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How is your sales in March/April?

My last sale happened in mid-March, since then a sudden drop to zero sale and very low views. Does anyone know why? How are you doing in these two months? Please share.

Bad news seller

Just a warning to fellow buyers on Ebay. Seller list stuff as" Excellent Condition ". But Stuff is not. I bought 2 Dc Direct Figures from him and H shipped them in a Padded envelope. The Robin arrived with a Broken leg. Then I looked again at his auc...

value of bargain item

Hope to get a few opinions to help me reach a more settled way of thinking. Say you buy an item for $1 at garage sale or thrift store and you later sell it for $100. CP international insured airmail shipping is so high you did not insure it. The buye...

I have a “Not received item” case opened but redirects to German eBay which I do not understand.

Hello, I have a “Not received item” case opened but the “Take action” button redirects me to German ebay site which I do not understand.I want to refund buyers money and I already tried using google translator (Copy/Paste) but doesn’t help much. I se...

Down south SC

Go visit. They are running around screaming "DEFECT". To them, one defect and you are banned for life.

My experience: Updated Self Insurance statistics

I figured it was time to update my self insurance statistics: Notes:-I live in the stamp collectors world, so these results are all from postage stamp selling categories-this includes items lost to "crime" as well. "Crime" is defined as situations wh...

Canada to US Calculated shipping invoicing issues?

The auction is marked "Calculated shipping" they BiN but there's no cost to ship on the invoice page and I'm trying to calculate it on the auction page, but, obviously something is off. This is the message I'm getting,"Shipping cost cannot be calcula...

How To Get Notification If Someone Bids

I must be blind... but I can't seem to find where to get a notification if someone bids on an item. Is this not available or am I just not seeing it. Thanks!!

Resolved! Is this allowed?

"Every month I will draw a name of one buyer who will be sent a special gift. All you have to do to qualify is be one of the buyers for the month to have your name entered in the draw. I will contact you to let you know you have been entered and if y...

Opening item not received case after 45 days.

Someone from Belarus bought a motherboard from me 2 months ago and now the package appears to have been lost. He just opened a case and asks for full refund. Tracking number stopped tracking package after it left Canada. I thought you could not open ...

Resolved! eBay.com or eBay.ca

Hi everybody, I just started selling on eBay today. After doing a bit of googling and some market research, it seems that I have 66% less competition on eBay.com and I offer shipping from USA for my item (I live in Canada, I go grocery shopping in th...

How many being hurt hard by new Canada Post postage rates?

On my main selling ID i sell about 40-70 items per month for which i use US and International oversized letter mail to ship. The new rates from Canada Post are kiler. Will cost me over $60 per month more. While there may be a teeny tiny justification...

OMG! a $4,000,000 ring!

For fun i did a search for diamond rings and sorted by highest price - there were several over a million dollars, and this tourmaline ring at $4 million - 201004055978 - will be delivered by armoured courier. I can't believe something like that would...

Paypal shipping still down

I have tried to print Paypal label today, but no matter how many times I refresh the page, or start fresh, it won't print. There have been so many problems with Paypal in the last few months, this is costing sellers money.

Resolved! accessing PayPal shipping funds

Hi eBayers! I have a question as a new seller how can I get the shipping paid for by PayPal as it says it does I printed a few labels and got charged to my bank account directly am I missing a step here?

No pictures showing

I listed five items today. Of the five, four do not have the gallery picture showing- nor is is showing in search or in my eBay. This happened last week as well. Anyone know whats going on? Do I just wait it out?

Anyone else had this problem?

I have spoken to some sellers about the Global shipping program and I was surprised to find out that most of the sellers I talked to dont have a clue about it. Its almost like if it simply appeared. I was able to convince one seller to remove it so t...

Resolved! Is there anything that can be done regarding members not leaving feedback?

Getting a bit miffed as there seems to be an increase of people not leaving positive feedback after a smooth transaction...

Paypal shipping - Planned drop off date

Hi, I printed a shipping label with paypal (small packet international) However, I chose the wrong planned drop off date. I planned to ship it on Friday, but chose the planned drop off date on the label as Saturday. Can I still ship my package on Fri...

Hello,I was wondering if it is possible to set up 2 ebay accounts for 2 different stores.

Hello,I was wondering if it is possible to set up 2 ebay accounts for 2 different stores. I do not want to combine these 2 ebay online sites. Is this a violation of Ebay terms? Thank you if anyone can help.

Resolved! Trying to cancel a transaction as seller -but 32 days since shipped so no link on drop down menu?

Hi - i'm trying to do a mutual cancellation- buyer returned product as one tag was missing on a multiple item win- my oversight -so they wanted to return all. Since so old now - there is no -resolve issues- on the drop down menu to click on - where d...

Auctions, and how they suck!!!

O.K. here's the situation, lets say an item was on auction for 5 days . but i decided to wait the five days and place a bid with say... 4 seconds left in the auction. a pop up screen should say "I'm sorry but you are not invested in this product like...

Will ebay call me?

Its time for my seller review, is ebay going to call me do I call them? I need more selling limits too

GST vs USDollar

Hi, recieved a request from one of my buyers asking if I can adjust the GST charges on the invoice to reflect the USD currency that is being used for this transaction. The problem is I use US Funds with all my listings and transactions. I have no clu...

Resolved! Payment method for very expensive items that are not real estate, cars, etc

Hi, I know there have been very expensive items sold on eBay that do not fall in the categories where you can receive a bank to bank transfer. How did they receive payment? Paypal just told me if anyone wants to buy my item for 880,000 usd they need ...

Resolved! cut tracking costs?

How do I cut the cost of shipping @ Canada post when eBay requires/recommends every item be tracked? I can't afford to deal with any more INR buyer claims that I know are false but can't prove without tracking. It costs me 16$ to ship BC - ON/QC and ...

Need some assistance friends

Hey everyone whats up, Anyways I need some assistance. I got my FIRST dispute. One of the kindle ereader I sold is disabled on amazon. Buyer wants refund. Im fine with that even though I don't offer it I have no problem with refund. My problem is the...

Buyer uses wrong address then opens INR dispute, item comes back

Our policy is to treat this as return, that means restocking applies, but Ebay only allows full refund and buyer does not cooperate and after all is done Ebay has the audacity to keep the commission. The resolution process is very limited in situatio...

I haven't received my item/ or Item not received case: the form letters I use

I've seen a number of newer folks asking questions, and I've posted these in bits and pieces before so I thought it made sense to put them out there altogether.... (the old timers here will have seen these before) Note that I sell in the stamp catego...

Why are buyers allowed to lie in their feedback comments?

I recently had a buyer that after purchasing the item and receiving it, she put a %100 negative comment and rating about it without even contacting me. She stated that the ad was wrong and the items I sent weren't even pictured. I called ebay and poi...