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I'm in Canada; why do I get promotion/contest emails from eBay that only apply to US residents? Is this part of eBay's **bleep** off the customer policy?????
My lists do not show the final status of ended Buy-It-Now items. The bids show as "--" and the status is ended. I have to individually check each item to see if they have sold or might still be available. If the Buy-It-Mow item has sold it's bids sho...