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Resolved! Combined Shipping is so hard now!

When buying several items from a seller I used to be able to hit the "request combined shipping" and the seller would be notified and a shipping total figured. Now I get an "unable to combine shipping' for different reasons. So have to contact the se...

Resolved! Bids accepted seconds after bidding cut off time pushed up price

I'm confused that although I won the item I bid on, a bid that came in seconds after the bidding was about to close, did push the price up substantially. Is there anything I can do? The bidding closed at 5:35pm BST . . my winning bid was then pushed ...

Excessive selling fees 35%

Long time / full time seller (1999) , I tried no promotions and got zero sales, zero questions, zero watchers, I tried all the promotions both general and smart and offsite and store and sales were sporadically good but seems they still throttle sale...

Victim of Tracking Number Scam. What to do next?

Hello there everyone. I believe I have become a victim of a tracking scam. I ordered a CPU on March 24. Seller gave me a USPS tracking number that said shipped on March 26. Item was marked delivered at my front door on March 29th. Problem is that I n...

Bidding extended 10 seconds until no new bids received.

I just bid on a auction with 6 seconds left my bid was at 5 Apr 2025 at 2:30:33am PDT, I was outbid and the winning bidder time was 5 Apr 2025 at 2:30:42am PDT.

Best ebay alternatives

Ebay has become a little too woke for my tastes, what are some of your fave non ebay sites to sell on.

Stupid question from a buyer, or is it?

A few months ago I got this stupid question from a buyer. Or at least at the time I thought it was stupid. Since then I notice I’m getting that same question more often now. That made me wonder if there was an actual reason for asking the seller this...

$10 Coupon Code for Downloading the Ebay App

I just got a pop-up offer with a QR-code while on Ebay on a web browser on my PC to get $10 off if I downloaded the app and made the purchase through the app. At first, I couldn't figure out how to get the code for doing so and apply it to my purchas...

Shipped a package to buyer over a week ago and tracking still just says "Pre-Shipment"

I shipped out a package that was supposed to have tracking I paid extra for, and 8 days have past since I dropped it off and it is still marked as "Pre-Shipment" by USPS. They have not even bothered to scan it in yet.I am worried its gone missing or ...