eBay

What the ?????

This is the e-mail I received from eBay (actually a whole bunch of them). However, I have been listing these items that they sent me this e-mail about for the last two months. NOW it's a problem? I HATE EBAY. eBay sent this message to jg01302. Your r...

Suspicious Sale to Australia

Buyer has one (1) feedback 17.00 vintage polaroid camera Notification of Payment Received80 total with 60 in shipping. Doesn't say confirmed address in Green, but shows a "Seller Protection Address"I'm suspicious, what'chall think?

what happens to the buyer when they don't pay

I am new at this and I already have 5 cases of buyers that don't pay, is there a system 3 strikes your out , What does ebay do to buyers that don't pay

Sellers beware of this "Paypal" message

I'm reproducing below a message I just received in my personal email inbox. Since I use Yahoo email, the sender's actual email address wasn't shown, just "Paypal". Of course, we sellers take notice of anything mentioning "Limits", so I was concerned ...

Is eBay losing it?

Have they lost their collective mind in San Jose? Just received a special offer in "my messages" and by email: http://view.seller.ebay.com/?j=fec11774716d0574&m=fe9613707567027b76&ls=fe25167576630d7e711273&l=fefd1579776501&s=fe561676726d077b7017&jb=f...

US buyers perspective on item not received and ebay

The below if paraphrased from a buyer who opened a case for an item not received through ebay. I did send without tracking (those are always the ones to go missing, strange). Just wanted to point out that ebay encourages the claim to be opened and th...

International Visibility ?

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y14/m06/i16/s02

EBAY SEARCH ENGINE

In a previous life I sold stock photography on a number of sites and a few sites let it be known that photographers that uploaded regularly got better placement in search results. I wonder if eBay is similar? In May, before the security breach, for v...

Invoicing problem

I had a few cases where a buyer has paid his invoice and entered shipping charges before I could invoice him. How can I stop that!

Canada Post AdressComplete adress tool

Canada Post has a tool for easy finding the correct address, domestic or international. This tool has a fee to use. Here is the description of the tool. https://www.canadapost.ca/pca/?s_kwcid=TC|1028746|%2Bcanada%20%2Bpost%20%2Baddress%20%2Bcomplete|...

Is this happening to anyone else?

I get random, inconsistent and oddly delayed/sporadic email messages from eBay along the lines of, "A topic you recently commented on has received a response", or something like that. It's just that it's always delayed by like a week or so from the a...

Half My Pictures are Missing

I was searching some listings today and couldn't help but notice how many listings had their pictures missing. I decided to check my own and, I couldn't believe it, half of my listings don't have any pictures. They show up in my Summary Page but I de...

Please recommend the proper category

Dear Sellers, As I know, we have few very experienced sellers who deal with postal stamps and related items. I hope you will find some time to attend in my store the category Postcards, Flyers, Invitations and then sub-category covers (envelopes). As...

New Promo Starts June 8

Listings

When you list items there is always one or two views right away. This time half of my listings are at zero. I'm wondering if they are even being shown to buyers (if someone searches do they show up) as the one or two views right away I am assuming is...

Does anyone else watch Joe's eBay Video's on YouTube?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN4GLtAyK3w&feature=em-uploademail Online eBay News from a Seller perspective.

Ebay account hacked, unable to login or contact ebay, all purchases from "the*shaman" are now fake

Since my ebay account appears irretrievably hacked, if anyone every receives a purchase from user "the*shaman", rest assured it is fake, and no payment will be forthcoming.

Paypal confirmation emails not coming through

For the second time in a few days, I have sold an item, and then found later that the buyer has paid, but no confirmation from Paypal. Item sold around 7 p.m. last night, still no confirmation of payment. I only found out when I clicked on the send a...

blocked bidder

How and when does a bidder discover that he/she has been blocked? Are they unable to place a bid or even set up a bid for a later time? Are they given a notice by eBay that they have been blocked? Thanks for any info.

Buyer wants faster shipping...

Hi,Just sold an item and it took 53 hours to get paid. Now, the buyer wants faster shipping because he really needs the item in by June 18...Listing clearly states the delivery method and estimated shipping date between June 20-27.What would you do?T...

Can't ship expedited to the states with stamps??

I went today with a few packages to canada post, I use postage stamps. She said its not possible to ship expedited using postage stamps anymore:( Is this true? The lineup gets pretty long, is there a way to just drop off exp shipments without standin...

Can I refuse to return after 14 days?

I sold a shirt on May 10th, posted on May 12th. However, today (June 10th), I received a message from the buyer said it's too small, wants to return it. I accept 14 days return, but this one obviously over 14 days. Can I refuse to refund? How about i...

One Day

Do you think it is better to have one day auctions... or how long should you run them for? I just did a whole bunch of one day auctions as I thought I might get better placement but there is two hours left and still no sales.

Selling at Auction or Fixed Price? Do Your Research.

The growing trend on eBay over the last ten years has been to list and sell at fixed price instead of using the auction format. That is what most (not all) buyers seem to prefer. Now, different sellers achieve different results and much depends on th...

buyer blocked for the wrong reason

I have a buyer who was blocked by the system for "winning or have recently bought too many of my items". The thing is, I have never had that buyer requirement checked off - people often buy many small items of mine. I have "locations to which I don't...

Number of seller accounts

Hi there I'm just wondering how many seller accounts I can have on ebay and can I link them to the same paypal account? Thank you.

Worldwide shipping broken with new listing tool

Hi, With the new listing creation tool, I can't create varying shipping costs anymore. When I try to create a worlwide shipping using dimensions and weight, whatever shipping service I select, it doesn't work. When I preview the item and test the shi...

Question about wrong addressed parcel

I sold an item few days ago to a customer from QC. today while I was doing my routing email clean up, I noticed a customer left me an email and it was in my bulk folder The customer asked me to ship to a different address other than paypal address.Un...