Canada Town Square

I tried a cut and paste....

I wanted to cut and paste an AI Overview of a fairly complex question on US customs fees, only to discover that it would not "take". Interesting.Especially since AI texts are not copyrightable.Perhaps eBay is concerned that the information would be h...

Resolved! No option to leave negative feedback for a bad buyer???

I had a buyer falsely claim that their purchased item was defective. I reimbursed them and they sent the item back. I have since resold the item. Now I would like to get the transaction off the list of feedback that I need to leave, but the only opti...

Game Stop makes bid to take over eBay

Video game retail chain GameStop has made a surprise $55.5bn (£40.9bn) offer to buy e-commerce firm eBay. GameStop's chief executive Ryan Cohen said he planned to make $2bn of cost savings at the company within a year of the deal being completed. The...

OVER THE MOON

Super exciting coverage from the Chinese GoPro cameras...The crew are using NIKONS inside.Apparently they don't make cameras in the USA...

Country of origin now required for all lisitings when enrolled in ebays global shiping program.

Can we have the option to exclude individual items or listings from ebay international shipping? Not all listings are suitable for sale internationally for various reasons. This field was intentionally left blank so the item wouldn't be visible or of...

UPS Brokerage Fees Class Action

Received a letter and a check from "Collectiva Services (based in Quebec) today as, unknown to me until now, 1 was a claimant in a class action suit against UPS. The suit, against UPS Canada, was "in connection with the charging of additional fees to...

Seeking advice for new eBay sellers

Hello eBay! Like many others in recent years my many hobbies and itch to keep some sort of fire burning has led me to building an eBay store.With so much to tackle at once, the platform can be quite daunting when you are learning for the first time o...

WARNING TO ALL SELLERS: Do NOT Ship To Amerika! eBAY WILL DEFRAUD YOU!

I sold an item to an Amerikan. UPS confirmed the seller refused it because of Cheeto Mussolini's tariffs and the UPS fee adding $70.00 USD to the cost at his end. He wanted me to pay it. I have the chat transcript where the eBay agent confirmed I had...

The day the exemption started in the US ive had ZERO people looking

ya I pulled everthing and just putting a ghost items to keep my Ebay active I had one US person not except my item because it was 40 more than he paid due to tariffs to accept it so just sent it back without asking i dont accept return but would have...

Details that make up EIS rates

Pleased to get enrolled in EIS on eBay.ca thinking sales might pick up, however, one question I have is how might I get a close estimate of what a potential buyer in the USA will be paying using EIS. For example, to educate myself for lack of info. i...

Resolved! Windows 10 Desktop Computer Upgraders Checking Prime Day Staples Etc-TIP

Last Minute Upgrade tip for eBay friends who prefer a desktop and need to replace an older one running Windows 10 Many have been waiting for Prime Day and it's influence on the big box electronic retailers to replace your Windows 10 machine. If it's ...

Hi. Howdy eBay Cafe is about non eBay. Here's my Grand Dog Frenchie!

My daughter rescued Frenchie from the streets of Mexico. She has an incredible fear of men.

🇨🇦💙🇨🇦 Let’s Go Blue Jays 🇨🇦💙🇨🇦

Let’s Go Blue Jays That is all!!!

Ebay hides DHL from Canadian customers and now, We're screwed!!

I just had a request from DHL to pay Canadian tax on my Ebay purchase. I will NEVER pay any tax to anyone other than the Canada Border Services and will expect my receipt from CBSA as well. This way, I know where the money went. Further, I just made ...

eBay Canada small business owners, how are you doing right now?

Is this the end of it all? Come in and rant!

Change My Listings to "Ship to Canada Only"

I want to change all my 88 listings on eBay to ships to Canada only. Right now I ship to Canada and USA. Have looked at all the help articles but cannot find anything.

On a stranger, hard to believe note...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/u-s-blocking-canadian-access-to-road-southern-alberta-county-has-long-relied-on-1.7602645 Planned for sometime next year.They are like things to shake your head for 100!! Or what has he done now???

Stay Cool, Everyone!

It's been a hotter than normal summer in all of Canada this year. Below normal rainfalls and dangerous wildfires. Almost 14 million acres of Canadian forestry has burned since May 2025. Sadly, Canada's First Nations have been severly impacted. Over h...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CANADA!

ELBOWS UP!

How is YOUR UPS?

I am in Winnipeg. I ordered an item from BC. It left Prince George on June 25 at around 21:00h, and arrived in Winnipeg on June 27 at around the same time of day. UPS advises it will be at my home on July 2! So, 2 days to get from Prince George to Wi...

"The Art of the Deal, Meh not so much...

And, before they even meet the Chinese ...

Amazon cancels some inventory orders from China, looks at investing in US warehousing

Those 3rd party Chinese "tat" sellers are going to be in for the ride of a lifetime... Good, maybe Buyers will be able to find things once the flood of Chinses **bleep** is pulled and weeded from the garden... What percentage of products on Amazon ar...

Asked AI about the Ebay and Etsy merger gossip...

I had heard some chatter in the grapevine so I decided to ask AI clairfy... Q - Will ebay merge with etsy? AI OverviewLearn more While there's no confirmed merger, Piper Sandler analysts have suggested that an eBay and Etsy merger could be a "compell...

Canadian tariffs on US goods.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/what-u-s-goods-being-hit-with-canadian-retaliatory-tariffs-1.7474300?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us An extensive list here.If you planned to buy your summer wardrobe online, use an overseas site.Our local grocers see...

shipping fees

hey, quick question.I just started selling on ebay and havent received a payout yet so when I go to post office and ship I pay out of my own money. When I finally get my payouts will I get shipping money back?thanks

de mimimis exemption to tariffs still in effect until the IS Commerce Secretary says otherwise

The White House issued two Executive Orders on March 2, 2025 amending the February 1, 2025 Executive Orders Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border and Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern B...

Resolved! eBay Buyer Protection & Buyer Fee roll out ( UK eBay ) the shape of things to come...

The world of online shopping is changing, shipping untracked basically means you will wait much longer for your payments... ...parts of this will be in North America by next year, if it works well in the UK, I am sure. https://channelx.world/2025/02/...

eBay - Scams in the News / eBay testing OpenAI’s New Agentic Tool / eBay Germany Pay by the Middle

Pokémon TCG Pocket Players Have Started a Black MarketeBay Seems to Be the New Trading Hub Listings for Pocket cards have skyrocketed over the past few weeks. The listings for the digital cards explain that they are looking to trade the card in-game ...

New concern at Alberta Montana Border

From the Calgary Herald - Jan 9, 2025 Cows will occasionally stray across the border, and anyone who goes across the border to retrieve an animal is immediately met by someone on the U.S. side, he said. But on the Alberta side, Nish hasn’t seen any p...