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Paypal confirmations

I sold two vintage radios early this morning. Both have been paid for (I checked in my paypal account. I have not received confirmation emails from paypal - this this unusual?

canada post shipping small packet to the us

Hi all canadian eBayers! I am back selling on eBay after some thought about the higher fees and then the extremely high canada post fees. I thought I should be able to manage the FVF here, then what Paypay takes. I think eBay is taking too much at 10...

Liar Buyer Returned Item For No Reason Other Than Lieing To Get Money Back!

I have 100% feedbackSold itemSeller said it did not work and it was missing parts.Despite me having a specific return policy. I of course had to pay return shipping ($106) and accept the returnReceived item back today. Items works 100% of course. And...

Disputing a negative feedback

I've recently sold a bicycle wheelset, however the guy left me a negative feedback because I did not include the disc brake rotors despite the fact that I wrote "comes with tires and skewers only" in the description. So now my perfect feedback streak...

where are the free insertion promotions.I have not received any in 6 months.

Why is eBay charging us insertion fees?? We are doing all the work by listing our items and they are becoming billionaires from our goods.They even found a way of gouging us on shipping.I pay for the STAMP not ebay,I pay for the ENVELOPE not EBAY,I p...

Resolved! Does it make sense to have a store if my eBay.com items don't show because of non shipping to ca.

I've been back for a couple months and have been trying different ways to sell. First only selling to Canadians. Next selling both US and Canada. Now I have items with no Canadian shipping. Thinking it would solve the Canadian's being upset because o...

How to get your numbers to compute sales, profits, etc?

Hey guys! I would like to compute my profits for selling on eBay for the second half of 2016. I have found some ways to get the numbers I need but this is incredibly confusing and a PITA to get all I need. I need to spend like 5 hours obtaining my da...

Resolved! New promo on eBay.com forums March 9-14 1000 free Auction or Fixed Price

Some one got one but most replies say they did not get the promo. In this topic on eBay.com in Selling Forum. http://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Free-Insertion-1000-3-9-3-14/m-p/25290758 Here is the activation link. http://www.rsvp.ebay.com/rsvp/si...

EBAY.COM SHIPPING CAP INCREASED FOR BOOKS, VIDEO GAMES, DVDS ETC

If you list on ebay.com and sell from Canada, this is for you: BOOKS, MUSIC, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAME SELLERS: WE’VE INCREASED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SHIPPING COSTS ON EBAY.COM For many years now, sellers of books, music, movies and video games have been...

Shipping Free

I'm thinking of selling DVD's so checked out the cost of shipping at local post office turns out a single dvd in case would cost $8.61Cnd .which converts to about $6.48USD as I list ion ebay.com .Question is how can some Canadian sellers state ship f...

The last thing you'd expect...or want to hear!

There are some things you really don't expect to encounter in the ordinary course of selling on eBay. Well, today a customer contacted me to say their local post office had burned down, right around the time my shipment was due to arrive. Excellent t...

Have you ever had a pesky person keep emailing you with questions?

I have a person wanting to know if the song that is on the CD is the same as the song on the radio from the 1960's Petula Clark - song Downtown. I told him that the artist recorded that song 7 different times over her career. I also explained that wh...

Spring seller update, read it and weep. More cost to sellers

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/2017-Spring-Seller-Update/ba-p/26628426

If selling on ebay.com from canada is canada post international parcel

Is it my cheapest option let's say I'm selling a toaster.

PO delivery times, anybody's guess....

WOW buyer from France advised receipt of item today Feb 28th. The item was mailed in the afternoon of Feb 24th. I'm lucky if stuff to Toronto (a 2 hour drive away) arrives within a week or two, yet this one gets to France in 4 days.... As I said in m...

Buyer wants to cancel before I ship - how?

A buyer bought an item a few hours ago, they want to cancel si they can pay on a different credit card. How do I do this, I know I should know but I've never been asked to cancel at a buyers request before. Thanks.

Broken Video Game

What is the correct condition to select when selling a video game that doesn't work ? I know that category doesn't have any "for parts" option.

Resolved! The Activa scroll is back

That is good, but why are most of my items being scrolled already sold? I can't be the only one it's happening to, is there a way of making them current, or are they still in the test/trial period?

Has anyone else received this promo from eBay?

I received this in my email but not in my Messages on eBay.

Resolved! Oops, it looks like you missed something. Please fix the problem below?

Trying to remove a reserve on an item with 15h left, and getting "Oops, it looks like you missed something. Please fix the problem below."... but there are no problems. Tried a few times in both Chrome and IE, cleared cache etc. 5 bids, current bid b...

Resolved! A not nice chat with defect removal specialist yesterday and was told US policies apply to us

Called to see if I could have defects removed for late shipping as it is called and talked to a specialist. Lo and behold I was told even though I am in Canada, the US policies apply even if they are not published on Canadian Ebay. I guess we are 3rd...

What kind of nonsense is this?

I sell on both .ca and .com and when I went and looked at my US tracking report I got 3 dings. All listed on .ca and all purchased and sent to Canadians. What is going on?

Shut Down

I am going on vacation soon and I'm planning to shut down for awhile to get some other things caught up. How long can you shut down before you get the list restrictions and PP holds your money for 21 days I'm not sure but I will probably close the st...

Shipping and operating from Canada / Selling to US customers

Hi, we were wondering if we have to pay any taxes (selling, income, etc.) in the US if we are selling/shipping/operating from Canada to the US eBay.com customers? Thanks a lot!

Marking "payment sent" in My eBay and eBay seller claiming to be "scammed".

I have read that an eBay seller claims to be scammed by the buyer merely checking off "payment sent" in their (the BUYER'S) My eBay page. As a buyer, I do not understand the seller's claim of being scammed by the buyer merely marking "payment sent" o...

Not this 'force majeure' again

Anyone else get a notice today from Canada Post about ' Force Majeure' as a result of extreme weather? The parcel is in Mississauga and destined for Brooklyn.

Reporting a scam account

I received an offer for full price on a Best Offer item from a new member...so new in fact that they just signed up today. Anyway, long story short I'm wondering if anyone has reported a scam account and how they did it. Thanks!

How Canada Post made the online retail revolution possible

https://www.canadapost.ca/magazine/en/unlikely-game-changer/ I don't know if the above link will work, but I just noticed the above article on the CP website ~ boy I never realized how great Canada Post was Here's an excerpt: "The meteoric rise in on...

The things thrifty? loyal? OCD? CEOs sometimes do...

Thought it was time for a smiley kinda message... (PS Moderator this is funny about selling stuff, don't move it away please) The regulars will remember my celebration regarding my camera's 100,000 picture being taken. Well it is up around 107,000 no...

Late shipping defects....

Late shipping defects may come back to bite you. I looked at the feedback of a seller from whom I had recently made a purchase. I was completely satisfied with everything about the transaction. However one buyer left the seller negative feedback beca...