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"Free Shipping" costs

How does one figure what to allow for shipping when selling with the "free shipping" option? Without knowing where the buyer will be located how do I know a dollar amount to allow to cover shipping for my auction item?

Sell a similar item feature (this allows other sellers ) to STEAL Seller's WORK & listings in part

Ebay needs to discontinue their ' Sell similar item ' feature Sellers are stealing my work, my listings in full and part with this feature, I find these sellers to be thieves, cons, lazy, rude, and should be reprimanded by Ebay , I should not have to...

How Long Do I Need To Wait????

A guy opened a case against me last week about a broken item. I told him to return for refund. He never responded to his own refund request. How long do I have to wait to call ebay to close the refund request and cancel the shipping label he was send...

Number of Sales per state.

I sorted thru a pile of past sales and see that out of 223 sales, 23 were made to CA. Followed by 16 in both Florida and my home state of PA. 11 states bought nothing. Nine states only had one each. Are more sales made to CA due to name recognition? ...

How would you describe these? What are they?

I bought these little things 40 years ago and added the thread to hang them on the Christmas tree. They do not stand up on their own. I have no idea what to call them to have any hope someone might stumble across them. Best thing I come up with is Mi...

Resolved! Quit the forum now if you want sales on eBay

Yes, some members think if you as a seller are critical of eBay and management on this forum that they will treat your accounts like a Voodoo doll and you will be cursed with low or no sales. So should the forums be shut down for the good of eBay sel...

Late shipping but for a good reason

I was packaging a sweater for shipping, when I discovered a stain I had not seen before. I messaged buyer, explained situation, and she was agreeable to me trying to get stain out before shipping. I did get the stain out, but it delayed shipping past...

New vs. Pre-Owned with handmade jewelry

I have a slight dilemma and would like the community's opinion. I make jewelry, and although only one of my items is posted at this time, I have a question. Often, I will use a mix of new and pre-owned materials to make the piece and can't figure out...

Canceled transaction, then changed mind.

Long story short. I sold a item, the package got returned back to me for some reason and got lost in the process so I canceled the transaction And refunded the buyer (doesn’t clear till weds) because I didn’t want to keep them waiting cause I had no ...

Bidders registered on the day keep on ruining all my auctions

In the last couple of weeks on all of my sales of refurbished PCs I've had at approx 4 minutes to end a bidder with 0 feedback and that had registered on the same day bid on my auctions. I've managed to 'babysit' most of auctions as they close and ca...

Buyer bids, backs out in last 30 seconds of auction.

A buyer bid on two broken cameras I had listed in seperate auctions, then in the last 15 seconds claimed he did not notice the cameras were broken, and said "cancel my bid.". Are you kidding me?! The values for these in POR condition were averaging $...

Arrgh!!! The WHINING by sellers who have never even touched what they're SELLING!

We who carefully inspect and back with our rep each and every item we offer for sale.... I'm tired of the complaints and rants from 3rd party sellers who think its just great to flip data and pull in the money. There's more to selling... much more. R...

No PayPal option in the Adult Section??

Hello,I was just trying to sell some adult movies in eBay's adult section, but it wouldn't show a PayPal option for accepting purchases, and when I try to choose Visa, then eBay tells me a need to have some kind of special paid merchant service to ac...

When Do Defects Apply?

I have a defect incoming from a cancellation and I'm wondering if it applies to your account on the day of the sale, the day of the cancellation or does it apply later? The reason I'm asking is because I'm a small seller and now I need to sell a bunc...

Digital buyer scams

I've been selling digital goods lately and making a really good profit however I keep running into scammers. They ask for the cd key to be sent and after it is sent withing 10 minutes they claim their account was hacked or card was stolen. Then state...