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eBay account is restricted

SR# 1-496415015825All orders has been canceled due the "Issue with buyer's shipping address", because our Latvijas Pasts system immediately check delivery address and if there is something error, system give us error message! So, after that I have ma...

Does promoting your listing really help? Is it best to only promote items over a certain price?

Time away and Buyer wants to shop more They may check out early

I set my auction to end so to give 4 days for buyer to pay. Then I was going to do time away because I was going out of town. So this auction ends. Then I get the message Buyer wants to shop moreThey may check out early on auto pay. Where did this co...

For those who do, how are you reporting your sales of used personal items on your taxes?

I see a lot of insistence that one must do so,, but no one talking about how they actually do it. NOT LOOKING TO BE TOLD HOW TO DO IT!!! I am looking for those who actually have done it to say how they do.

Ebay Main Street Message 1099-K

I got this today in my messages from Ebay Main Street and figured I would share it for everyone to see.

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Ebay deleting listings more and more

ha sanyone else noticed that the rude nut jobs on the removal team are deleting listings for almost no reason now? I have been selling a lawn care tool for a while and they suddenly deleted it. I called and tehy said it was banned in Europe 10 years ...

Ordering something I don’t know

Ordering or asking a question

Authentication Guarantee

I am selling a high priced jewelry item and received an offer that I am considering. When reviewing the offer, I see the "ship to" address as a city, state, and zip code, which does not appear to be the authentication hub. Does this mean the item won...

BBE bad buyer experiance s-a-r-c-a-s-m

Hi, ebay member for 21 years, the last 18 years mostly as a seller, flawless 100% feedback and then one day ebay invented BBE. I was judged by a situation in which the buyer did not know how to initiate a partial return of 3 computers. After checking...

In 1914, You Could Mail Your Kids For 53 Cents

I hadn’t heard this one before, but think about it next time you pay $5.00 to ship your four-ounce eBay item. From this morning’s NY Times:“In 1914, a year after the postal service made it easier for Americans to send and receive packages, a 5-year-o...

How do you respond to buyers complaining about shipping price post-sale?

With the changes in types of messages I've been getting, I'm beginning to re-evaluate to adjust my reply tactics accordingly. I haven't had many of this specific type of post-sale shipping price complainer in awhile until recently, I got 2 in the las...

Resolved! Violating rules by putting “1996 HOT WHEELS.COM SPECIAL EDITION BUS” in caption

Received the following message from eBay today, March 18, 2025: “Hello! Your listing didn’t follow our Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay policy. Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay, including sharing direct contact information prior to an e...

Seller Status Not Updating After Defects Removed – Sales Have Collapsed

Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone here can help or guide me in the right direction. I’m a high volume eBay seller, and my account was recently downgraded to Below Standard due to three defects. After contacting support, all three defects were fully rev...

Resolved! Ebay user "revenge" buying items from me after I left her negative feedback.

Hi all. I recently had dealings with a crazy seller on Ebay I have not been satisfied with Ebay support's response on the matter and am looking for advice. I had purchased a low cost book from this lady. It was listed as "Like New". It showed up as "...

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Possible scammer

So had just posted an item to be sold two days ago. Contacted me the same day which I probably should’ve taken as a sign but I’m new to eBay and I was excited that I had an interested buyer. He said he was willing to pay full price and just asked for...