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Let's Have Some Fun - Items You Bought and Wished You Hadn't!

Tired of the doom and gloom here. Let's hear about items you bought - whether thinking you would score big - or items that were more than you bargained for getting them ready to list. This past week - I hit paydirt - at least for me - went to a block...

Please help me with ending auctions early with no bids, any penalty?

I know this is the place to come for good advice and help.I have some unexpected travel plans that came up and I would like to end some auctions early (or cancel them). I would only end the ones that do not have bids. My question is: will I be penali...

EBAY UNFAIR TO ITS HONEST TOP SELLERS

My Opinion: ebay is not fair with their policy to honest top sellers. I am a fair minded honest ebay seller (like most of us.) I have a top rating but because I will not let a buyer return an item after 30 days ebay will not grant me the top seller l...

Ebay issued refund to buyer

I sold 10 items in one order and shipped them in a flat rate envelope. In my listing, I indicated that random styles would be given. I received a return request and he said he received 4 duplicates (actually it was only 2 duplicates and I told him th...

Help needed with claim from freight forwarder

I sold an item to a Freight Forwarder. The paypal address was a warehouse in City of Industry and when I googled it showed as a freight forwarder as well. The tracking showed the item was left with "The Agent". Now a couple of weeks later I find a re...

Hey Ebay? Waz up? Are you updating your server? It seems a lot of glitchy stuff is going on. Helloo?

eBay wants lots of quick sales, so Long-tail sellers must go

If your a long-tail seller on eBay, your days are numbered here. eBay only wants fast selling items. Long-tail sellers are seen as just site clutter, that take up space and search resources in regards to bandwidth and placement. Spring cleaning on eB...

eBay late shipment fair or not?

Is it fair for sellers to get slapped on late shipments on ebay? Even if you send your parcel tracked you really cannot control the speed of the parcel from A to B. Heck in Australia it can take a week to get a letter across town. What happens with r...

Buyer wants to return the item.

The buyer wants to return the item. (But for my money).Return shipping:seller pays.But I pointed out that the return shipping is paid by the buyer.Why is this happening?

50 Free Listing On Non Store Account Question

I have had a ebay store for 10 years in good standings. Opened another account few months back (non store). I have 15 items in it and plan to list more.Ebay has given me 12,000 items I can list or $100,000 worth on this account. My question is, once ...

Is Putting Picture In Description Area A Good Idea?

Is putting one (1) picture of your item in the description area a good idea? I see some do it.

Blocking buyers that check out as guest

I bad a buyer order 3 items of the wrong size, told her to return them. She ordered another item in the correct size. I got the items back, and they were rolled in balls crammed in a box. No regard for the garments what so ever. They are push up padd...

Advice on non paying buyer on time

Expert advice please. I'm trying to be proactive in order to know what to do if this happens: On my auctions my policy states "PayPal payment within 2 days auction end". What are the procedures (options) for me to sell to the next highest bidder if p...

ending auction

A bidder won 3 of my items today. They have now bid on another items not ending until next week. I would like to give them the item at their current bid. Can I end that auction and let them have the item at their current bid? If so, how?? thnx