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When does selling become hoarding?

I watched the entire series of "Hoarders" and it was shocking how many used to be eBay sellers. I was playing around with the eBay research tool today, and when I looked up a lot of antiques, it was surprising how many had been listed since 2017-2020...

Why Does Ebay Allow This?

I Had a buyer who happens to be another seller with active listings send me Unsolicited offer on an item with No Offers enabled. They were asking for 20 bucks off. I always try and work with customers so I told them I could knock 10 bucks off the pri...

Resolved! What's the deal with price gouging from sellers in China? $3 shipping now $1000

So I went to my shopping cart today and had about 5 items which totaled about $40 including shipping from formerly reputable sellers in China whom I've bought from in the past. To my surprise, the total was now almost $7000! Some were charging $1000 ...

Do Listings Where the Buyer Receives Extra Unsolicited Items Count as "Chance Listings"?

Five years ago back in 2020, I ordered a used Nintendo GameCube here from a seller. When I opened the package I received containing my order, I was surprised to find a figure of Mario and Cappy from SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY (the latter in disguise as Mari...

Resolved! Scrubber bot getting overzealous about words in listing titles

This is not a plea for advice, just sharing an experience and wondering what sellers' thoughts are, or if you've encountered this before. Occasionally I have gotten an alert upon hitting 'List' -usually because I forgot an I.S. or maybe had something...