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Recovering Insurance Cost from Canada Post

Short story, someone claim that they got their item damage and requested a partial refund. I gave that partial refund. Now I need to recover the cost from Canada Post since there was insurance coverage on it. How anyone gone through this process and ...

How to switch shipping to USPS First Class International?

I wonder if a seller can help with this. I'm in Canada and often buy clothing from eBay sellers in the US. Priority International is generally extremely expensive and the Customs fees are automatically added too, so I sometimes ask the seller if they...

LISTING WITH FREE RETURN OPTION

i see that several sellers are stating free returns on their listings , what exactley is the advantage in stating this feature when ebay on disputes forces the seller to pay for return shipping or provide a return shipping label . failure to do so wi...

Downgrading a Store

Has anyone recently downgraded from a Premium to a Basic store? Were there any problems caused by doing so? Were you still able to qualify for a quantity(??) of additional free listings or did that suddenly end? -Lotz

Hey Ebay, you need to fix this "Add Recommended Items Specifics" BS *NOW*.

If Ebay wants these specifics filled out bad enough, they should be mandatory when creating a listing. And if they are NOT mandatory, then give us the ability to OPT OUT of having these pleasant little "reminders" clogging up our seller page. And WOR...

Two Buyers No Item Received What Can I Do?

Now I have two buyers whose shipments are way late and have not arrived, each with tracking and both stuck in Chicago with the same reply 'in transit'? I have kept in touch with each buyer, one is reasonable states "not your fault", the other seems t...

New format for selling ITEMS is Terrible.

I am in IT and it is obvious that this was not tested or had any user feedback. For example I sell comics, so if I select the book to be from the Marvel publisher by default it should default in the universe field MCU (Marvel). Why the hell do I have...

Time To Order My "Free" Shipping Supplies

Once again, it's grin and bare it day. Last day to use the coupon. Something we do every three months, sometimes in the hope that they may introduce more of a selection, perhaps cubed boxes? Or something closer to what I/you could actually use. I rea...

How do I get cheaper shipping with canada post tracking?

I saw the new eBay policy. That is absolutely crazy, it says that people found $3 tracking expensive and now they can get tracking for cards for 55 cents! Here in Canada, a letter tracked, even if I ship it to my neighbor costs me 13$ just for tracki...

Ebay shows package missent and buyer says it is returned...

Ok so I sold some shoes that I sent to Philadelphia, PA on march 24. I used the exact address as was on Ebay and cross referenced it with the paypal and shippo address it is the same (also added buyers phone number from shippo). Checked the address o...

MP Invoice Due Date

Does anyone know under the new MP system what the correct official due date is for Monthly invoices payments? See attached screen shots? Both reference the same amount owing. a) MP Financial Summary Page: *********************************************...

Does eBay report fees paid to CRA or do they just report the raw sale figures?

As the title states, when eBay reports to CRA, with Managed Payments, are they reporting the gross sale figures or do they also take expenses into that?

I'm getting a message from eBay to update my account information

I'm getting a message from eBay to update my account information. The message is in My ebay Messages. It says to go to the Alert at the top of my page. I can't find the Alert so I don't know what they want updated. Any suggestions ?

“The address doesn't match our postal records”

So, I’m trying to get set up with the new payment system, however it’s not letting me add a residential address. Is there anyway I can resolve this issue?

Why is ebay paying me $8.79 on a sale of $42.52

Ok, so this is my 3rd sale from the "managed payments" **bleep**. The first 2 i received the money 3-4 days later, which included the sale and shipping costs, which i then printed out the shipping label and sent the item out.(before the money was in ...

1099-k form for Canadian citizen/ resident

Hi.i have a US-registered Ebay & Paypal account which has a US address and SIN / TIN. I’m a Canadian citizen & resident though. In 2020, I exceeded the $20,000 USD threshold so I received notice from Paypal for a 1099-K form. Do I still have to file ...

Payouts -- Weekly or Daily

Hi everyone. I recently switched over to Managed Payments and things seem to be going ok. It takes some getting used to the payment system, but so far so good. I'm just a small time hobby seller, so I don't have as many concerns as the bigger players...

UPS Shipping from Toronto to USA - Duties and Taxes?

Hopefully a quick question that I can get some help onI am a hobby seller on eBay selling odds and ends, and most recently sold an old cell phone of mine to a buyer in the USA.I was looking into shipping options and noticed that UPS actually has a re...

Tracked Package Shipments to the USA

As a heads up to the continuing saga of bad tracking info in eBay, I processed a shipment last weekend. It was small so just used the local community mail box(Sunday evening) for convenience. Normally I would drop off at the closest depot to get the ...

Canada Post Discount Rates For Shippers

I’m in the process of setting shipping rates and I have a question. If I decided to buy my postage from Ebay, do you know the percentage discounts off the published Canada Post list prices I would receive for each of the following services: Canada Po...

45% saving on shipping with new eBay Canada Post labels - True or snake oil?

Can I trust the number, 45% of savings complared to regular Canada Post shipping rates? Anybody checked on that claim? Sounds too good to be true to me given my experience with ebay. Why on earth wouldn't ebay want to get the 45% discount from Canada...

Selling Overview page says "Add recommended item specifics" to almost ALL listings!

https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Seller-Central/Selling-Overview-page-says-quot-Add-recommended-item-specifics/m-p/443352#M116945 For anyone still following along: 17-->47 Posts for this discussion are from the last 4 days making a zombie thread by seman...

Management Payment System over charging update

It clearly shows this new Payment Management System is over charging on feesThe item below was sold to USA buyerUnder Ebay rules if you offer free shipping or mail with in 24 hours although i can be for sure I had been toldthat when i qualified as To...

Last change to change billing currency to CAD Canadian Dollars from USD Dollars

Ebay just announced they move all billing (ebay selling fees for sellers) to USD only. If you still want to change the currency to CAD, you can do so but the window is closing and after that you won't be able to do that anymore. To change from USD to...

delivered policy

i was just trying to put food on my plate in these hard times. the changes with no paypal and the delivered policy caused me to shut down my short lived store. now im about 1000$ in the hole and waiting for my ebay payout and waiting for my refund fr...

how to raise prices

Glitch in offers I just came across

Hi, Buddy and I struck up a deal for an item I listed. We agreed to $80 all in. I chnage the listing to $80, free shipping, and I wake up this morning to him asking me why the price is lower? I check it out on my phone, yes! The price is $53. I look ...