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Blackouts are back - day of no sales

Noticed an Ebay phenomena yesterday - this account had almost no sales, by noon there was one. Also had one 1-day auction that normally goes for $13-$15 and attracts plenty bids, started from $0.99 with free ship worldwide and in the evening 1hr to t...

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P.O. box registered in a different country AND under a different name than eBay and PayPal accounts.

Hello! I am new to selling on eBay, so for lack of experience, I was wondering if this situation is typical. A buyer from Argentina bought and paid for a small item (approximately $5 in value). However, even though I ship to Argentina, the shipping a...

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Spring Update: More bad news for Cdn Sellers

I wanted to post my comments from another thread here, because they will apply to any seller who has, or is hoping to get, US TRS+ status. Keep in mind that this is the standing that is particular to the US site and US sales. It doesn't apply to Glob...

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New sellers

How do you know that your listing is actually being seen by people? I feel that there are so many listings on eBay that mine may never even be seen, and I used up the whole description line as suggested. Is there a way to tell that I have properly li...

stamp deal!

I just bought stamps at my local postal outlet - they are selling books of 10 PERMANENT stamps for $6.30. They are flag designs, photos of different objects with a Canada flag on them, with a maple leaf in the corner with a P in it. I know the other ...

Listing Practices

I came across this listing today and had a question. If you list an item on eBay and in the description you put "To get this item directly through PayPal for a better price and faster shipping, message me" is that against eBay's rules for listing? It...

I am missing a listing picture on my eBay and search

Now my gallery picture on one I just listed is not working and I can't find it on search or my eBay. I tried to revise and recopy from Auctiva but it did not work. So I recopied all the HTML - that did not work either. So is it me, eBay or a? Anyone ...

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Resolved! Gallery Plus Picture Not Showing :(

After a bit of selling in the past and the last 5 or so years off, I've started selling again! It was a little tough to figure the new things out but it's going well. So, I relisted a half a dozen auctions and saw Gallery Plus was "free" weee! But, h...

Supplier made me laugh hard today

So with one of my suppliers I do not pay until I receive as he is a middle man type of guy ... I had an order that was about 2 weeks late and my payments are due when item show at my door and I have confirmed everything is good.... Today I receive th...

How do I deal with this buyer?

I have a buyer with a feed back of 4. Yesterday he bought an item and did not pay for it. Today he emails me and wants to know if I will ship it to him free. The shipping will be in excess of $30.00. This was my response: "No - sorry. I can't do that...

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Canada Post, New Pricing

Does anybody is aware about the new stamp pricing ???... + 35% that will be the raise by Canada Post for regular stamp, that is unacceptable. Shame on you Canada Post administrators ! I hope I will find another way to work out my sales on ebay... I'm...

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In a bit of dillemma

I sold a high priced item for 400$. The buyer is giving me the address of a shipping forwarder company and i can't ship there. I requested mutual cancelation and he denied. I want to refund him but the neg is really scaring me. What do I do? Its the ...

Canada Post new postal rates

Ever since the Canada Post new postal rates came into effect my sales on Ebay have evaporated. I am wondering if any other sellers are experiencing the same problems? Who is going to pay $25.00 for an item when the postage can cost $20.00? I think th...

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Resolved! Does the item description protect the seller?

Wow, I didn't realize eBay had its own community forum.Found it through another post after searching Google about high risk countries.Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone can clarify something for me.My understanding has always been that a seller ca...

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"member in USA" address in Canada

What if a buyer's user name is labelled "member in USA" but the shipping address and seller protection confirmed address are both given as in Canada? Anyone run into this? Is this considered a US or Canadian shipment for TRS rating purposes? Name is ...

Income tax 2013 - Rate of US exchange accepted by the CRA?

Does any one know the US rate of exchange that the CRA will accept for the tax year 2013? I tried to find it using their website but couldn't make heads or tails! I think I could convert all of my 2013 sales with this one rate instead of converting e...

How do I edit quantities in bulk? Change to (OUT OF STOCK)

Hey everyone, Basically trying to edit all 20 of my listings in bulk to Make it say OUT OF STOCK for one of my color variations - I haven't had any luck at all with being able to do this in bulk, and actually when I change them individually to 0 it d...

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