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Question about selling practices.

Is it allowed by Ebay or at least common practice to sell damaged goods under a "Like New" condition banner? If you received such products in such a scenario where the seller noted the damage but you missed reading it beyond the "Like New", would you...

Ad Fees Promoted Listings

Made an interesting observation on looking at the fees on my Account Activity Page. All of my listings are created on dot ca. I sold a book tonight that was a promoted listing with the 1% rate. This is what displays. The FVF's are based on 10.00 CAD....

Address by buyer was wrong, package came back, WWYD?

I sent off a CD to a new buyer and it came back as no such address. I double checked and that is the address on ebay/paypal file. What to do now? I checked google and she put in the wrong postal code. I have emailed the buyer regarding the address. W...

Is the USA "international"?

Normally I ship worldwide, but today I found that somehow my standard Flat Rate of $9.99 has been dropped . I don't know what is happening with Calculated Rates for tracked items, but since those start at $14.15, I'm feeling nervous. I know I can edi...

how to copy my Title in my ebay Description.

Hi, I would like to know if there is a HTML code for being able to copy my listing title into my listing description, because mostly of the time I only need to change the name of my item in my description in order to make is successful. Example: TITL...

Resolved! Views Not Showing Up

Hello,None of the views are showing up on any of my listings. It just shows up as a dashed line, however all my watchers are still showing up. Any idea why? Josh

ebay blocking Israel and Switzerland?

Who is the idiot at ebay dot ca that is in charge of blocking countries for no reason? We regularly ship to Israel and Switzerland with sales from the other platforms we sell on but are prevented from selling to these 2 countries on here. These 2 cou...

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Sales and Covid-19

I was having my best four months ever (I only sell 5 months a year) and it just quit.Then the US woke up re: Covid-19 - not one sale in the last 2 weeks.eBay thinks people staying at home will increase sales.My wife thinks people just don't want to s...

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Is Buyers remorse an excuse for seller to have to refund??

Im in a few sports cards collectors groups and its now happening more then ever that buyers are using Ebay flaw return policy and are getting away with it. A buyer will purchase an item thinking they can resell for more only by the time they get the ...

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eBay...Paypal ... Skype

It is time read about the history of eBay in relation to Paypal, and Skype. And now it will be the new... Managed Payments option ... The links are Paypalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal Skypehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype eBayhttps://en.wik...

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Same day listing message

I sent an email to eBay about this problem, this is the reply. I understand that you are worried about your listings. Carol, I have reviewed some of your items but I did not see "Same day shipping" rather I'm seeing the "4 business day" handing time....

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Weekly Chat follow up: Shipping Labels

Hi @flyhooks4less - would you mind getting me the steps you took to get to that error? The Shipping team wants to make sure that folks aren't able to get to that until it's ready so they don't get their hopes up. Thanks!

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Cannot promote my listings or access seller hub

I started my ebay account yesterday and since have listed a few products. I wanted to promote my listings to gain some initial traction but found out I am "ineligible" for promoted listings and cannot access the seller hub either. I do not have any s...

Pirated goods on Ebay (opinion wanted)

Has anyone reported pirated merchandise to Ebay? Did Ebay do anything about it? I recently reported a movie seller to Ebay and nothing was done. The person wasn't even being secretive about it and yet no action was taken Am I wasting my time? Is the ...

Buyer Was Allowed to Open a Case for Item Not Received

This is annoying. I shipped an item to the States April 16th (11 business days) and today eBay allowed a buyer to open a case for Item Not Received. Even during the best of times that's not long enough. Just letting off steam because I don't understa...

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Resolved! New seller cannot list any item

I just started my eBay account yesterday and listed one item for $140. My listing limit is 10 listings and $1000. I only have one listing but when I go to list another one it says I have already reached my limit. Can anyone help?

Resolved! Still having problems with combined shipping

I always allow combined shipping, but over the last 5 or 6 years some people are just finding it impossible to do. I have phone eBay about 6 times, I am always told that the buyer needs to put their items in their cart and then it will work, they che...

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custom form when shipping an item

Hello, Say, I sell one item (Blu-ray movie) once every 2 weeks & ship from Canada to USA.What am I supposed to enter in the Custom form exactly? Please advise.Say, value usually I enter as $10 or something.Should I select 'Other' & give what explanat...

Question about US customs

Does anyone know if there is US customs in Montreal for packages, or is the only mail customs located in the US. I have been waiting 11 days for a package to arrive in Massachusetts. It took a week to go from Ottawa to Montreal and finally now usps s...

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Resolved! Intl Customer bought an item after I shut down intl shipping - PP but no ebay record for sale

Just got a weird message from a customer in south east Asia about an item he said he purchased off me two days after I shut down all international shipping when COVID was just beginning to wreak havoc with postal systems. There is no ebay record for ...

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Ebay Managed Payments Going Online? HUH?

I a bit leary signing up so I left it alone. Is this how Ebay will fully depart from Paypal? How does this actually save money since I see other payment processors on there. the Process looks like Paypal's

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