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Is there anyway I can make buyer pay me automatically .

For 20th time Some has bought an item and not paid for it , and I am getting sick of this Is there any way I can make it so the buyer has to pay for the item once they Hit the buy button ? This final value thing dose not help me , and these who buy t...

Canada Post shows it's true colours and should be disbanded / privatized

Let me start by saying that I am not for or against unions, and don't believe the actions of Canada post are driven solely by unions. Further, while I disagree with what they did, I don't really support the privatization because we would end up with ...

Resolved! PayPal accidentally credits man $92 quadrillion - CNN.com

LOL http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/tech/paypal-error/index.html

New Listing Promo 800,000 FREE Auction Listings July 14-20

Got this in My Ebay Promotional Offers Box......No email or Ebay messagesWhen I clicked on the link it goes to a page has moved error. Get up to 800,000 free insertion fees on auction listingsLimit of 800,000 auction-style listings. All existing sell...

Do I charge tax on international sales

We are a registered BC business and have our GST & PST number. We charge both taxes for sales in BC and GST/HST for other provinces in Canada. Question is do we need to charge tax on international sales (mainly USA). Thanks

eBay stopped my 20% TRS discount

I use eBay Canada to sell on, as it avoids the GSP problemsof selling on eBay.com. (many countries I sell to are now banned for non-GSP sellers) I'm based in Japan and ship from Japan. So now eBay tell me I can't get a 20% TRS discount even though I ...

Another eBay Promotion - for High Value Items

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y13/m07/i16/s01 $100 cap: http://pages.ebay.com/promo/2013/0715_lowcap100/ $150 cap: http://pages.ebay.com/promo/2013/0715_lowcap150/ Both promotions are BY INVITATION ONLY.

Need to ship to Russia - Small Pkt Air or Light Pkt Air best method?

Has anyone shipped to Russian Fed. lately? Wondered if I should use Small Pkts. or Light Pkts. (pattern books, under 400 gms) in order to arrive safely. Don't usually worry, but this person bought a bunch at one time. I am assuming that there is no T...

block bidders

where did the page go disappeared into thin air

eBay Restricts Sale of Coupons, Buyers and Sellers Disappointed

By Ina SteinerEcommerceBytes.comJuly 17, 2013 eBay sent an email to some users on Tuesday informing them of new restrictions on the sale of manufacturer's coupons. eBay is limiting sellers to selling $100 in coupons or 25 coupons a month, and it's al...

Buyer is in a country I don't ship to

One of my listings just ended. I specified in the shipping options that I only ship to Canada or the US. The winning bidder ended up being located in Brazil, and they want me to calculate the new shipping cost and just mark it as USPS International. ...

Buyer can't pickup item at post office

I'm really not sure what to do here, I sold an item to the buyer who paid for it in full via Paypal.I sent the item June 11th and it arrived on the 12th without any issues.I have received a message from the buyer this morning saying that he is unable...

4 listings ended tonite;1sold;no email saying item sold;nothing showing up

I had four items ending tonight; I watched them as they wound down. One item sold, but I can't see the sold item or the unsold items anywhere. I usually get an e-mail in my Hotmail account to say an item sold or didn't sell; nothing received, so I ca...

Payment Pending/ Transactions should be NA not USA

I am a seller that is just starting off and is very discouraged because I sell 95% of my products in Canada and for the pending payment lift I have to sell 25 transactions to the States which could very well take awhile which to a seller in Canada th...

No address on Item Sold invoice

I just received an "Item Sold" invoice, and there was no buyers address. Is this something new?

Sorry, I was busy

Life has been a whirlwind. Anywho, eBay phones me this morning. Some of you will be getting the same call. I know. I asked. 1-866 number, no name. The message boards are changing.

Buyer's Protection Plan

I bought a dozen excellent high priced hockey cards on eBay - from one seller. This seller did what many do. He listed the cards to start at 99 cents. Must have been a slow day, because I bought the cards for 99 cents each. A month later, no cards ha...

Resolved! Case opened on 46th day

A buyer opened an ebay case against me for item not received on the 46th day. I thought it has always been a 45 day policy. Did I miss an update?

No Light Pkt or Sm Pkt options available on PayPal

Just went to print a label through PayPal to send an item by Lt. Pkt. within Canada. There are NO small or light pkt. options any more! Anyone else notice this? Did I miss an announcement?

Politics Play Role in PayPal Payment Freezes

By Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes.com June 12, 2013 A new policy at eBay's payments unit is resulting in frozen funds for some sellers. And while it's always unexpected to see politics directly impact the world of collecting, it's not uncommon. Sellers b...

Can I set search parameters?

I use the search feature to research pricing for my items. Is there a way I can set my search to always do the following: North America, completed listings, highest first Right now it defaults to Canada, current listings, best match Thanks

prices for shipping to Canada????

WHY oh WHY are we THE CANADIANS who are at least the 75 % that buy on E BAY have to pay such a shipping cost???. You buy a die cast car you pay $16.00 for it it will now cost you import charge and the seller charges are at a $43.00.. Now that be 3 ti...

Seller's Protection Plan

In the hockey card business on eBay, the first card listed generally gets the best price. I listed a card that no one else had listed before. It sold for a few cents short of $49. The seller never paid. It took a while before I could close the case a...

Contacting eBay Via Email

In the recent selling promotion, like some others, I was charged for some items that should have gone in free. I don't have time to spend on the phone to eBay, so I would like to contact them via email. I have seen contact information here for one of...

Anyone else notice all the stock photos disappearing

been trying to make revision to entire store that i start months ago and now many of the sites stock photos are gone ... Any other sellers noticing this ? Maybe has something to do with with the new picture rules starting next month?

Tracked Packet vs. Expedited

The shipping cost is the same for this item, so which is the better service?

Problem applying discount

hi I want to give a customer $2.79 discount -- or adjust lower shipping fee-- any option would be good to make the new invoice. How to do it? When I change the shipping charge, it doesn't work. (clicking .recalculate always give same result, without ...

Shipping % discount

I saw a thread on these boards here sometime ago with someone telling how you can make a shipping discount. I make all my listings calculated and I wanted to make it so that all shipping methods are instantly 8% off. Does anyone know how to do that?

About Returns and Tracking

This has come up a number of tines for me personally and here on the board as well, and I think I know the answer but I'm not 100% on it. If I return an item to a seller with tracking but without going through the ebay system, and then something goes...

40,000 Free Listings - I'm not getting them or any help!

On June 5, I received a message from eBay advising me I could have 40,000 free fixed price listings from June 6-10. On June 7, I listed 20 items that qualified for the offer. BUT, all 20 were deducted from my 50 free monthly listings. So I called cus...