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Resolved! Why does eBay allow auctions where you're not allowed to bid??

There is at least one seller who lists a valuable item in auction format with bidding starting at $1.00. But among the photos is one that says bidding is not allowed and all bids will be removed. The item is said to be available only at the Buy It No...

eBay International Shipping Illinois Hub

Does anyone have any recent experiences to share that could shed light on how quickly packages are being processed at the international hub in Illinois? I've read a bunch of horror stories, but was hoping to get some recent reports that show what the...

Cannot send offers to watchers

I decided to try out the "send offers" option for items with watchers. Some listings did not give me that option. I checked archives and it may be that if watchers have been watching for more than a specified time they cannot be sent an offer. Is tha...

Resolved! Promoted Listings ebay message

helloI received a message from ebay, I don't know if it came to me alone or to everyone.Does that mean that you can't add more promoted lists by paying a few dollars like I do now?the message says this Soon you’ll be able to use Promoted Listings Sta...

eBay listings

I resell a lot of Home Depot products. So I have to list 50-100 products daily and I have to manually save pictures from the Home Depot site for each product to list on eBay then add the UPC and model numbers. Then I have to do my own description and...

Need to cancel an item that was a preorder and seller won't accept cancellation.

This morning I bought an item that is shipping from Japan. It's a preorder, and the item won't ship or be delivered until mid-August. I found a better price elsewhere and tried to cancel this order but the seller "declined" and will not answer any of...

Promoted listings Auction Sellers

What are my fellow auction sellers doing now that promoted items express is gone? Who's moving to promoted items standard and what do you think is the next best thing to do?

I can’t BID the item I wanted

When I’m bidding I wanted it, this error tells me Unfortunately, you cannot make offers or place bids due to a history of unpaid items on eBay.Please go to your Purchases in My eBay to complete any pending payments so you can continue making offers a...

"We looked everywhere" and "Where's all the stuff?" when listing items for sale

I've been on Ebay for almost 25 years and this is a new one on me. When I'm listing things for sale quickly, I seem to run into some sort of spam/bot protection. I will suddenly get a message "We looked everywhere. Looks like this page is missing. If...

Promoted Listing Option Not Showing Up in Auction Listings

Not sure if anyone else is seeing this problem but my listings are not giving options for promoting a listing es pecially for Auction listings.

How to avoid double taxing an item for sale?

Hi all, I buy stuff retail and pay the sales tax in California. I sell it on ebay and ebay adds sales tax again to the item. This seems wrong. From what I can remember on sales tax rules you are only allow to charge sales tax once. Is there a listing...

What? I got an o* charge of $381 after a refund which U accidentally purchased two days ago.

Hi and hope you have a good day. I need some help quick that I got an eBay o*13-*****-**** a following day later after receiving a refund which I accidentally purchased an iPhone which I don’t mean to, and I’m currently overdraft, with a high risk of...

eBay search is unusable

I want to search for 4mm polyester cord. I search for "4mm polyester cord" and I get a thousand results, most without the term polyester. I try putting quotes around "polyester" and I get the same results. Some results are polyester, but some are par...

Resolved! Shipping label fees

Hi Is eBay now charging a label transfer fee? I was charged this and just wanted to know if anyone know if this is a new fee? Also is it best for me to buy postage myself outside of eBay for it to be cheaper? Thanks.

Promoting items you are selling.

Hi all. About two weeks ago I stopped having the option to promote items. I have reached out to customer service twice and they say it sometimes takes up to a week for tech to address a report. It’s now over a week and I have heard nothing and can’t ...