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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

Reduce in Promoted Sales

Recently, I found that my promoted sales has decrease significantly, in its place I saw some more organic sales. So clearly, buyers still like my items and my assumption is eBay just change somethings (perhaps algorithm?) regarding promoted listing r...

Ali Express Dropshipping

Hi all I tried Etsy but it isn't right for what I want to sell i.e. electronic stuff from Ali Express. On searching I'm getting conflicting answers as to whether I can use Ali Express to dropship i.e. getting an order and then purchasing the item and...

Sold a coat but buyer only wants the belt

Hi all, I just sold a coat, but the buyer left a note with their order requesting only the belt to be sent. Is it okay to fulfill this request, or could this lead to an INAD claim? This is the first time I’ve encountered this situation, so I want to ...

Buyer claims new device doesn't work- it was NIB. Now wants to return

I sold a brand new fitbit to someone who immediately started having tech support issues with it. I directed them to fitbit tech support. In addition to having opened the new box, their method of solving their first issue (opening it up) involved some...

If only I had known......

If only I knew, back then, what I know today. Who knew selling anything online would turn out to be like pulling teeth?! I could have gone to dental school instead of setting up an eBay account, etc. Instead of trying to please buyers, I would be try...

How to list a Box of Magazines that are Searchable by Specific Magazine Issues.

I have a "Lot" of many magazines spanning multiple years.How can I set up my listing so that if someone is searching for a particular issue AND that issue is in my lot, my listing will come up in his search?My listing is basic and not the one with sh...

Death of a spouse

I am devastated, not only because my spouse is very near death, but because I was also told that I will have to start all over with a new ebay account . We have over 11000 feedbacks and have been selling on ebay since the year 2000. I even spoke with...

98.5 % of postal workers get to keep their jobs.

Getting tired of all the chicken littles clucking about 10,000 workers being laid off - out of a work force of 663,000 workers. That is 1.5% of the work force. And for that little number you're clutching your pearls? Seriously? Couple that with all t...

Ebay is suddenly asking for my social security number ...

Something I had listed just sold this evening and suddenly Ebay is saying I need to provide them w/my social before I can be paid? Anyone else have this happen lately?

Whats the most insane greedy "suggested ad rate" you have seen in Promoted listings?

With the continued failures of the worse CEO eBay has Ever Had Jaime. The downfall of this brand and the lack of care for 90% of the categories with no marketing we are expected to pay outrageous ad rates to sell anything. In our category the average...

Removal of Listings

Has anybody else had listings removed selling light bulbs

USPS 10,000 Workers to be Cut

in the next 30 days, what affect, if any, do u think it'll have https://www.foxnews.com/politics/usps-signs-agreement-doge-agrees-cut-10000-workers-broken-business-model

W-9 Tax Withholding

I just received a notification from eBay today saying "We are writing to let you know that we’ve placed a block on your payouts because the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) notified us that the full legal name and/or Tax ID you provided doesn’t match t...

case open from buyer for not reciving hes item

i sold a sneaker and it was shipped to be authenticated and shipped to buyer from the authentication center , and buyer hasn't recived the shoes and he opened a case , but is it still my fault that he still havent recived the item he purchased or eba...