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Buyer pays immediately, but doesn't communicate to emails.

I have a rather strange but concerning matter. I recently sold an item to a buyer that is prestine according to feedback and has a long history on ebay. He/she paid immediately but as a new seller my funds have been placed on hold via paypal. I recen...

Fees if an item does not sell

If I list an item and it does not sell are there any fees? What about if it's within the first 50 items listed a month?

Can anyone help me on region shipping?

I get a quote from 49014 to 90210 at USPS.com for 4 pounds. Priority is $18 but it says region A is $10. Is this correct? I never used region boxes but maybe I should be.

Resolved! ebay members unable to bid

I have received messsages from 2 ebay members stating they are unable to bid. Both members state they receive errors that their account isn't linked to PayPal. Anyone else having this problem?

Who's really being Honest here?

So, yesterday I call eBay CS because my daily views on my accounts have dropped to 1 on one account, 2 on another and 8 on the other, etc. When you have over a 1000 items listed and you normally get 25 to over 100 page views a day each. This becomes ...

Promoted Listings - Individual listings question

I received the message about Individual Promoted Listings and went though the eBay message link to set up some individual item Promoted Listings ... so on Step 1, the very first thing that is published is this, "Promoted listings is available for mos...

billing agreements

I have an older account and I cannot get eBay to add a billing agreement for eBay shipping to my PayPal account. Any ideas would be appreciated? I have called for months trying to get problem solved, thanks!

Package arrived damaged & item missing

Hello,I have a buyer who notified me the item she purchased, an iPod, arrived missing. The package was damaged - it looks like it was sliced open. The iPod was rolled in several layers of bubble wrap - the bubble wrap was still in the package. When I...

End of the road for Half.com

After a long but exhausting run, half.com will be closed on September 1. http://pages.half.ebay.com/help/account/closing.html

your connection to this site is not secure

In case you cared why this top rated seller is no longer using this site, Ebay, I would like to at least share with the community.Seems google is just now telling us about it not being a secure place to do business, but it has gone on for some time.I...

Item Description Lost on Save And Finish Later

I spent a lot of time on setting up a listing for 60 pieces of China/Pottery. I did a detailed description of every item and hit the save for later. I then packed the items one by one with bubble wrap , newspaper and peanuts for safe travel in 3 boxe...

Merchandise for eBay ~ I'm Still Buying Inventory

I'm off to Boeing Surplus to pick up a few thousand pounds of tools for my eBay sales. I used a Paypal Working Capital Loan to buy this merchandise. This is my 7th Working Capital Loan in the past 5 years. It's going to be a good day and even a bette...

Blouses or jersey? Searching in women's clothing.

While searching for women's cotton blouse today I noticed 80% of the inventory was jerseys.A women's cotton blouse is described having buttons, collars and sleeves.Is there a particular way to search for a women's blouse?

Holiday Settings

So i'll be off for 3 weeks this summer, i will put my shop to holiday for this time, and will hide all my listings. The question is: What happens if someone has watches an item/saved a bookmark? They will still find it i think and can buy it, and i d...

The future of eBay

A lot of complaining lately and people posting with what they think eBay should do (including me). But it is what it is. At some point you either have to accept it or leave. If you are staying, why not make the best of it? Do what YOU can to improve ...