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Chit Chats: odd behaviour of their shipping calculator

I opened a Chit Chats account. I'm now trying various package sizes and weights to see their rates to various destinations. I also found that the shipping calculator has some unexpected behaviour. For example: For a package 36 x 12 x 7 cm, it's 410 g...

Resolved! Just got defrauded on a $1500 USD transaction.

Just need to vent a bit, I know this will go nowhere...ebay just closed a case against me (after letting me know in an email no less that the case was closed FOR me previously). Buyer clearly scammed me by claiming item not as described (classic scam...

Chit Chats shipping to U.S. and International - do you tape an invoice to outside of package?

I plan to use Chit Chats for some upcoming listings. Chit Chats recommends that all shipments to US or International have an invoice on the outside of the package. How do I create an invoice? Is there a way to do that in eBay for my items? Do you put...

Shipping to blocked country

A couple of years ago when shipping costs increased I decided to sell to just US and Canada. A couple of times a buyer from Australia has contacted me asking if they could purchase an item, I have tried, but it hasn't worked because Australia is bloc...

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Resolved! Charges on Canadian items shipped to US

Does anyone know ar what dollar limit the US start charging duties on items shipped from Canada. Have a very nice potential buyer asking. I indicated to her that most states have easy collect sales tax but was not sure about other. This item will be ...

American claiming refund - Once again

I made a post like 2-3 months ago about starting to notice a tendency from americans to claim INR refunds. Always the $40-60 packages range. Funny it's never cheap orders. Well it's still actuality. It starts to be a problem. Today i got a claim on a...

How are you managing through?

My fellow Canadians, how are you managing through 2 main factors of selling? 1 - Americans seem to be less interested in cross-border shopping. 2 - Dealing with the huge increase in cost with cross-border shipping on small, inexpensive items such as ...

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ChitChats North Vancouver Closing - How Many Others?

I literally JUST moved to North Vancouver on Saturday, and I got an email today announcing the North Vancouver ChitChats branch is closing! DOH!I am trying to figure out if this is because ChitChats as a company is losing money, and they need to trim...

Ebay re: shipping charges. Make up your MIND please

So just before Sept, Ebay sent a notice that shipping costs as of SEPT 1 would be deducted at time of customer payment, and not on shipment. Fine with me, saves ridiculous currency exchanges which cost money. So of course, Sept 12th rolls around and ...

New feature - Promoted listings advanced

Another feature added without any news or information.Seems to be a pay per click promoted listed. With posibility to cap the payment. Just the idea about getting charged fees on items not selling. I don't like it.But anyone tested or have feedbacks ...

Shipping to Netherlands with small packet air

Has anyone tried entering the UR number for small packets to Europe and if so, did any type of tracking show up on eBay? I did ship using small packet air to the Netherlands earIier today and am undecided if I should enter the UR number. If I enter t...

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Ebay system thinks im a bot

I have 3 accounts and using all them on alternate. I switch from my seller to my buyer account very often to source/list/price/etc. My informations are registered in my browser so i can switch from an account to another fast. Often i have to pass a v...

Buyer disputing a purchase on another account

Long story short, I sold a sports memorabilia card that I'd purchased from another ebay seller 4-5 months prior for around $1000 Canadian through ebay about 2 months ago. The item is backed by ebay's authenticity guarantee program. The item gets to t...

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Local pickup. But, my phone OS is too old to install eBay app. Can I enter code on web site?

Hello all. I want to allow local pickup for some items (and maybe even cash payment upon pickup). I understand that the buyer would show me a message from eBay containing a QR code and also a numeric code, either of which could be used by me with the...

Resolved! Advice on selling books/mags from Canada to US? Is it worth it and how do you ship?

This one is for Canadian ebay book sellers. Would you offer any guidance or advice on selling regular used books and magazines on ebay.ca to USA? Specifically: is it worth it? How do you ship single paperbacks and/or hardbacks --envelopes? What about...

I want to sue eBay

Someone stollen money from me and eBay is actually nothing concrete to help for the issue

Why can't I issue a refund??

Hello all, I just discovered that a sale made can no longer be shipped, so I want to issue a full refund to the buyer. However, the "Refund" button will not activate! I read over, managing-returns-refunds/refunding-buyers and I don't see any issues t...

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I posted a question on here earlier today and now can't find it. Where do I go to see if it got post

I asked earlier today if ebay would remove a listing without letting me know. I listed what I thought were Bratz dolls and an ebayer advised me that those were Ever After High dolls so after doing a bit of research I realized she was right and update...

Paying for shipping labels

I am desperate for some help and better information! I have contacted ebay by phone twice today and once by chat. A couple days ago I started selling on ebay, I have an etsy shop though so I have some online selling experience. I noticed this morning...

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