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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?

Resolved! Buyer opens late delivery dispute case while eBay store is in vacation mode

This is a first for me.We went out of state for our annual family vacation for a couple weeks(the 23rd to the 10th to be exact).Our eBay store was placed in vacation. The listings were kept visible so that purchases could be made but we wrote a notic...

Item delivered after refund

Hello Friends!I sold an item before Christmas season. However, buyer informed me that item was not delivered. I also noticed the tracking information stop updating after item transferred from UPS to USPS. As I always do, I did refund the customer rig...

Sellers - Sent a message on a fixed price item for a discount, and the buyer wants more of a discoun

Has anyone had fixed item prices and then get messages from buyers to get a discount? I know the answer is yes on that, and I do too, but I am giving over 30% discount on an offer (on a fixed priced item), and the buyer wants another 15%-20% off. I h...

Blood sucking USPS

Just added 35 cents to all of my auctions. What this latest cash grab is going to do is trickle down to the consumer and retard economic growth AGAIN. At what point is this dysfunctional agency going to realize that constant PRICE INCREASES isn't goi...

Buyer has Invalid address. Purchase postage button not working. What should I do?

Full error is:Invalid address. Click "Change" to revise it.Invalid address. Click "Change" to revise it. I messaged the buyer to verify the address and he replied:"Hi.the address is correct, what happens is that it is a box that you then send to my c...

Resolved! Buyer has blown my mind!

Buyer who is also seller was the only bidder and won the product dirt cheap for 5 bucks. No pay, no communication what so ever from buyer. Didn't respond to my invoices to pay several times. I was very understanding due to holidays and expressed it i...

Removed Item Listing - Item Shipped

I recently sold an item that was then removed by ebay. I have already mailed it out, do I still receive the funds for the product or do they credit them back to the buyer? If they credit back the buyer it is unfair because they got the item for free.

Question about the Promo Offers

When a Seller accepts the List 50 Free Items Promo Offer (Buy It Now and/or Auction style listings) and lists or relists a bracelet with Buy It Now and in the listing it says there are 8 available -- if a buyer purchases 1 bracelet then that means th...