Seller News: April 2025
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Resolved! Can sellers charge shipping fees after a completed sale
The listing was auction based with free shipping but no bids. I made an offer, also with free shipping, which was accepted. I paid. After paying I noticed a message from the seller asking me to pay shipping charges. Is this violation of ebay rules? I...
Watch out for SCAMMER
No one buy anything from this account SCAMMER!!!! He has all positive feedback, but he tricks people into revising it. Received an item over a month late. He claimed it was UPS fault, but it showed the item was never taken to the post office. I rated...
Buyer not following return instructions?
I sold an old camera part and mailed it out medium flat rate. It sat around and no one wanted it until the shipping was lowered. I packed it as well as I could and it took up the entire box. It was mostly metal and completely bubble wrapped so I thou...
Resolved! Problems with Priority Mail
Hey guys. Package I shipped (Priority) was out for delivery, and now: delivered status not updated. Do I have to call USPS or they know that the scan is missing or they lost a package? Really, is it so hard to scan a package before leaving it in a ma...
Seller put trash in the box for my figure I bought from him - would you find this acceptable?
I have already contacted the seller and left feedback, I am just curious what the community thinks of this. Personally, I am disgusted. He used two soda can cardboard bases, and two empty waterbottles (water still inside the bottles). He basically us...
Buyer wants to return a chair after two weeks, advice needed.
Buyer purchased a used full size leather executive chair from me on September 23rd.I was able to secure a shipping quote for $100 (very low) for him through a third party shipper since it is too big to ship FedEx or UPS. Chair was delivered on Octobe...
Ebay Postage Question
New to buying postage on Ebay and wondering why it gives me a different % off of postage every time?? In the last 3 days I have bought postage and once it was a 5% discount, once was 33% and the last time was 40%, that's a big difference but i can't ...
Finally! A break for American Retailers and Small Business Trump Canceling Subsidized Shipping!
Sweet! Finally someone does something - an end to cheap chinese goods getting dumped online with subsidized shipping. Freaking about time! https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-17/trump-goes-postal-abandons-144-year-old-shipping-treaty-china
HELP! Item shipped from Portugal to US never arrived?
So I ordered a rare item and it came from Portugal in September. Seller provided tracking for Portugal CTT service. As of I think 9/11 or so it said it had left Portugal. It was due here 10/4. The item still says "in transit" but seller was unable to...
Seller sent faulty item, won't respond to inbox messages or return request - how to get refund back?
So basically, i recently bought a GPU from a seller. The seller stated it was in working condition, but when i received it, it wouldn't work no matter what i tried (different psus, motherboards , ram etc), it would not get a video signal. After 2 day...
Big frustrations with eBay shipping settings. Buyers from non-EU contries are able to pay EU costs..
Hello all I have for a looong time had big frustrations with eBay. The problem is, that buyers are able to buy and pay for an item that does not have the buyers location specified on the shipping costs. I am from Denmark, I have specified that I will...
El vendedor me hecho a la calle
El vendedor me hecho a la calle a que me refiero no me dio tiempo de defenderme y le di 5 dias para que me enviara el seguimiento y me dio largas tengo los correos y de un momento a otro al enviarle otro correo que me enviara el link del seguimiento ...
"IN-STORE RATE" does NOT exist for 14 and 15 ounce USPS First Class Packages
Using the eBay Shipping Calculator with these parameters:First Class PACKAGE14 ouncesNot "irregular" size(zip codes don't currently matter)You are provided two different shipping rates by the calculator:"In-Store Rate" $6.70"eBay Rate" $4.38 If you w...
Resolved! Purchased an AncestryDNA kit, 3 months later I find out it was invalidated. Refund?
Okay, so I bought the kit for about 45 bucks. I recieved it then sent my saliva sample and registered it on their website. For 3 months I waited as it was stuck on processing sample. I contacted their agents every few weeks about it, and they were al...
Global Shipping Program Countries?
I go off this link for countries eligible for the Global Shipping Program: https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/shipping-items/setting-shipping-options/global-shipping-program?id=4646 I sold something to someone in Peru and it is making me ship directly...
