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Global shipping

Its been awhile since I purchased on ebay. The last time I did ebay had just begun the global shipping using a central hub. It appears to have improved a bit. Tracking still a little bit off. Speed appears to have improved. Flow is not as fast over w...

Major eBay Promotion Oct 31,2019

Apparently there was a special promotion available for eBay shoppers on Oct 31, 2019. 1 Day Only. Posted this for levity purposes only. eBay Offers $3 Coupon to Stimulate SaleseBay is running a promotion to stimulate sales. Shoppers can send a text t...

Pitney Bowes SCAM

This company makes mail machines with software & allows users to create their own mailing rates (custom) ... which leads to mail fraud. This is evident in the outrageous mailing charges. I am not sure about illegal tax collection but wouldn't doubt i...

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Another crafty seller!

Here's the brief version of the story;I bought a buffing wheel from China, the hole size in the center of the wheel was supposed to be 5/8" (according to the seller's description) but what I received had a much smaller hole. sent the seller a message...

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GSP Item "Unable to Deliver: Other"

GSP items usually arrive to me via Canada Post, though I do recall one time a larger item arrived via a courier. However, this time I've been unable to decipher exactly who has the parcel and what's going on. Supposedly there was a delivery attempt t...

GSP Import Charges showing $0 to Canada

Hi everyone, I've been searching the board for the exact answer, but haven't really found anything recent enough to be of reference. I'm trying to purchase an Apple Watch from the USA to be shipped to Canada. I notice all of the listings I check are ...

Orders unsuccessful for multiple purchases?

I just tried to buy items from four different sellers in my cart but only one of the orders went through. The other three are saying that the order was unsuccessful and have gone back to my cart and I was not charged for the remaining cost. I'm just ...

China to Canada

Are people getting packages from China yet? I stopped ordering a while ago because several things stopped arriving. When can we expect service again?

Dishonest Sellers

Is it me or are there a lot more dishonest sellers now than there used to be.There was a time I rarely to never had to go through pay pal or ebay for products never sent to me,but now it seems out of every 8-10 items I buy there will be 1 seller guar...

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eBay's Global Shipping Program SUCKS!

So I am waiting on an item - it was coming from California, but because the seller uses the Global Shipping Program, it goes all the way to Erlinger, Kentucky (all the way to the east coast) before coming all the way back to Western Canada. Now with ...

Seller refuses to give me a refund

Both seller & I are from Canada. I bought a Wii game from him. The description of the game was verbatim "Condition is Good. Manual has damage". No biggie, I don't care about the manual. I got the game and the disc was scratched to **bleep**. I contac...

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SNAD return question

I need to return an item due to undisclosed damage. I have already contacted the seller. Do I have to open a SNAD case, or can the seller initiate the return and send me a shipping label?

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How to leave a bad feedback for Pitney Bows Global Shipping Service?

Hi, How can I leave bad feedback for Pitney Bows Global Shipping Service? I do not want to punish Seller with 3stars instead of 5, as they shipped item same day, but Seller is using Pitney Bows for shipping and that company have my parcel for 4 days ...

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Seller asking how to refund me

Hello, I am having issues of an item that I bought two months ago and never received. I did tried to ask the seller to refund me. Now this seller is asking me how to refund me? What a stupid question because they should know how I paid. What do I do ...

GSP Item Arrived Damaged

I purchased an item shipped via the Global Shipping Program (GSP) which arrived damaged. I love the item and don't want to return it, but the mirror on the piece arrived broken.Can anyone here offer information on how the GSP handles such situations ...

Resolved! Buying Items

HII want to help buyers to be very careful with purchases, I bought DVDs from two different sellers, who failed to mention that the dvds do not work in Canada. So I paid items through Paypal. And when I wanted to return them the sellers were very rud...

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This item cannot be purchased because this item cannot be sent to your shipping address.

Hi,I am trying to order an item from a seller I already purchased from in the past. but in the checkout page it gives this error:"This item cannot be purchased because this item cannot be sent to your shipping address."I am located in Morocco, the se...

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Hourglass where payment should show. Very confused.

Just purchased an item and payed by PayPal using my PayPal balance. PayPal says payment was made and the money is gone from my account. eBay purchase details show payment was made but on My Ebay page for purchases it shows an hourglass and say " paym...

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Item from US Converts to under 20CAD Yet GSP fee Added

I want to buy an item from the US costing 14.95 USD plus 17.12 USD for shipping. At this time the exchange is .756 making the CAD price at the border 19.77. (Assuming shipping is not to be included at customs.) At eBay's Commit to Buy page there is a...

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Resolved! Payment withdrawn from Paypal, but Ebay says item wasn't paid for

That's basically it. Bought an item, and month later noticed the 'paid for' icon was not illuminated, but Paypal says the money was withdrawn and sent to the seller on that date. The seller hasn't responded about whether or not they got a payment fro...

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Ebucks offers

In the strange but true category earlier today I received an offer for Ebucks in my eBay mail....En Francais. Unable to activate. When I check in my Gmail email it shows up in my promotions folder 5 hours earlier in English and WILL activate. -Lotz

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Am I being too suspicious of this seller?

So I bought something 2 weeks ago, seller messages me yesterday asking if they can refund me and have me pay them at a different Paypal address. Offers to give me $5 off my purchase for this favor. Big red flag, I respond heck no and posted neg feedb...

How to report a seller?

Hi, I recently ordered something on eBay and has confirmed with the seller about the ads info before payment( C$ 3.13 for 8 pieces). I kept the email proof. But after i paid, the seller said that the advertised quantity was wrong (C$ 3.13 was for onl...

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Resolved! Seller not accepting my Paypal payment

Hi all. Has anyone ever have a seller not accept a Paypal payment sent. When I check Paypal it shows the payment in limbo with the seller not accepting it yet. Any idea why this might happen? I have great feedback and have not been rude, so this has ...

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