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Looking for a scripted response to give buyers about slow USPS shipping

I think USPS shipping delays are happening to me more often now that I'm looking to craft a scripted response to these buyers who message me commenting about the slow delivery. I've been noticing every buyer who has this issue experiences the trackin...

Payment dispute

Sold an item.Buyer got item.Someone filed a payment dispute and buyer say's it wasn't him.Buyer say's they used a pre-payed card not a credit card.Bottom line buyer got item,Ebay put a hold on funds then they sided with card issuer but would release ...

Finally joined the club! lol

Got my first negative today! YAY! No message. No return request. Just the Negative feedback, complete with pictures! Please note, I have sold nearly 100 drives in the past couple years. This is the first one that this has happened. They are all teste...

What am I doing wrong? Sales Flatlined?

Hello Fellow eBayers, (May 2025), My sales have flatlined. My impressions are really down. I'm looking for constructive suggestions. I got an email to update my information. They do this every year. The message said if you get verified any holds on y...

Ebay sucks for sellers, in case you were wondering.

15 days after selling an item, ebay says, dont ship this because the customer is invalid. oh ok, remember way back when you said SHIP THE ITEM. What did that mean? Did it mean, dont ship until we can figure the payment out. No. It meant ship it. So o...

eBay accuses Amazon Inc. of counterfeiting

I had half a dozen Blu-ray movies listed on eBay that I bought from Amazon, with Amazon Inc. as the seller, in 2009. I tried to sell these major Hollywood movies first because they were still sealed, but nobody seems to want them at any price includi...

Do promotions really work?

I have quite a few of my listings promoted at a modest percentage to draw traffic to the bulk of my listings. With that being said, I have not experienced any real sales for a month now after a long run of regular weekly sales. My listings all have b...

Payment dispute

A new form of fraud on ebay.Sold an item for 85.00.Ebay says buyer filed a payment dispute.Contacted the buyer and they claim they never filed one.Item was delivered and they acknowledge receiving it.Then they say its the service for proved that file...

Fine jewelry sellers - BIN? Auction? Pricing?

I posted a series of more specific questions on the Jewelry board about an item I'm thinking about selling, but generally speaking, do you fine jewelry sellers have better luck with BINs or auctions? Also, how do you determine your asking price with ...

Sending offers history

I've been selling here since 1997 but have only experimented with the send offer feature on a few limited occasions. Is there anywhere that shows what items I've previously sent offers on? If I try to expand my use of the feature, I want a way to see...

Selling tool not working - TOP LEVEL FRUSTRATION!!

I haven't listed any items for quite a while until tonight....after ATTEMPTING to list repeatedly get that error message, "Oops! Well, this is embarassing....." bullSh*t. I have now wasted over 3 hours doing CIRCLES with this STUPID site. Just when I...

Promotion

We all know that eBay pushes us to promote listings but I find it interesting that some vloggers have said they don't see any value in promoting at a high percentage and I noticed myself that although I don't usually promote anything over 4%, I keep ...

Resolved! First time return, need help

Just had a quick question, I recently bought cards from a seller and it was in a bit worse condition than I expected (had scratches and dents that weren't visible in the picture) and I sent the seller a refund request to which they accepted but then ...

Auto pay

Just sold an item and buyer is using auto pay.Ebay sent message saying the buyer has up to 7 days to pay and may want to shop more??????Had nothing else selling this day so what's he shopping for.Up to 7 days to pay .with auto-pay and then another 3 ...

Resolved! What are your thoughts on the AI generated item descriptions?

As a buyer (and sometimes seller) I find the AI generated descriptions either irritating or at least unhelpful. Seems like most of those descriptions treat me like a buyer who can't think for themselves or don't really know what they want or like. Al...