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eBay Restricting use of outdated Internet Security Protocol

Hi eBay Members, eBay has decided to restrict the use of outdated Internet Security Protocol, SSL 3.0, because we have determined that it does not meet our standards.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...

Retrieve history longer than 3 months

Does anyone know of a third party to retrieve Ebay transactions for more than three months. I missed to download Feb-April and there is no way to do it through Ebay. I have the Sales reports with totals, but from them I cannot figure out taxes charge...

Looming implosion of US economy.

With the US economy now officially a basket case, I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that everyone is going to look out for themselves. Clearly buyers have been emboldened by the feedback changes and a higher percentage are looking for the free ...

Password madness

We all have accounts all over. Every website we have account with wants us to have a unique password. The IT department at the place I worked before wants employees to change password every 2 months, cannot repeat last 24 password and have crazy rule...

Shipping cost DSR

While hardly a scientific survey, when I browsed through the DSR's of some stamp sellers, both Canadian and US, I found that the rating could often be in the 4.7 or lower range, despite the level of the shipping charge. I expect to be a bit lower bec...

Paypal Shipping has been down for a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have tried almost all last weekend up to now and the Paypal shipping will not work. Any ETA on this?!? Time is running out, i have a bad feeling about this, lots of negs on the way and i'm going to be stuck posting negative positives??! and my DSR'...

Anyone have experience or us eShipper for their eBay or own website ???

I stumbled upon this site eShipper.com that claims to offer lower prices for shipping. The trouble is to register you must use a credit card and I"m not prepared to do that until I get some more information. It seems a little fishy as I was just tryi...

Anyone notice the average DSR's for all sellers are now noted?

Hey everyone. I know there has been a lot of talk about DSR's these days and lots of speculation about whether or not the average seller is getting any of the discounts. Has anyone noticed that when you click on your SELLER DASHBOARD and roll your mo...

How do I proceed on this?

Morning, Last week I found more than 350 of my photos had been used by another Power Seller. I contacted the PS and asked her to change them because I considered it theft. She was extremely angry with me and told me that I should consider it a compli...

AUCTIVA IMAGE PROBLEMS

Is anyone else that uses Auctiva having image problems? All of my listings show no images. I have never seen this before. Anyone else experiencing this? Thanks, Axe.

Buyer says ITEM NOT RECEIVED.. What next?

Hi everyone, Please forgive me if there is a thread for this on the powerseller board but I just got my invitation today! I started selling March 28/08 and have had 2 buyers say they never received their packages. I offer a refund or a replacement. O...

Canada Post Expedited (not commercial) for item over $200 -- any fees?

Can anybody confirm that sending item that valued over $200 by Expedited Parcel USA (not commercial) won't be ending in forcefully paid castom clerance agains your Canada post account? That was the case for comerrcial parcel in the past for me, when ...

Tracking #s and Chargebacks

I have never had a chargeback yet but I want to know how to protect myself. I use small packets, light packets and (in Canada) lettermail to ship. The tracking numbers for the small packets, light packets do not show any info when I print the label t...

Filling Orders - What's your method?

When I first started selling I would wait until getting paid before placing items aside for packaging. But after a while I noticed I was too overwhelmed and stated using a basket system. As soon as something sells I put aside the order in a basket (e...

Feedback from buyers suggestion..... MIRIAM check it out.

Just a thought on the feedback system. I notice allot of buyers prematurely leave negative feedback without contacting the seller first. I was wondering ,since we as sellers have to file a 7 day dispute which ends up being 14 days to claim final valu...

Paypal - Can only issue a full refund?

For the first time, whilst trying to issue a partial refund, I received a message that I could only issue a FULL refund for this transaction. The payment looked like all others and was not an e-cheque. Does anyone know why this is happening? Xena

Anyone know where to find you FVF discounts on your Account?

I'm only asking this because for the first time in months I have lost the 15% PowerSeller discount and it will drop to 5% for July's invoice. I went to look to see what kind of a difference it makes and I can't see ANYWHERE on any invoice where my di...

Newbie didn't read description....

I have a 0 FB buyer who bid and won an auction. She paid right away with PP and a minute later emailed me that she had not read the description which states that the bracelet is NOT adjustable in size and will be too big for her. Then she says "Pleas...

return to sender with a charge

I just had a shipped package come back to me. The sticker on it said that it was not deliverable as addressed. I also had to pay $10.70 to get it out from the Post Office. I checked it and the address is the same as the paypal addresss. I used paypal...

Paying seller fees

The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount. The above is what shows when trying to pay seller fees (using "one time payment") But, as they tell me, they are working on fixing the problem:^O Xena

REALITY vs PERCEPTION - Your eBay/PayPal fees as a % of sales. TOO HIGH?

According to the rules* posted in the Sales Summary area- I am rounding DOWN the percentages provided- so these are NOT the true numbers. FOR US- and US alone- THIS IS AN APROXIMATION OF WHAT THE FEES/SALES REALITY IS: Net eBay fees, as a % of sales ...

I've been deflowered- no more 100% positive feedback rating...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can give me a pat on the back and welcome me to the club. The club of non-100% feedback. The club where they dislike EBay for taking away the ability for us to leave buyers bad feedback. The club where we wish we didn'...

Can a Buyer leave negative feedback IF...

I file an unpaid item dispute against them? When I first starting selling I was impressed that I had no problems getting paid but lately I've had buyers who at first are very communicative and then they don't pay. I am always very polite and send a n...

WHY IS THE FEEDBACK RATING UPDATED?

I noticed that my feedback percentage has remained the same for a long time even though I have received lots of positives since last calculation. It used to be updated all the time, why is it not updated anymore? Does anyone have an answer?

craftycatsattic

Hi there, Thank you so much for replying to my "filling orders" thread. I really like your info about having a gallery pic beside the item title so you don't get confused. How can I do this? I looked at all my site preferences for Selling Manager and...

Take Paypal 12 Days to Clear an eCheck from within Canada!

Customer is from within Canada, sent me an echeck (a transfer of funds from his bank account) on June 30th and it won't clear until at least July 11th! The customer could have send me an actual cheque by snail mail and i could have it clear by the ba...

I LOVE the flat rate boxes!

Anyone else using the flat rate boxes regularly? Has it helped your business? The only major issue is the cost to the U.S. especially when the intro prices go back to normal. I had a U.S. Customer that told me (lol) to send her items in a Priority fl...

Could Somebody please explain more details of the return policy?

Like many of you, I am gearing up for the changes coming this fall. I have read eBay's notice about the return policy and their notice about delaying some of the changes since their editing features are not up to speed on making the changes in an eff...

PROBLEMS WITH PAYPAL INVOICE

Anyone else having problems with paypal invoicing tool ? Mine keeps crashing everytime i try and make a detailed invoice .... Keeps timing out .

5 Cent Listing Day - July 7th on EBay.ca

Received a notice about a 5 cent listing day, tomorrow, July 7th on EBay.ca for those who list shipping charges. Renee

eBay Against Counterfeits ?

eBay Against Counterfeits? It's a joke. There are many faked Linksys voip product selling from China/Hong Kong. Ebay do nothing on it. Now LV sued ebay and the court order Ebay to pay the penalty. Now ebay start to cry and claim "eBay Against Counter...