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eBay Restricting use of outdated Internet Security Protocol

Hi eBay Members, eBay has decided to restrict the use of outdated Internet Security Protocol, SSL 3.0, because we have determined that it does not meet our standards. As such, some Turbo Lister users could see some connectivity issues. For more infor...

Holiday Returns available in Turbo Lister

Hi Turbo Lister Users, The option to apply Holiday Returns in Turbo Lister is now available in the Beta version of the program. When deciding whether or not to be a Beta user, please keep in mind that the beta versions aren't free of bugs, nor are th...

Recent Issues w/Turbo Lister Sign In

Hi Turbo Lister Users, A recent Windows update has caused some programs, including Turbo Lister, to crash. To sign-in to Turbo Lister before the improved Windows update is released, please follow these steps: Open Internet Explorer Open the Tools men...

Paypal policy changes

Does anyone know what this is all about? Bernie “5. Restricted Industry Sectors For American Express Transactions. a.You may not accept American Express transactions if you or any part of your business operates in the following industry sectors: i.Br...

How to bulk edit listings

We just changed our email address and would like to bulk edit the payment notification address on our listings. Two calls to support. Both times I was told it was possible but both times the person was unable to show me how to do it. Bernie

eBay, PayPal transaction fee

Quick question, on August 8th I sent parcel value just over C$400 to Spain and got lost, it was air small package with C$100 insurance, with obvious reason I lost claim and Paypal refunded seller with full amount but since it was over 45 days eBay an...

eBay to Provide Revenue Canada with Your Information for 2006-2008

We all know about the previous request for 2004-2005. Now, we are looking at 2006, 2007 and 2008: In September 2009, eBay Canada received a court-authorized requirement from the Canada Revenue Agency that requires it to release the account informatio...

PayPal getting slower for Canadians ?

A Canadian buyer checked out 17-Sep-09. PayPal says eCheck estimated completion: 9/28/2009-9/30/2009. Money withdrawn on Sep. 22, 2009, Sep. 24, 2009 and Sep. 26, 2009 to a PC Financial CAD denominated account. Nothing received as of Sept. 28th. OTOH...

Paypal Having Bank transfer Problems !!!

Any one else having issues ... talked to my pp account manager because i had not received 1 transaction for 4500 and one for 3500 . They say they are working on this issue ... At first they told me No issue at all was present then they emailed me bac...

Trust and Safety?

I received the following email today which I forwarded to spoof@ebay.com. I first looked in My Messages to make sure it wasn't there and then I typed the number in the eBay search bar which came up as 0 listings under that transaction number. Outlook...

Best selling times - Time & Day Discussion

Hi Gang, I'm starting to ramp up my listings for the winter/xmas season. I have attached charts of my sales VS time of day & sales VS weekday [url http://ebay.massapparel.com/images/temp/chart1.jpg][/url] [url http://ebay.massapparel.com/images/temp/...

Address masking has come to North America

As most of you will have noticed, what has been standard practice for some months from overseas, has now been implemented in North America. Buyer questions and now forwarded as emails with masked addresses such as: s08-ztdh79o5mr@members.ebay.com Doe...

Sellers still overcharging for shipping........

.....and getting away with it. Back up a couple of years to when eBay pulled hundreds of sellers' listings including my biggest competitor. They were the largest jewelry seller on eBay and had 3 stores at that time. They grossly overcharged for shipp...

Paypal math :)

Hilarious! Below is a copy and paste from a PP payment email. Those guys scare me and make me wonder if we should not add up the receipts every day and compare to what PP claims we have received. Bernie Description Unit price Qty Amount Cox 049 Model...

Omniture does not track visits properly ?

It seems not to be working correctly anymore: The "Visits" graph seems to die on 6th, but I definitely had visits, there were sales, people asking questions. I still did not reach back my traffic from before vacation, but the graph is showing 0 visit...

Paypal for Canadians

Been a while since I posted here; I see there are still some familiar names appearing regularly Having a Paypal issue, and wondered if anyone can confirm that they are experiencing the same thing or am I being given a load of b--- by Paypal Support. ...

