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Anyone else have massively slow response time with eBay trying to do a listing?

So I'm trying to do a listing for a coin, there's two photos to upload. I have tried clicking on it to upload from computer, and tried dragging and dropping. It tends to accept one photo, and then minutes late the other hasn't loaded, so I refresh, t...

Incoming package from Europe stuck in Mississauga Customs for a week and counting...anyone else?

Wondering if anyone else is experiencing long Customs delays at Mississauga, Ontario? Very unusual....usually have packages go through Customs there in a few hours, a day tops. Anyone hear anything about a slowdown? Should have nothing to do with tar...

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CP has been turned off as an option.

I just received an order for Kamloops....1 to 2 days normal delivery. eBay has pre-emptively turned off CP as a shipping option even tho customer was permitted to choose that option. To ship with UPS would be more and a major inconvenience. Unsure wh...

Kelogs or timmies boxes?

Im a serious seller, im trying to decide should I use kelogs or just at use tim bits boxes? Tim bits boxes are good but the customer's sometimes complain about the powder frosting on the boxes. Any input would be helpful.

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Media sellers - where to find CoO markings?

So came into a nice clean lot of anime DVD/Blu-ray sets. A handful are marked made in USA, most have nothing printed anywhere. Some Bandai entertainment, some Funamation, etc. I know there are markings on the play side of the discs, but so far haven'...

Excess Tax Charge

I bought some tires from a canadian seller. I was only able to afford this item because there was a 20% discount code available. The discount was properly applied except for one important thing. The amount of canadian sales tax charged was on the pre...

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Help needed to close store.

I have my store on Time Away, I don't want to risk sales with the uncertainty of Canada Post.I now want to go to free listings, just got another payment of $35 dollars coming off my bank account. I have questions:1) If I close my store, do I lose all...

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Odd tracking situation on a Stallion Express package

So on Friday I dropped off four packages, and this time they were all USPS. (Sometimes I use US economy, whatever's cheapest unless it's an expensive item and I want to pay for faster or better services). All four were tendered to USPS yesterday afte...

Resolved! If you're Canadian, and buying an eBay item from a US seller, be prepared to pay $25-$100 duties

I live in Toronto, used to shop on eBay A LOT in the 2000s, stopped for 5-7 years. Never had to pay import duties, or brokerage charges back then. Recenty, I came back on eBay because I was interested in buying Sports Cards. Purchased two from a US s...

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ebay no longer sending emails for purchases

Is eBay no long emailing you when you purchase an item via Buy Now? I have purchased 3 items from two different sellers and never received any sort of confirmation via email. Only email receipt I have is from Paypal for payment. The items show up in ...

So when will you re-open your store? What do you think is going to happen with the postal dispute?

So when will you re-open your store? What do you think is going to happen with the postal dispute? I sure would like to open my store, I am hoping that the union will vote on the last offer, but I am afraid they may just go out on strike and it will ...

Resolved! Shipping options with calculated and fixed rates

Is it possible to have multiple shipping options with calculated and fixed rates? I want to offer Canada Post with calculated shipping, and a second option with a fixed rate, but the second option always follows the first's payment structure.I've als...

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Chit Chats and Stallion Express removed international services that transit the US

So apparently you can't ship internationally through Asendia or USPS (or any service that transits the US). On Stallion's site when I bought my shipping label for the UK they only offered me UPS and NL Post as options. Chit Chats sent out a communica...

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Question about shipping

Apologizes if questions aren't allowed here, have never used these forums before. I'm currently running around 300 NBA card auctions, 100 finished today, 100 more Friday and Saturday. I sold 12 of the 100 today, and I noticed all of my sales were to ...

Ebay needs to Allow disable primary shipping location. (Ebay.com Canadian sellers need disable USA)

Canadian seller on Ebay.com US. I can't disable USA shipping for my Chinese items. Of course I could move listings to Ebay.CA. ... create new account, setup shipping policies, copy listings etc, start from zero... unless I want to switch to Ebay.CA w...

Coupons & Offers

We are looking into giving coupons to people that have bought from us in the past in case there is something else we have that interests them, but we want to make sure that if we make offers on watched items in the future, that they can't combine wit...

Canada Post workers stay on job

Only to refuse overtime as contract talks fall shortSomeone at Ebay has assumed that the strike starts today and removed Canada Post shipping options.That decision was premature. They did not know that job action or rotating strikes were an option fo...

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Outrageous Shipping Cost to Canada from the USA.

Just a general question.. What is it with the shipping cost out of the USA to Canada... When I was recently looking to purchase a small travel tool kit for my motorcycle, I found two similar kits. Both were being shipped from Pennsylvania. Shipping c...

Ebay is charging a shipping label fee after one month. Should I change the payout schedule?

This is two part question regarding to Payments.First, I just received an email saying that ebay is charging a fee out of nowhere. I thought I've got all the payments and charges already. However, from what I checked, it was from a shipping label I c...

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Buyer keeps money and item? How can I escalate

I had a buyer buy a item, try to return it. I denied because I showed all damage. I contacted 4 different eBay customer representatives, and they all said i don’t have to accept it.In this time, the buyer sent me a message of a screenshot from a eBay...

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Buyer made mistake entering shipping info

Sold an item on eBay Canada, was paid and shipped off promptly by Canada Post expedited lite shipping.Now, the Item just got returned saying “no such address”/return to sender. I am contacting the buyer to confirm their shipping info. But my question...

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