importance for sellers to maintain a 100% positive fe...

I guess I'm dense..

I need to list something that is not taxable. Finally got the tax thing set up for other items, thanks to this board. Thought I understood how to take it off for untaxable items, but cannot find how to anywhere when making the listing. Someone, I thi...

Resolved! Buyer claims item received was fake but I have proof it is genuine - What now?

If buyer does not respond, should I escalate this with eBay to change the buyer's remorse return (buyer pays shipping)? Does anyone have any experience with fake vs. proof claims with eBay? I sold a bag on eBay and the buyer filed a return request st...

Fees

Why have I been charged £244 for selling an item for 2500 yet my partner was charged £50 for selling an item for 1025?? Mine was standard auction his had a reserve and buy it now?? Thanks

Resolved! Two nations divided by a common language?

Hi, This feedback was left by a U.S buyer for a U.K sellerThis will floor him! Great beater!The item was a smoking hat and had nothing to do with beating or baseball.Just wondered if anyone could give a translation please.

How can I (seller) avoid negative actions on a buyer return

Posted this same question in "seller hub", which I guess was the wrong place. Let me try it here- Sold a Magnus organ recently; worked well when I shipped it out. (shipping was $35) Buyer reports "it s beautiful and the sound is rich and amazing"; bu...

Blocked Bidder Creates New Account and Buys Item Anyways

Buyer gave me a bunch of low ball offers and about a dozen messages in this week so I finally blocked them. I get a message over-night from buyer and he says "hey - you blocked me". Several hours later the item sells to a brand new buyer from the sam...

Big Problem when listing my item (phone number & email ?)

Hello GUYSi have really some serious problem when i try to add a item for listing every thing works fine but when i tried to save my listing this message appear : "It looks like there's a problem with this listing.We can’t list your item because it l...

Each Policy Change, Destroys Small Sellers Further

Last year, policy changes forced us to remove 200 of our 350 listings, even though the changes were gradually relaxed and rolled back over the year, the damage was done to my business account and even more so to my personal account, i'm not sure how ...

Resolved! How do I combine a shipment to the UK after the auction is over?

Howdy - I never had the same buyer win 2 auctions at the same time. I would like to combine the shipment so that the buyer avoids a double shipping chare - which is considerable.Thanks in advance MIke

Contacting CS help

Another Ebay CS gem. 4x now return call from CS says unfortunatelt this call has been disconnected. We will call you back shortly. This is after trying to call and holding on for over half a hour. What a system they have!!!!

Ebay and Paypal, my thoughts.

so for months and months ive always been under the impression that Ebay were the bad guys/girls, that they dont care about the sellers and do nothing to help us, in the most part i was probably right however over the last month or so i have had some ...