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New user looking for seller help.

I am new to the Ebay selling. Anyone have some good links to read for someone just starting out. I live in Canada so I am looking for something from a Canadian perspective. Thanks and I look forward to your reply.

Buyer complains about items he thinks he should have received (but were not in the listing)

The Buyer complains about items he thinks he should have received (but were not in the listing) and after being politely told these items (cables and power supply) were not in the listing, he leaves negative feedback and rants about this "Terrible se...

premier account required for immediate payment

im trying to list an item and i want immediate payment using buy it now. it keeps telling me i need to upgrade my Paypal account to a premier or business account but it is already a premier account and verified yet eBay keeps saying the same thing wh...

hi just want to ask if i want to make 30 days listing

hican aynone help me and tel me where do i go and make 30 days listing because my al listing is just for 7 days and sumtimes i dont get time to just relist i just want my item b listed for 30 days and wht are the chareges...please help me out

How long before you file for non-payment?

I was checking a listing, and I found this in the description, "I expect payment within 2 days after close of auction. On the third day I will turn into E-bay for non-payment." I decided that this was not someone I would want to purchases from. How l...

Paypal not working today anyone else having issue

This is the message i get and i cant even get to the point of entering any info If you were making a purchase or sending money, we recommend that you check both your PayPal account and your email for a transaction confirmation after 30 minutes.If you...

Final Value Fee on Shipping What the Heck!

Okay, on items that fit this category that weigh no more than 0.150 (kg) the Canada Post rate of $3.79 is what I am charging plus tax which comes to $4.28. Yet, I'm being charged a final value fee on shipping. I am not overcharging, nor am I making u...

Online Shopping -- Presented for what it's worth

6 Little Secrets About Online Shopping That Retailers Don’t Want Their Competitors To KnowPosted on August 6, 2013 by Gilon Miller inShare35 Fact: Online retail spending in the US reached $186 billion in 2012. Fact: By 2015, International eCommerce s...

How to send a cancellation for a completed transaction?!

Hello all! Hope y'all having a great day ( which I doubt due to all these picky buyers )Here's the thing, I sold an item now buyer claims the product as non working -___- yet it was fully tested and works.Anyways, he wants to send it back for a refun...

If you use Insured Bay - DON'T - they are out of business

Anyone try Insured Bay for shipping insurance? i just tried calling them and the UK number is dead. i chatted with a fellow at the Israel number who spoke to me with babies hollering in the background. Apparently they are kaput but the site appears t...

When I put up an item for sale, why does it show a shipping cost?

When I put an item up for sale I always put shipping depends on destination. Why are some of my items showing a shipping cost? It has lost me a couple of sales already because the buyer thinks shipping would be something like $10.00, when actually it...

Hi ,I cannot list anything,in the categories

I cannot list anything,when I select a category it comes back saying please list at least one category,well I have tried and I just get kicked off,also I have tried the sell one like this and when I get to the description part ,the cursor will not sh...

Is Paypal Shipping Down?

I've been trying to print a label for the past hour. Does anyone know if paypal shipping is down?

Ship with signature conformation to the US?

How do I get that? UPS Or Canada post wont let me add signature conformation....

I Can't Find the "Ship Another" Link in PayPal Details

It used to be at the bottom of the details page. Is it no longer available or has it moved? Thanks.

Seller fee discount

Ebay Gave me Top rated seller status in August. I had the status for about 3 weeks. benefit was 20% discount from the final value fee. after 3 weeks I got a meesage from ebay said I am not a top rate seller anymore so remove the status. Should it be ...

Would like to be positive for the day

My sales for Feb 2014 are exceeding my sale for this time last year ..... YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BOYYYYYYYYYYY Just though I would be put a bit of sunshine in these board that are filled with gloom and doom LOL

Canada post is killing me and I mean it is just sad

So my lost lettermail for the last 4 months has exceeded my lost parcels for 3 years combine and now today some how I shipped 4 cases to a guy and they only receiveed 2 cases .. FYI the buyer and I have been doing business for over 1 yr and have a gr...

risk level for non insured shipping

As I have written before on this forum, I am not comfortable shipping without insurance or tracking, especially with international destination. I decided that an item with value over $50 would need tracking and I would risk without tracking sending a...

Is the mail tomorrow?

I have heard there is, and there isn't, I think it's a holiday in the US as well.

LYING TO GET OUT OF A CONTRACT ALLOWED BY eBay?

I had a buyer so excited about purchasing my candle she asked me how much shipping would be if she bought 2? I packaged two candles calculated weight, measured and gave her the appropriate amount. Here is her reaction: Shortly after eBay sent me an e...

Any one notice that View Counter has been reset?

Hi, Just noticed on some of my listings the view counter has been reset to zero, anyone else notice this?

There needs to be a policy change on feedback!

This feedback system needs a revisal. There is no way that a buyer should be able to leave negative feedback without first being forced by eBay to contact tyne seller! If there is no communication for the seller within a reasonable amount of time (4 ...

a buyer cancel the bid and there is no reason, why e-bay accept it

Yesterday I received a message about someone has bidded and has cancel the bid and there is no reason, the message said check the reason and the reason said : no reason has been left. Hey? As seller we don't have protection any bidder can retract a b...

eBay is a mess!

I received a message from a U.S. buyer on the weekend asking why I was blocking her from bidding as she had no strikes against her in the past 12 months. Now I know I have to take her word on that because I have no way of knowing. However, she has pu...

Lost item in mail finally turned up

Hello,I sent out two packages to two different customers back in early December that really didn't look like they would ever turn up. Just shipped from Montreal to the US, no huge travel time and under expedited shipping as well. Almost 2 months late...

Transit Time to Russia

Does anyone here ship to Russia often? An item shipped using Small Packet Air arrived to a buyer in a little over 2 weeks - is this a fluke? Or maybe it's because the buyer lives in a major city?

HELP! Have I been scammed?

I recently sold 2 items to 1 buyer in the states. She paid I shipped next day, both items in 1 package.Items were shipped this past Friday morning, going to CALI ~ She contacts me on saturday morning asking for a tracking number ~ It is then I realis...

Buyer difficulty making payment