Seller Central

Is Interac e-transfer a valid form of payment?

I've been using standard PayPal for my sales. A potential buyer has asked me to accept an interac e-transfer. It seems like a reasonable thing to do so I poked through my account settings and was not able to find how to set it up. Is this a valid for...

On sold items, is there any way to see buyer's shipping, vs shipping I would have paid?

Apologies for the mouthful in the title, so let me clarify. I'm trying to find the total, shipping inclusive prices people are willing to pay for things, but whenever I browse sold goods to get a feel for prices, it seems like it's always displaying ...

Resolved! Shipping dvd season in Canada

Hello wondering how folks ship a dvd season in canada as in bigger than normal dvd, maybe if its laid out flat does that help? Any advice still learning and realizing may not be worth to ship dvds

Item number changed? Things that make you go hmmmm...

I believe this is the 2nd time this has happened, I'm mentioning here incase anyone else experiences it. It is most concerning to me if it is happening because I use the item number as my filing system. If the number changes, it won't be findable by ...

Ebay site says i cannot sell at this point as their site is down

This has been going on for months now and I cannot seem to resolve the issue. Ebay continues to state that the site is down which does not allow me to Sell. What is the resolution for this as I know a number of folks have had the same issue. I am usi...

Resolved! Where is the link?

What is the link called where is shows if a bidder from a blocked country has tried to purchase? I lost several bookmarks in the change to Windows 10. I have sometimes found a US buyer is blocked when they should not have been, so I can then allow it...

GTC - Good Til Canceled - another rip off?

I'm totally against the Good til cancelled procedure BEING FORCED ON MEtried to list an item a couple of days ago on ebay.com - didn't give me a choice - and that REALLY ticked me off.If I don't sell it within 30 days, I want to take it off the marke...

How to avoid PayPal US$ to CAD$ convertion fees?

Hey guys! So most of my sales are in US$ and I'm a Canadian seller. I opened a US$ bank account at RBC thinking I could transfer my US$ from PayPal to this account and avoid the currency exchange rate. It appears even with a US$ bank account and tran...

Resolved! Listed item as local pickup ONLY, and winner wants me to ship it.

In my listing I stated that "shipping is NOT available for this item. It is for local pickup only". And, of course, the auction ends and the buyer wants me to ship it to him. For a variety of reasons I cannot ship the item, which is why I listed it a...

Resolved! sold items (10 day auction) not appearing as sold, therefore cannot get paid.

I just sold 4 items tonight. All were 10 day auctions. Whenever I have sold an item in the past 15 years, it always went straight to my SOLD list. This is the first time I have seen this happen, all 4 are now ended and in my UNSOLD list and appear wi...

Dropping parcels in post boxes

I have read on Canada Post's website, as well as these very boards, that you are able to drop your parcels into the big red post boxes instead of taking them to the post office (provided they fit, of course). I take all my outgoing parcels to the pos...

How can PayPal accept an e-mail as part of the address?

So I sold an item to a buyer in Nanaimo B.C. yesterday. But instead of putting a street number & a street name they put in their e-mail address. How can PayPal accept an e-mail as part of the address? They need to be more thorough in checking that ad...

Canada Seller, Ships from Canada, List as US Seller?

I was not sure how to title this. I am a Seller in Canada. I ship everything from here. List on Ebay.ca, because Ebay reps told me my items show on .Com & .Ca. I was paying the Ebay.com store price for a while cause I accidently signed up there, but ...

"Volume discount" sale, how do buyers know what items are on sale?

I just started a "volume discount" sale on 500 items (the max).NOTE this is on .COM I can see when a buyer goes into a multi item listing it tells them the various volume discounts (which will never work because they won't want to buy multiples of th...

PayPal packing slip

I have recently noticed that when I print out the Paypal packing slip that there is unnecessary information now being printed at the top and bottom. The top has the information that is usually at the top of Paypal pages, et. My Account Summary, Activ...

Wow where have the 500 or 1000 Free Listings Promotions gone to

I have not seen a 500 or 1000 Free listing promotion offer in ages. It use to help abit having that extra few large listings promotions I guess times are hard on Ebay to offer these Promotions on regular basis as they once did.

US State Tax Paid by Foreign Buyers is a “Windfall” for American States and eBay!

In eBay's October & November, 2019 announcement eBay.ca said:"Please note the applicable tax will continue to be paid by the US buyer and as a Canadian seller, you do not need to take any action." If that is the case, why did a Japanese buyer have to...

The RIGHT way to ship items

Just thought I would drop a little note here in case there are newbies to eBay who have questions on shipping items. We run a facebook group for resellers and I often see people asking how they should pack items - from mugs to posters to shoes to chi...

My rant for what it is worth.

You know the old story of the person banging their head against a brick wall and being asked, "why do you do it?" The reply being, "because it feels so good when you stop." That is exactly how I feel about my recent dealing with the automatons at eBa...

Shopping cart in store?

Hello, this is my first post, I beg patience if I don’t word this exactly right. I used to have a store, years ago, but have recently opened another to help a family member liquidate her mother in law’s estate. Anyway, I have had two US buyers buy mu...

Delivery Delay on a Batch of Packages Due to Weather- Can Seller Shipping Defects Be Removed?

I recently sent a large batch of packages with ChitChats from Vancouver to Ontario (4 to Toronto area , 1 to Ottawa area). All had a Canada Post Regular Post delivery timeframes indicated (4-7 business days). We had a snowfall last week so it delayed...

Resolved! Transaction number for non-tracking packages

A while ago I saw that someone said they put in a number for a non-tracked package, I think they said it was beside the price, can someone tell me where that number is? Is it "order number", "Authorization code"?

Resolved! Strange watcher numbers

Is anyone else seeing strange numbers in their watchers amounts? Beginning on the first page I have a couple of 10's, then a few 9's, then several 8's and so on until it gets to lots of 1's and then 3 pages of zeros. These are all in systematic order...

Sometimes it pays to pick up the phone

Pre phone call:-Got an ebay preapproved return request, buyer says they changed their mind they wanted a different lot than the one they purchased and apologized in the message in the return request.-A few minutes later they purchased a larger lot, p...

Resolved! Review Sent Offers not working

I have been using the Send Offers option lately, and having some success with generating new sales. However, after making the offers, there is no tracking of what offers were made. The option rightly appears called "Review Sent Offers", but no data i...

Why do Canadian shippers to the USA pay a VAT tax on our seller account

Why do Canadian shippers to the USA pay a VAT tax on our seller account? I pay 32.40 C for my USA store as a Canadian. I was told that the store is 21.95 US and that would make it $29.40 US and then Ebay.com adds a Vat tax of 3.18 Why do we Canadians...

Resolved! This is not my day, another wrong address. What do I do?

On top of the previous posts about an incorrect address to France, I now have buyer asking for a refund for an item not received. As I always do, I apologized and then copied and pasted her address on Paypal and asked if it was her correct address. I...

Resolved! Shipment Delay Requested

Buyer has paid for an item, but requested a one-month delay in shipment while they travel abroad. Is there any way to do this while avoiding the late-shipment black mark?

Unpaid Item Dispute

I sold an item on eBay back in January. The buyer sent a paypal transfer, then cancelled it after I shipped the item. The buyer also requested a refund because of a false claim that the item was not as described, the dispute was resolved in my favour...