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rich_r · 08-29-2025

Buyer is 800 miles away. Very experienced buyer, apparently trying to violate eBay policy. Since the Buyer immediately paid by credit card, eBay had already deducted their fees from my proceeds and put the remainder in my eBay funds. I spoke to eBay ...

rich_r · 07-12-2025

Buyer claimed the item was defective. He returned it to me at his cost. When I received and tested it, the item works perfectly. Either he changed his mind or doesn't know what he's doing. Regardless, the refund request is for the entire amount of th...

rich_r · 10-27-2024

When I go to ship the item, it says buyer selected FedEx Ground Economy and paid $15.23. But, at the bottom of the page (I did not change weight or dimensions), my shipping label will cost $16.13. How can that be? My shipping policy even has $1.00 ad...

rich_r · 09-03-2024

I ordered the wrong airbag for my car. Since I only found out after it was too late to return, rather than eat the total cost, I decided to list it on eBay to recover half or so. After I got the listing done -- including Previews, supplying missing d...

rich_r · 02-09-2024

Just stumbled upon this reality a few minutes ago. Looking for items comparable to mine, I searched for '1974 cutlass promo'. To my surprise, this is what came up: Note that it says there were 3 results, followed by 2 Sponsored (the last one happens ...

rich_r · 07-14-2025

Thank you for all of that. It was very helpful! It seems eBay automatically takes the Buyer's word for it when he selects "Item doesn't work or is defective" as the reason for return; I had no opportunity to reduce the refund amount to recover my ori...

rich_r · 10-30-2024

0 Replies. Ended up calling and speaking to an eBay rep. She agreed it's definitely a bug in the system, and opened a ticket for developers to look into it.

rich_r · 09-03-2024

Better yet (at least, it should be), I used the "Is this email helpful?" link at the bottom of the "Finish Your Draft" email they sent me. (Really, eBay? You want me to finish the draft so you can finally tell me I'm not allowed to sell the item?!)

rich_r · 09-03-2024

Thanks. I didn't buy it on eBay. My reason for asking the question is to hopefully get someone at eBay to realize the idiocy of the listing process. If you're going to DENY a listing, DO IT AT THE BEGINNING rather than waiting until the very end!

rich_r · 02-10-2024

Judging by the volume of threads about it here, this happens a lot more than you'd think. In my case, the buyer was a newbie. Apparently, it wasn't obvious enough that, among the shipping options presented to him, the "FREE" one wouldn't be shipped b...

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