eBay

eBay's is the new 99-CENT STORE!

With the new suggested selling prices seems like eBay is aiming to be a 99-cent store! I have unsold listings at every price range and all they suggest is relisting at $.99! STUPID, poor newbie sellers who follow this advice are sure to lose money on...

Private Listing

Does making your LISTING PRIVATE in anyway affect the "items" Search results via eBay or RSS Feeds and related: would making your Listing Private inadvertently place your Listing in the eBay algorithmic "rear" of Search results or cause any Search re...

I come to ye and thee with hat in hand

Okay, admitting my Ludditeness here and asking for help. I have a billion (or two) different accessories that go with those Christmas village decorating sets. Some (a few) realize prices worth the time and effort of separate listings; most don't. The...

Search your most popular item on Google

I thought it was a fluke. So I searched for a few. Ebay is definitely being favored. Who's responsible for that, I wonder?

Customer Service Reps Who Lack Basic Knowledge Need to Transfer Call to Another Rep

When I contact ebay and the rep does not know how to answer a question, there is no expedient means for them to transfer me to someone who can answer the question and they resist doing so upon my request. As a matter of fact, they more often than not...

How to discourage watchers that do not buy???

I listed a 10-pack of blank cassette tapes at Buy it Now for $35 plus $5 for shipping. The listing ended with 6 watchers and no buyers. I'm thinking of putting a disclaimer in my listing that I will start raising the price based on the number of watc...

How do new sellers deal with eBay's instructions?

I've been on eBay long enough to know which of their conflicting instructions actually have to be followed. Two things happened today that made me wonder how newbie sellers can possibly understand eBay's instructions. Here's what happened: 1. Buyer w...

Seriously can't sleep... arghhh

I guess I could go tidy up my ebay store, see what needs to be weeded out, check to see what I can reduce in price, improve my titles, sweep up a little.

Insane Native American policy

Attached please find a pop-up warning through which it is impossible to dismiss or click through. It's related to eBay's insane policies pertaining to selling Native American artifacts. Nevermind that the "policy" indicates that the item should be li...

Would insurance help me at all?

I'm downsizing my life out of necessity. I have too much stuff and not enough time to play with it all. Some of it.. okay, most of it is going in the trash. Easy and done. Some of it I'm sure is better disposed of at Goodwill, dumped on local flea ma...

Weird low-price scam listing copy by Chinese seller...?

I was doing my daily scan of new listings to see what might be worth buying for resale (fixup and restore) and was slightly surpised to find a zero-feedback Chinese selling account has popped up - listing an exact complete and total copy of one of my...

is the forum down?

another issue.

trying to relist a Marvin Toya sculpture.when about to post i get the box;"Oops if you are about to list... make sure this and that..."can't get rid of the box and click on post/continue.seems there is a blue box at the bottom of that box but can't s...