Customers from Dubai

Has anyone here been receiving emails from Dubai ( or any of the United Arab Emirates) expressing an interest in product then wanting to buy and pay with a cashiers cheque. The person doesn't seem to know much about the product that he wants to buy a...

Our listings are blank for some buyers

Hey, I am having a very odd issue with our listings. Recently we have switched to a different listing template and for some reasons some of our listings are being displayed as blank pages to some of our customers. The weird thing is that it is not ev...

Do you allow pick-up ?

I get some buyers who insist on pickup. Not only it's a security risk, but because not many people ask for it, I did not purchase insurance for on-site customers, and also it's not very business-y to sell from one's house. But then I am good at heart...

Glitch in leaving feedback....

I have heard from 2 customers in the past week or so who tried to leave feedback and said the feature was "unavailable" at this time. It is hard enough to get buyers to leave feedback at all these days without having another eBay glitch preventing th...

How do you know when you have had too much eBay?

When you read the price of gas on signs and consider it the service station's feedback rating!!..............(the lower the better in this case!):^O

Need advice fronm you experienced sellers

OK sold item 350223353306 it is a rare metal figure I know it was in excellent condition and double checked it before sent buyer claims damaged and has left a neutral. In fact he is bidding on same type of item 270433642251 at half price. I put a bid...

Post disappeared?

Is it just me (i.e. do I need a holiday) or did the complete post from "whoscloset" re. setting up an off eBay site disappear? It was a long-running post with plenty of replies. Puzzled...! Bernie

Tool to help with Canada Customs Import Paperwork

My most recent import has been a nightmare. I spend 1/2hr creating paperwork patting myself on the back how clean it was. It took almost 1hr to get called and my paperwork was rejected because Google exchange rate of 1.0931 is not close enough to the...

DOES ANYBODY FROM TORONTO AREA SHIP VIA USPS FROM BUFFALO?

Hi Folks, I'm looking for some info. I know a lot of you in the Toronto area ship using the USPS through Buffalo, NY. Do any of you use or know of a company that will take your orders across the border for you? We have a company here in Montreal that...

Summer Has Been So Dry, and I don't mean the weather...

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but this summer, (June July & August so far), has been terrible for sales! I am wondering if this is normal, I would assume as much, as people are away on vacation, etc... Is the drop is sales that I am exper...

Anyone heard of this feedback system?

Hi everyone, I purchased an item for my 74 Dodge Challenger show car from this dude in Arizona. His user name is azbob*1 Everything seemed cool, I bought the item, and paid immediately, and then waited........and waited.........until on the eighth da...

Ebay is Building me a Geodesic Dome Home next to a Lake in Kentucky (USA)

I am building, all by myself, a 29' Natural Spaces Mid Profile Geodesic Dome Home with three extensions. The dome itself is only 650 square foot and the three extensions add an additional 452 square feet to create an 1100+ square foot home. The inter...

Canada Border Agency Officers

99% of them are nice, not smiling much, strict, some even bark, but they are generally respectful and polite. I understand, they deal daily with criminals (so they claim). Today I hit a bully. He harassed and humiliated me. Said he knew his authority...

listing with auctiva

Hello Everyone I am on a 30 day free trial listing with Auctiva.As you all know if you list from the Ebay.CA site in US dollars your items show up on the US site as well.Using Auctiva lister I must list directly from Ebay.Com if I want to have my lis...

PS support takes the cake for stupidity!

A buyer has been buying merchandise (mostly automobiles) and sending cheques as payment, whereas the cheques are for thousands more than the selling price. The difference is to be sent via Western Union to a "shipper". Being automobile exporters, we ...

Invoicing GST/PST/HST on eBay.com and USD/CDN friendly accounting software

Pierre. I know you will have the answer to this one! I just recently did my income taxes. (Yes I know I was late but I am prone to burnouts and had/am in a whopping one as of spring this year). Anyhow, it turns out my gross sales (including shipping ...

New listing page quick question

Hello does anyone on here hapen to know if they are going to put back on the small refresh button like the one they had on the old listing page, I sent am email with my comments a couple days ago, of corse no response Chris