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A $1,000,000.00 dollar stamp?

Wonder why there is so much for sale while those of us are trying to get our items shown in this category.And worse is this seller can promote it at 50+% and it will get shown first and such vs. our items at 12% promoted and maybe under our items for...

buyer took both refund and my item

sadly i lost both the money and the item. the buyer now have his refunded money and he keep the item. I message him and now try to play the victim that i am stalking him. ebay is 100 percent on the buyer and failed 100 percent on the seller like me.

Could use a little help with possibly lost package

Hello, I shipped a small package to North Hollywood, CA on March 9. It was an $85 Barbie doll. Tracking says on March 17th "Unable to deliver package because business was closed, will try redelivery next business day". Then nothing. I filled out a mi...

A Very Simple Question for the Powers-That-Be

I sell multiple items on eBay and I use the item number to locate the items in my database. Been doing it that way since I started selling on eBay around year 2000 & it has worked well for me. Used to be that I would get the "Great news—your item has...

Resolved! Lost packages

How long should I wait to refund a buyer for a 500-dollar item that hasn't been scanned or moved through USPS Priority mail in 5 days? I don't want to send the refund too quickly and have the package resurface and arrive after I issue the refund, but...

Ebay's desperate Increase of Promoted listing "suggestions" for weekends. How its failing everyone

Ever notice how much eBay increases its "suggested" aka desperate needs for Promoted listings on the weekends. Its sometimes a 5-10% increase vs the weekend. So, let's put this in perspective and how it screws the buyers and more than likely turns of...

Shipping

I am going to raise my price on a certain item to cover shipping/handling. However, I will be going outside ebay for shipping. Will the shipping costs still come out of the total price of the item?

Resolved! Listing visibility

I listed a windshield wiper yesterday. I searched for the model and brand and it doesn’t show up. If I search brand and model it shows up. That seems like a huge glitch to me. The order of descriptors should be irrelevant in a search.

Why are my pictures so small now?

Hello all...Suddenly my listing pictures are very small. I haven't changed anything in my process. I use my iphone to take pictures and start listings and have for years, but suddenly I have all this empty space around my images and even when you cli...

I scammed by a buyer and ebay, the F.B.I and the local police do not care. I don't know what to do!

So here is an interesting thing that can happen. When you sell an item to someone, the buyer can delete their profile and banking information right after you ship the item! This is what happened to me and the customer service rep had never seen it ha...

Question About How To Promote Auction.

I've been trying to figure out how to promote an auction for awhile now and can't seem to figure it out. Right now I'm on my page titled My Ebay Active. It lists all my active auctions. For my auction items I see a blue bar that says Promote. When I ...

Resolved! How do you offer returns where the customer pays?

I am wondering how you offer returns, but the customer pays for the return.

sold autographed item- buy wants to return

Hello, I sold an autographed sports item for less than $50. It was listed in the selling description as not authenticated. Seller wants to return because he says "per JSA" it is not authentic. I did not see it signed, but believe it to be authentic, ...

WOW LET ME TELL

You This isn't the place to ask for advice or give your opinion on something you will be personally attacked . First off by the grammar police. I don't understand the world today you give your opinion you are attacked and you are wrong because its no...

Issue with Sales Event

I had a sale scheduled last week to end last night at 11:59. I woke up today to see it was still active. I always keep the name eBay gives sales events, which is the date the sales ends, in this case, "Sale event ending Mar 23, 2025".When I checked t...