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Seller Protections are in place for sellers impacted by severe weather

The United States is currently experiencing severe weather across multiple regions, including the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast. We are actively monitoring conditions and assessing potential impacts to shipping and delivery operations...

Wrong size box, too small already paid and printed the label

I realize after paid and printed a shipping label that the item won’t fit. Do I lose the money? Then still have to pay again for the bigger box? It’s flat rate services. Thanks!

Seller sents me a Chinese address to return it. Really? Item was shipped from California.

Hello. I need some help. Recently, I purchased item from a US seller. After the purchase, I noticed the address is not correct. So, I cancel the sell seconds after my purchase. ebay seller forces the sale and denies the cancellation after item is shi...

SNAD/Partial Refund to Buyer from US Seller Drop Shipping from UK.

I have very little experience with Ebay (only buying) but have searched the community discussions and haven't found something that exactly suits my situation so now I am asking myself. I purchased an item recently for $475. What delivered was a diffe...

Same town delivery scam with different adress

Hi all, French buyer here, victim of a scam on a fairly high amount.Seller sent the item with wrong adress on purpose to pretend good delivery on tracking page.French post confirmed by phone that it wasn t my adress but delivered in the same town.Bad...

International shipping and Covid-19 travel restrictions

Hi - I'm just interested if anyone has made any observation on shipping time during the Covid-19 induced travel restrictions? Domestic shipping, I don't think has changed much....if anything several items I've purchased made quicker-than-usual transi...

NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE USPS PARCEL SELECT GROUND BUT ABLE TO LIST IT AS AN OPTION FOR MY BUYERS. WHY?

I list my auctions etc with the option to buy using either usps priority mail or usps parcel select ground. When an item is bought and I go to purchase and print out my label it won't allow me to purchase usps parcel select ground. It does not even c...

USPS Delays, Inconsistent Shipments, and No Shipping Supplies

Hey everyone, Over the last couple of weeks, I've been experiencing some major delays and inconsistencies with my USPS shipments. Priority Mail packages are taking much longer to be delivered. As a seller, I also rely on the free USPS priority shipme...

New Buyer bought an item picked free local pickup and is out of state

So this morning, a buyer bought an item from me but there's some issues. 1. The person is from out of state. 2. The address that was provided is in very bad gibberish. I tried contacting the buyer, but they bought it in the middle of the night and ha...

Item sold via GSP & buyer wants refund, but I can't log onto Italian site?!

I sold an item of clothing recently using the Global Shipping Program to a buyer in Italy. The buyer now wants a refund because, according to the email I got, "there's something wrong with the item". There's a link at the bottom which says See Return...

scam of return on different address than paypal

Dears,I bought an Apple Watch 4 that was ID Locked so no possible to use.I asked return to seller and he sent me an address on ebay message, after many time no answers for refund so I asked Paypal for controversy.Paypal didnt' refund me because the a...

USPS on brink of collapse?

As an ebay sellers, we are ALL dependent on USPS to deliver our shipments. I know I couldn't key going if I had to pay UPS or Fed Ex pricing on my shipments, it would my entire margin. First off, I'd like to acknowledge our brave postal workers. As o...

Odd postage rate fluctuation issue? (USPS parcel select ground / FedEX Smartpost)

So I just sold an item I sell regularly for roughly $13, I recently raised the price to around $14. It weighs 1 lb and I always use my own packaging and ship it via FedEX Smart Post / ground, for something like $6.15, which is always by far the cheap...

Return

Hello everyone,This is my first time experience witht this situation about return. I have sold the item (fishing reel) for buyer. In the description i have very details about it about condition etc... Buyer received the item then messaged me said he ...

Different in Postage

Today I shipped out an item where my buyer was charged $8.45 but my shipping totalled $11.75. It was sent priority mail (1-3 days). Is there a way for either ebay to credit my account the difference, can I charge the seller the difference, or, is the...

I literally cannot send refund for claim, funds are held by paypal and I don't have $. Ebay NO HELP

I beg of you to read this thoroughly because it is distressing me beyond compare and I am already in a very fragile state. I can't take the back and forth of repeating myself over and over again.I've spent the last two weeks in hospital with COVID19....