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Unable to print CP shipping label

A little problem here. I changed the buyer's address and I am not able to print the shipping label anymore. I get the message "address not correct". It doesn't not contain any unusual letters/signs. I can print through Snap Ship, but it's much more e...

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Heads up on Ebay's Shipping Exclusion list

I just encountered a glitch on Ebay Canada's website that goes back to at least 2020 ( scrolled the forums for the problem). My sales dropped recently, more than usual. It turns out every single country outside of North America was exclude from shipp...

New GPSR regulations to sell to the EU and NI - Disclosures section on listing form - Question

The new GPSR regulations for the EU and NI effective Dec 13, and the need to enter item disclosures on the listing.....Where do these Disclosures we enter, show up?I experimented and entered the German address of Steiff along with contact phone numbe...

Resolved! "Listings eligible to send offers" try to send offer repeatedly, but it doesn't go through.

Hello everyone, I have listings that I am eligible to send offers on. When I click on them and enter the percentage, I then click on "Send." However, many times, the offer doesn't send and the listing continues to appear as eleigible to send an offer...

Source for 12" LP Mailers, or Pizza Boxes?

I will be listing a 100 or so 12" LPs and am looking around for shipping boxes to order. It looks like it is a better deal to order pizza boxes vs. LP mailers. Not to concerned that they are bigger than needed for 1 or 2 LPs as long as it is ok for U...

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Fees Charged on Shipping and Canada Tax

I sold a video game for 50$. The total that was charged to my customer was 80.12$ after shipping and tax( I am from Canada) eBay charges13.25% fee on the whole 80.12$. That left me with 37.65$ net. So eBay took 12.35$. that's almost 25%(24.7%). Did e...

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Resolved! eBay Fees charged on .ca vs .com

Are the fees charged by eBay the same if we list on .ca or .com ?Do we have to list prices in US$ on .com? Are there any financial advantages using the 250 listings allowed on .ca plus250 more on .com, other than you now can list 500 ?What are the sh...

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ebay - Small Claims Court

Hi guys, I sold a game console in December 2021. I uploaded the tracking, order was delivered in December, everything was good.In February, a buyer opened a dispute saying he didn't receive the console. I was away for work and I missed the dispute no...

Resolved! search feature for your own ads

Our store has a physical location as well as our ebay store so sometimes when we sell an item in person we have to manually remove it from ebay. We have over 500 listings on ebay now and i cannot for the life of me find a way of searching our ads for...

Resolved! Terrible Customer Service Experience

More often than not I have had good customer service experiences with eBay on FB, formerly known as eBay for business. However, occasionally, I have an experience so bad with an eBay rep, such as earlier today, that I believe it requires public discu...

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Has ebay removed the searching by country/area

Hi: Just doing a few searches tonight and seems the check boxes to search by are are gone. I generaly search North America only to save on overseas shipping hassels and cost. Can anyone let me know if this feature is gone. Thanks.

Resolved! 250 Free Listings

Hello,I am a small seller and do not have (or want) an eBay store. I have about 165 items listed on eBay and see that I am able to have as many as 250 free listings. The period for these shows Oct 1 to Nov 1. the location also shows number of items l...

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Canada Post Mailing Tube Surcharge

Hi, I decided to post it here, because this might be a very useful info for some of us. If we use the CP EST, we are asked about the shape of our package. If we choose the "cylindrical tube", there is a $2 surcharge. However, there is no "cylindrical...

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Resolved! Ebay erroneously telling US buyers that a Canada Post receipt number is a tracking number.

I ship most purchases to the United States via Canada Post Small Packet Air. Since I sell mostly $5 to $10 items, tracking is simply too expensive. Since being switched to Managed Payments about a month ago, eBay has been telling my US buyers that wh...

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Single items sales under $15.00 no longer viable on Ebay (unless you sell hundreds)

If you have a single item for $15.00 or under and it fails to sell in six months, you've racked up around $3.00 in fees. Once the sales charges of various types are calculated, you end up with around $9.60 which could be ok, but more likely wiped out...

Resolved! Canada Post Expedited Lite

Hello dear community, I have a quick question regarding the new Canda Post Expedited Lite, Just to make sure befor eusing it, orders shipped using this option can be delivered anywhere in Canada or there are restrictions ( delivering to few areas onl...

Resolved! Advice from canadian sellers about free shipping

Hi, I was wondering how can i offer free shipping if i also offer worldwide shipping? For some items i can just add it on to the price. For items that are more expensive i'd like for the packages to be tracked and the prices for a tracked package to ...

Another lighthearted camera milestone achievement!

The long timers here may recall the saga of my poor old bedraggled Canon SD700 reaching milestones of 100,000 pictures, 125,000 and 150,000 milestones. Despite its signs of age (much like me many days), the poor power button is half broke but it stil...

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Mysterious Drop in Sales

I run a 2000 item store and sell between 5 and 10 items most days. Between 8 pm and 2 am est I always get one or more sales. Suddenly I started selling about 3 per day and 0 during my best hours, this is the fifth consecutive day. It seems very unnat...

Resolved! Question about Calculated Shipping

Hi All, I just had a sale with calculated shipping. The buyer is asking me to double box the item which is fine with me. The problem is that this will change the measurements and weight. Since the buyer has already paid ( I don't want to charge him e...

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I sold an item with enough pictures for the person to see the condition the buyer got buyer's remorse started a whole big deal left negative feedback the whole thing. Ebay told me to send him a shipping label so he could return it person never return...

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