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Why so many fake accounts who win auctions and don't pay?

Can someone please explain to me why there are so many fake accounts who swoop in at the last second of an auction with a winning bid and then, they never pay. The account generally is opened on the day that they make the winning bid. Zero feedback. ...

User changes/creates new ID to make fake bids and doesn't pay

Why doesn't Ebay allow you to have your settings so that you don't allow bidders with zero feedback to bid on your items? This is the second time the same bidder changed their user ID or created a new one solely to bid on an item that they don't inte...

Non-Paying Bidder Keeps Creating New Accounts to Win and Not Pay for Same Item

I've never had this problem on eBay before and I don't know how to deal with it. Someone seems very determined to keep winning one of my items and then not pay for it. The first time, the buyer who won had a feedback score of 10, but when I looked at...

scheduling

Is anybody having trouble rescheduling listings? I am not able to bulk reschedule listings as I get a message they must be edited BUT when I click on the item and press revise and schedule it to the date I want to reschedule it goes right through - i...

Impressions slowly declining since late January

I've been on eBay since the 2000s, and although the peak in sales was during the first 12 months of the COVID pandemic, the last 3 months I'm seeing a steady decline in impressions. It seems that I keep having to hike up my advertising spend to get i...

Buyer requested return due to international shipping costs

I have a customer who had reached out asking if I can lower the shipping cost to due to the cost of the item, I said I can send an invoice once the auction ends. The customer won, and when I went to send the invoice, I was blocked because you cannot ...

Resolved! is it okay to sell videos ( normal videos not adult content ) on eBay?

is it okay to sell videos on eBay?to list a video thumbnail and describe video content and post listing for let's say $1 or $2?when someone buys it i have the video uploaded to a unique link to download it i send them link through eBay messages same ...

ebay not following their own policy regarding seller protections

sorry this is a long one .....so i've received three negatives in the last two weeks after years of having 100% positive...lets start with this latest one i received yesterday because the buyer hasn't received his item..no contact..never let me know ...

OK, eBay's IDIOT programming just cost me $39 in sales...

Customer contacts me, wants three coins. They're on her watch list, I send her offers. She wanted to buy them as a gift for someone. She messages me that when she gets my offers it makes her "check out" instead of adding to the cart, and it's chargin...

2024onlineshop Scam - Stealing eBay Listings/Scam

So, I have some car parts listed and I had a potential buyer message me to tell me that I'm too high on my part and that they can get it for half as much on another website, so I did some digging...... I found my part on a site called "2024onlineshop...

Buyer opens case for item not received, I refunded money to buyer. Item arrived but dont have item$

Buyer is located in Asia, I'm located in Canada. Basically what happened is, I shipped the item to the buyer, provided tracking number and everything. Shipping gets delayed and buyer opens a case for item not received. Because there's not much moveme...

Issue with my Saved Drafts-Anyone else???

I have 4-6 saved drafts at any given time. Last 24 hours or so, when I select one of them to finish, it shows up for a couple of seconds and then I get the eBay “page not found” notification. Anyone else having or heard of this issue???

eBay UK Goes Permanently Fee Free For Private Clothing Sellers April 8

In yet another step in eBay's recent strategy shift back to consumer-seller roots, starting April 8, private (non-business) sellers in the UK will no longer pay final value or regulatory fees on clothing sales. How does free selling for pre-owned clo...

Resolved! How to block a non paying buyer?

I have had a few non paying buyers, there used to be an option of offering a 2nd chance, but I cannot find it, has it been removed?Anyway, I'd like to block non paying buyers so they do not become repeat bidders.Thanks for you help.

Attack/sue by SAD scheme (Schedule A Defendant) lawsuits Trademarks/Copyrights Infringement

Hello all, I’m a seller in Hong Kong but register in US eBay, I sell mainly per-owned/vintage model kits and watches/misc items(Most of them are my personal collections purchased long time ago and some are brought from authentic toys website), I sell...