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It won't generate shipping cost to US

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/331729953200 I am selling an item from Canada.When I enter random Postal Code (Canada) or country, it works fine.But when I enter a US Zipcode after selecting United States as country, it says "Shipping cost cannot be calculate...

Printing postage via ebay, for letter mail to canada or the states

Does anyone know how to print and pay for the postage on ebay's page for shipping labels. We sell decals, and eBay has told me that if I use this page for shipping labels, that the seller can notleave a low star rating, as eBay will know that the lab...

Effective Feb 2016, do I have to offer 30 day return policy on my listings?

Effective Feb 2016, do I have to offer 30 day return policy on my listings in order to keep my TRS? Besides the ridiculous postal delivery standards is there anything else I should be aware of? More hoops to jump through. If it's not one thing its an...

Resolved! What do you do when winning bidder does not acknowledge purchase?

Increasing my selling limits

If I call ebay will they increase my selling limits? Thank you.

An interesting contradiction

This morning I noticed a big, bright ad on my landing page promising "Last Minute" Christmas gift delivery for items listed by participating sellers, i.e. promising these items would arrive before Christmas. That in itself got me shaking my head in d...

Canada post shipping question

No more CP/ship now so does it make any difference if I use CP online for small business or if I just go to the post office with my Venture One card. Will I get any discount at the post office? Very large, heavy pkg going out West and needs tracking ...

How an eBay Seller Sent His Packages for a Penny

Not recommended http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m12/i11/s01

"Discount" Page Not Responding

Is anyone else getting a "Page Not Responding" when they click on "Discount" in the Seller Dashboard Summary?

I thought I was doing OK but just look.

I happened to be on the .com board today. I came across a topic where the seller posted their seller dashboard summary page. This buyer sold 601 items in the last year and earned $108,534.95. I sold 676 items and earned a measly $7,278.82. What a lot...

any free catagories

are there any categories to list for free? seems crazy paying to start 99 cent auctions for a 30 cent fee then 10 cents on the sale 30 cents on 3.00 s/h and 42 cents plus or minus to paypal. hey where's the profit for the seller?? wasn't like that 10...

eBay Raises Bar for Sellers for Meeting Delivery Estimates

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m12/i09/s01

Do you have a life outside of ebay?

It just seems that my life revolves around ebay and I don't do anything else. Everyday I spend time shopping, cleaning, picture taking, researching, listing, storing, wrapping/shipping, going to the PO, revising listings. Spend some time on the commu...

How is estimated shipping time calculated on echeques?

I just received an echeque (it's been a while) and got to wondering --- how does eBay calculate the estimated shipping time on these trans? I am HOPING the time would start after the funds clear.... seems the obvious answer but since Paypal is a sepa...

mail on the 401

Yikes http://www.thewhig.com/2015/12/05/canada-post-truck-collision-scatters-deliveries-across-hwy401

eBay Signs Deal to Help Chinese Import to US

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m12/i04/s01

Buy it Now not working for new seller

Good afternoon, I've sold a few items on ebay during the last 6 months and I have only 13 feedbacks but 100%. I always shipped the same day with tracking and so far everyone seems happy. My listings are fine. But there is one thing that bugs me: It s...

Resolved! Buyer claims item not as described

A buyer was interested in a high value album, which I had listed for $225 US. He emailed all sorts of questions about it, which I answered to the best of my ability, explaining to him that I am not an expert on vinyl. He called as well and spoke to m...

eBay asked for it.

When checking the dashboard, eBay provides information based on their new system, They also ask if we have feedback for them. They asked for it and this is what I told them (folks here know I am not shy and can be candid at times): "Your whole new sy...

Where is the advertising

I bring this up every year, because again like every year I am not satisfied with ebay's advertising activity, or the lack of. Supposedly Ebay spends a great deal of money annually on advertising. I would like to know where? Other than a few pop ups ...

How to ship board games safely?

Hi, I want to learn how to ship board games safely and I checked out videos on youtube but they didn't help so the people that sell the boards game I'd love to hear how you ship the games safely. I do best with a step by step description if anyone wo...

Has any one else seen a alarming amount off spoof/phishing emails regarding paypal?

I have had 3 spoof emails in the last week. They have been very poorly done, for one the email name is not mine, secondly the writer of the email obviously can not speak English. It makes no sense. Dear member,You just need to confirm your billing ad...

Resolved! SALES are Down. Cause: Recession? Suggestions welcome.

Sales have been down for 6 months. The number of Buyers and Dollar average has been decreasing. Defect count has gone UP due to fewer Buyers over the months. Hmmm. Better pictures, accurate description, currency, percentage discount, combined ship di...

Be careful using "Sell Similar" if you usually list in $US!

Most Canadian sellers realize by now that eBay is defaulting $US listings to $Cdn currency in the SYI form (and when using "Sell Similar"). However, what sellers who normally list in $US may not realize is that not only will the "Sell Similar" SYI fo...

Clearly a gouge on shipping FVF's

I have sent this to Raphael to see what answer I get as the last one Ebay said was too old and they could not reconstruct, yea right. Sold 4 items as below with a total shipping charge of $3.00. 2003A $1.00 FRN St. Louis District HB block Run 2 H4633...

3RD PARTY Image Hosting/Templates or BASIC EBay Listing?

Hi there. I'm amazed and quite pleased to see a lot of familiar Canadian eBay sellers (pierrelebel , westernstargifts, recpd) still active on these threads! I am setting up a business selling account for my employer. I operated an eBay store of my ow...

Exchange rate and who is doing shafting

I transferred US $ to my Canadian bank and Paypal used 1.297 as an exchange rate. I had a US transaction on my CC and they charged me 1.372 exchange rate. Who is giving me the shaft as 8¢ difference seems to be high.

How to uncancel a canceallation??

Hi everybody, I had a buyer purchase 2 items from me (which was good after a VERY dead November!). She sent me a message telling me that she wanted to cancel, would that be ok, I agreed and started the cancellation process. A few days later she bough...

Refunding a Buyer

Hello,My buyer contacted me today asking if I had received the returned parcel she had purchased. I checked the tracking and this is the message I received: "Recipient not located at address provided. Item being returned to sender". I am from Canada,...

Holiday returns?

When I relist, I keep getting a message that a lot of my listings are not eligible for holiday returns. I am not sure if that means that I need to edit them to make them eligible, or that it is not possible for them to be eligible.