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Need some advice again

I had a buyer who purchased one item in US dollars & one in Canadian dollars on April 5th. They paid for the US one before I could send an invoice. So I invoiced for the Canadian item with free shipping & a note saying I would ship it with the other ...

Ebay protection for Sellers

Early last March I sold an expensive $250 GI Joe Motorcycle with Sidecar and Soldier to a person in my country. Because it was a delicate item I very carefully packed it in a sturdy box using carefully shaped Styrofoam for support so nothing would mo...

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Doesn't this seller know he is losing money?

I was doing some CD research and I came across a Canadian seller that is losing money on each CD he sells. Priced at $3.43 with free shipping. The shipping alone in Canada is $3.28. I calculated the fees and he/she is losing $.53 cents on each CD, th...

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Store Name?

I'm thinking of opening a basic store and was wondering about using a different Store Name than my Ebay User ID? Can you do that and does it matter either way in your experiences? Thanks!

Resolved! Is this old ?

Is this old ? Looks like its hand made , there are no hallmarks or signatures so I figure its not worth much

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Looking for your input! Topics for 'Buyer FAQ'

Howdy everyone - I'm looking to create a 'Buyer FAQ' page that would have topics we could use to help folks quickly get the answers to their questions. To that end, I'm wondering what kind of things you see frequently from buyers here on the boards. ...

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GTC update: check announcement board

Hi everyone - You may have seen the announcement already, but wanted to get it posted here just in case you haven't: The Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) change has been moved back from April to early July 2019. No, this isn't a trick. Thanks!

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Resolved! Disactivating shippo and using ebays own label making system

Hi i was wondering if i am able to disactivate shippo and use ebays own system to make labels. Ive seen videos of of people in ebay USA using ebays own ship label making system. I was wondering if we can use this too in ebay canada or can we only use...

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My listing is not showing up in searches.

I posted a listing for a Pokemon card 24 hours ago, it said that it was posted successfully. However, it still will not show up whenever I search it. I have tried searching on multiple devices, too. Please help, because I wanted to get this card sold...

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Feedback - have you ever wondered?

About 50% of my buyers leave feedback. 50% don't leave feedback, I even counted: it was 35 US buyers, 22 Canadian buyers, 4 UK, 2 Australia, 1 Japan and 1 Denmark. Sometimes I check those that did not leave feedback to see whether they leave feedback...

Resolved! How can I find an archived order?

I had a sale earlier today and when I went to click on view record, I clicked on archive by mistake. I immediately went to Archive in the orders menu but there is nothing there. I can access the info through the listing itself but I would like to put...

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A (lighthearted) milestone achieved in RICARMICland.....

This is what happens when one works all by themselves in their basement too long. Me and my trusty camera celebrated the 125,000 picture milestone! Those reading regularly will remember some time ago when I posted the 100,000 achievement. At that tim...

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Buyer initiates a return as coat does not fit.

I have a buyer that wants to return an item as she says it does not fit her. I am not in the habit of accepting returns for obvious reasons. I try to describe my items as much as I can so this doesn't happen. Coat is XS, all measurements are in the p...

Item

Any idea what this is ? Its very heavy and its got a stamp on the bottem. Thanks

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Ebay Store? Yes or No?

I'm thinking of opening up an Ebay basic Store after 15 years...but I'm not sure about. I usually have about 250-300 listings/month at any one time with sales of about $300 a month when I get a listing special. If there is no 500 listing special I ta...

Can't view messages on ebay .

I can't view messages on ebay ? When I click a message I just get a white box with the persons user name my username and the item messaged about none of the written part from the seller is showing up I went back and checked previous messages that had...

Promoted Listings Question

I know eBay is really pushing us to use Promoted Listings. I have noticed some listings with the word Sponsored on them. Is that the same as Promoted? I actually find them very irritating. Everytime I look at certain catagories of listings for new it...

About Creating Return Shipping Labels

I recently posted instructions here about how to create return shipping labels for items being returned within Canada.(Repeated Below.) I just checked the Shippo site and it seems that it's possible to add various carriers such as Australian Post, De...

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Resolved! Has anyone used Chit Chat service for Australia or Germany?

International mail is getting so expensive. I use Chit Chat for all my US mail, and some of my CDN mail. I am now looking at using them for my international as it is about half the price of small packet international air. The problems that I see is t...

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