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You may be loosing sales because of Ebay problems

I purchased 281291746664, 281291746841 and 281291746841. My primary delivery address is in USA but small items like this one I usually get delivered to Canada. Went to pay, changed address and Ebay won't let me pay with message: One or more of the it...

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Buyer had wrong address, item was sent back, what now?

Like the subject, I had tracking, and the tracking says that the recipient was not found and the item was returned to sender. I sent the item to the address listed under "Order Details". I contacted the buyer, and he says that the house number was of...

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Shipping to US and Canada

I have a Canadian account and I'm trying to sell items to Canada and the US. For shipping:It says "standard shipping from outside the US" and then only lets me enter a shipping cost to a maximum of $4.00 Then for international shipping, I have to put...

Buyers who deserve negs

Yep, I have come to believe in it. Cruising around and I find a Chinese seller with FB of 13000+ in the last year, since startup, 98.5%. So, I look at some of the negs they received. Um? This is dollar store merch mailed from China, what are buyers e...

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Listing issue

When I attempt to go to Sell I receive a nessage that says turn off 'compatibility mode' by clicking on the broken paper icon next to the Ebay url. Don't have a torn paper icon anywhere but can't get to make a listing apparently until I do. Anyone? T...

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Buyer left for holidays after I shipped item

Shipping question...Sold an item to a buyer in the USA, Shipped next day. On July 26 2014 I checked the tracking number and found "recipient has been carded' which I assume is a delivery notice was left. Today I get a message from the buyer saying he...

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I Appealing a closed case

I recently sold an item to a person who used a parcel forwarding service in the U.S. for shipping to the Soviet Union. The item was not paid for until ten days after the auction closed. Two days after the item was paid for the purchaser filed an item...

What exactly does UK visibility mean?

On relisting an item today, I noticed that the "UK visibility" option is now $0.20 for an auction listing and $0.50 for fixed price. Odd -- I'm certain it used to be $0.10 for my GTC or 30-day listings. What benefit or advantage does that $0.50 actua...

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Not able to leave feedback - What's this??

Has anyone else been unable to leave FB for buyers through their "Sold" page recently? This is the 3rd time I've tried in the last couple of days, and I'm getting a message that I can't leave feedback for this buyer. This is when accessing FB via the...

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Is anyone else as frustrated with not being allowed fixed price or buy it now without paying fees

I have found much success with selling vintage china in a fixed price or best offer format.Since the latest changes that have several categories excluded from not having to payinsertion fees, my whole business has dropped off in the auction format. I...

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To refund or not

I sold an item a month ago. I accepted an offer from the buyer for around $40.00 less than the original asking price. The buyer received the item and gave me very positive feedback saying the item was received as described in his remarks. Now, a coup...

What's the use!

So I buy an item from the US. Seller provides a tracking number through DHL. The item shows up in my regular mail. There is no confirmation of delivery. If the item hadn't shown up, I wonder how Paypal would handle this? So, what is the purpose of pr...

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Quantity >1 & Calculated Shipping

So suppose I want to sell several exact copies of the same item under a single Buy-It-Now listing. It's a bulky item, so I want to use calculated shipping to factor in the cost difference between shipping it locally and shipping it to a remote commun...

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This seller

How is it that this seller is still on eBay? I thought you had to have a good rating or they booted you. 98.1% positive feedback

Attention for all flowers and plants sellers !!!!!!!!

FOR THOSE FLOWERS AND PLANTS SELERS ATTENTIONI!!! Is it a good idea putting all plants and flowers into stock market, issuing shares or dividends for every particular, isn't it better than dumping all the seeds with that cheap price!

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Virgin Seller

Hope this is the right place to ask this. I have a set of Akoya pearls that I would like to try to sell on ebay. This will be my toe in the water start to what I would love to be a long term business. Any suggestions you seasoned pros can give me on ...

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Edit listing problems

I have a current listing and would like to add a picture, but cannot. Keeps giving me an error informing me to correct the so-called high-lighted area. Appears to be a software glitch as they keep updating the editing features. Please fix it eBay!

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CanadaPost vs. Math

The o/s lettermail parcel came back with "postage due" sticker and written by hand 241g $4.10 Reg There is 8x $0.50 + 1x $0.10 stamps. Nice of CanadaPost they did not cancel these stamps

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PayPal shipping label

Hi! I have a question here. I have been trying to print out the shipping label and this is what shows at PayPal: Paypal Shipping is unavailable for the Ship To Address (...... ) What can be the reason for that? I see the buyer's address at PayPal, bu...

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