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E-Bay is Wrecking My Top-Rated Seller Status

I don't consider myself to be a nut, a conspiracy theorist or an eBay hater. eBay has been good to me and I don't mind admitting it. I have always looked at ebay like this: their game, their rules, and you can either play on that basis or not. I have...

Spring seller update. What is active content?

In the spring seller update it gives details for the future limited characters in the description. I don't understand the difference in the 250 character and 800 character options, and I don't know what "active content" is. I often write quite long d...

New eBay Shipping Supplies

http://announcements.ebay.com/2016/04/announcing-new-branded-shipping-store/ OK - let's take a look Priced in Cdn$ http://stores.ebay.com/ebay-Shipping-Supplies Let's try: http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-count-eBay-Branded-Airjacket-Envelopes-6-5-x-8-75-...

Auction Promo April 7 - 13

New Auction Promo for 500 auctions starts today Please note: invited sellers must activate the Promotion by selecting "Activate offer" in the invitation email or on the Promotion landing page. Items listed prior to a seller activating the Promotion w...

where are my promotions listed

i cant seem to find how many listings i've usedany help would be appreciated am specifically looking for the promotion i agreed to participate in

Interesting new? wording in paypal payments...

Perhaps I've only just noticed it today but I'm seeing payments from eBay buyers that instead of the normal: "Purchase from BUYERNAME" it says "PayPal Smart Connect BUYERNAME" I'm wondering what that means, I'm sure it denotes some sort of paying typ...

My hopes for eBay supplies...

I think/hope eBay is on the right track with this. I live in a wee village and our local PO has all the stacks of parcels that have arrived, everything from boxes of stuff to car bumpers!!! As an eBay seller, it is so sad to see so many "Amazon" labe...

ID help needed - Giraffe, Kangaroo or other?

Hi! I have a silly little question here but I am stumped so would appreciate any opinions! I want to sell this Blankets & Beyond security blanket but for the life of me have no idea what animal this is? I can only find one like it on google and the s...

Promotions this morning Canadian currency only???????

First EBAY thanks for all the promotions this morning (3 different ones, could list 250,000 on these) HOWEVER this is exactly what I have been complaining to you about for months/year now No promotions for over a month then all of a sudden WHAM more ...

US buying compared to Canadian buying

Just looked at the new announcements for Canadian sellers. I find it a joke that the US can buy products from Canada for up to $800.00 now without paying duties etc. Thought the $200.00 limit they had before was pretty nice. What do we Canadians buye...

Error -We're sorry, but the seller of this item is unable to receive funds at this time.

I've run into this problem over and over and over and over. I've continually contacted Ebay technical support about this issue and EVERYTIME I'm told they have NEVER heard of this problem. For the amount of times Canadian sellers are calling you abou...

fvf refunds for returns, non payments or lost packages.

I've been under the assumption that eBay automatically returns the fvf within 7 to 10 days. When I first started out on eBay I remember reading this in the eBay seach pages. So a couple years later, and not checking my account after such things as a ...

Selling TV circuit boards

I am a business owner. I repair electronics, mostly TVs. From time to time, I sell circuit boards for extra income and to reduce inventory overstock. I sold a board to some guy in California. He opened a return request saying the board doesn't work a...

Corporate Greed - When will sellers have their year, month or even single day?

According to an article online at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ebay-results-idUSKBN0ND2GS20150422 Revenue from eBay's payments.. rose 14 percent to $2.11 billion in the first quarter, accounting for nearly half of its total revenue. How is it c...

Feedback for buyers

Why do you not stop the bids that are never paid for, the seller has no options do anything but nothing, can not leave feedback to warn other sellers, the feedback is ALL ONE SIDED for the buyers, they have the option to leave bull**bleep** feedback

How do you fix the error "seller has not specified shipping options" !?!?

I'm a new seller from canada just getting started with ebay and I cant figure out how to setup the shipping so that the shipping fees are calculated for everyone internationally.... For some countries it works, but for some other ones it will give th...

Can't seem to print a shipping label for a customer in China??

I can't seem to print a shipping label to China, even when I go into the PayPal summary and click where they paid. I try the shipping label option there and nothing, just takes me back to the summary page. The labels will work for my other clients, j...

Office celebrating milestone achievement (this is what my life has become)

I thought it was time for a lighthearted thread! Today my whole office (aka me!) is celebrating my eBay camera's 100,000th eBay picture that it took earlier today! That's a heck of a lot of pictures! The poor thing is only my 2nd eBay camera, and it ...

I listed in C$$, US buyer does not know postage amount

Hello all,OK, so i decided to try ebay's cool-aid and list in Canadian money.. sales have been dead for the past 2 months so why not.. Anyhow, i sold an item this evening to a US buyer, but buyer is requesting amount (sold item plus postage). Problem...

customer wants to return item stating too late to give as a gift

I sold an item on March 13, and shipped it out to Burnaby BC V5H 4E4 Canada on 14. On March 23, it shown custom clearance processing completed, and delivered on March 24. Today, March 26, customer want to return, claiming the item got there too late ...

Return: Unresponsive Buyer

Hi, question for anyone who may have been down this road. We recently had a US buyer open a return on us for an item that apparently showed up damaged. We accepted the return, and obviously couldn't print them out a shipping label through Canada Post...

New Promo 1000 Auctions list free in select categories

New promo start date April 1 Ends April 30 Will cut and paste more details shortly as I am running out the door.

Resolved! I need help with postage rate to Mexico

I have a buyer in Mexico who wanted to purchase several items from me, but the package HAD to have tracking. So I looked it up on the Canada Post website, and International parcel air came up at $48.06 Can. She said she would pay that, and purchased ...

Anyone sell video games through Canada Post? If so, I have a question.

Hey there, I'm trying to profit off some video games I got in my collection in the $20-40 range, and noticed the shipping for a single item via standard package and expedited package is too much that it cuts deep into the profits. I was thinking of s...

Do you see what I see?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOUTH-ARABIA-Aden-QuAiti-1966-Football-Championship-Imperforated-souvenir-1B-/371569625320?rd=1 Somehow, when looking at this listing on eBay.com, it shows the "Top Rated Plus" icon. Where does that come from? While I have bee...

eBay Messaging Filters Updated?

I was send a message to one of my buyers and I always end the message with both my name and my company name in the format of David @NviGate Systems Now the eBay messages is telling me I can't send it because exchanging e-mail address is not allowed. ...

Mail price?

Hi, what is the price to send a video game through normal mail using Canada post within Canada?I'm talking about ps2, ps3, xbox games etcThanks

Purchasing USPS postage with a eBay.ca account

Hey, We live close to the US/Can border and were hoping to drive across the border to ship a few items sold on eBay via USPS to our american customers.The only thing is, we don't get the option to print out USPS labeling. I never had a problem printi...

i am very worried about selling on ebay.ca

Hello every one im very worried about my future here on .ca,all my listings have to be in canadian dollars after june first,quite franclkley that worries me,being most of my buyers are us.I dont understand this concept,now i have to raise my prices o...

50000 more free GTC USD listings on .com, April 1-May 1

Good news for those who got this promo in March - it has automatically carried over to April and reset to zero! Even if you didn't receive it, it might be worth checking your Promotional Offers on .com.