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Latest Target of the 72-Hour After Delivery Confirmation Payout

eBay has rolled out a policy where instead of having funds available for payout 2-days after selling an item, they are now holding the funds until 3-days after tracking delivery confirmation... This just took affect on all my orders on 6/1/2025 only ...

seller cancellation

a 4 item purchase has been cancelled. I had not paid because I was waiting for an invoice with combined shipping. I sent several requests and messages to seller and got no response. for 4 small items seller was charging close to $16.00 for shipping. ...

Wrong item sent

Recently I made a very expensive purchase on ebay, I bought something for nearly $500 and was sent a random action figure that the seller is selling for $40. I've messaged the seller multiple times now, but they're completely dodging it and trying to...

Funny Appeal to a return

When you appeal any decision eBay has wrongly made in the buyers favor you get their standard email back almost immediately even though no one has read yours. Thought this one was funny: Customer returned my item saying “not as described” but when I ...

Item Out of Stock- How to Issue Refund

I recently had an item sell that was out of stock. The buyer paid. I have never set up an account to receive payments through ebay. In order to cancel the order, it is asking me to input my account information. If I have not received the funds for th...

Zero views

I have several Star Trek plates as well as other items which I’ve had listed for more than a month with zero views. When search these same items under “completed listings” I see that the exact items have sold by others for a price above mine. Why are...

Does USPS have Ground Advantage boxes now?

I saw on the USPS home page a picture with a business owner and lots of Ground Advantage boxes. I thought, "Great! Perhaps I could use those boxes!" Yet those boxes are nowhere on the USPS site. I tried to contact USPS but there is no way to do so wi...

Another change to Messaging while existing problems still not fixed

While on my Manage Orders page, I picked the Message Buyer option from the pulldown menu in the Actions column to send a note to my buyer. Instead of putting me into the Messages page, it now slides in a blank message pane from the right side of my s...

Buying Coins on Ebay or any Online System

Beware of who you buy coins from. I recently purchased a coin not paying attention to that it came from China nor the price I paid vs the actual value of it. It turns out to be very valuable and with my semi-experience seems real. I still am skeptica...