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Listing Promotion

Keep your eyes open for a listing promotion. Something I haven't seen in ages. May or may not be available for ALL sellers. Posting only as a notice to be on look out for. Details below. Activation will be required. New year, new saving, more cash.En...

eBay wants me to open a new bank account

I completed a sale on August 14, 2021 The buyer paid on August 15, 2021 To date I have not been paid by eBay, they keep telling me that the payments are blocked by my bank. Ebay provided me reference numbers to take to my bank. My bank tells me that ...

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Resolved! How to collect additional shipping payment?

I have a buyer who purchased and paid for a craft book, and she wants to know if I can sent it so it arrives quicker. The only way would be expedited, but I don't know how she could send me the extra money for that.

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Managed Payments

I have always used PayPal when I purchase items on eBay. I sold an item last night & got a message from the buyer this morning saying "all I have is Mastercard & they do not accept it". Would this be correct or is it a question of buyer regret?

Scammers

Our ebay account keeps getting offers but all have been scammers. This morning we got 3 offers from the same buyer. Seems like these scammers are targeting our ebay account. How to tell if it's a scammer or reall buyer. Every offer we have had so far...

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Item delivered a week ago, payment still on hold. Am I helping to fund eBay or PayPal?

I don’t usually post on message boards but I’m really curious as to whether mine is a unique situation or if this is a trend experienced by others. I am new to eBay despite having a 25 year career in IT and a couple months ago bought an item and all ...

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Are we being scammed

Hi both my husband and I have opened up ebay stores. My husband has already had 2 people attempt to scam him. My husbands store received an offer today on an item and we sent invoices and then I checked my store and I received an offer from the same ...

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experiment with almost give away listing pondering problem

need to increase number of sales before the 20 th of month to get back to good glaces with ebay and lower charging rate 6% lower that is -- tried selling all my listings at 45% to 50 to 65 % off my already low prices -- don't increase sales still abo...

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Media (DVD's/Blu-rays) Being Shipped from China!

I remarked on this topic a few weeks ago, but I was unaware at that time as to the extent of this problem. (When I went to revisit the thread after a couple of weeks, I noticed that it had disappeared. I was curious as to why .... it's the first time...

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99c auctions experiment, observations so far.

I auction a lot of stuff at the same start price it will be if it doesn't sell and then goes BIN, but it has been a very very long time since I've run a 99c auction.I've noticed that some of my "watchees" succeed in getting some very good results wit...

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Need Help My fellow Canadians

i have sold shoes on ebay and they have gone to someone first to be checked for authenticity before going to the buyer no problems. i recently sold a pair to someone in Mexico and using eBay labels, i used the choice given and sent them just like bef...

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Unable to general printing labels on eBay

I have had this happen a couple of times before. Not sure if Canada Post's fault or eBay's but have tried over the course of 40 minutes or so to print a label & it just keeps giving me an error message to print later. This is of course annoying but w...

Resolved! Sourcing Shipping Materials in Canada

Hello everybody, I am having a hard time finding a good source for boxes and bubble wrap, mailers etc. Can anyone here recommend a good wholesale company in Canada and better yet in B.C.?

Shipping Costs being a Canadian Seller

I was looking for some insight as I have recently tried to make my eBay a secondary source of income. I am getting a lot of messages about shipping. The majority of my sales are graded cards which I always send tracked however I am getting asked freq...

Watchers

With the last update for watchers the count was attached to each listing when you hit 5. Anyone know if that is still the case? On my curent listings all I am now seeing is Ships from Canada, Returns accepted and/or New. From my past experience if/wh...

Sales tax on shipping cost

How is eBay able to collect sales tax on the shipping cost? I've just sold an item for $5 + postage $17.90 (yes, Canada Post at work) = $22.90 on which eBay has slapped 12% for the buyer. $2.75 tax on an item worth $5??

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New kind of glitch - a blocked buyer buys from my store!

This is something very unusual. I got an offer from a buyer blocked since 13 months! I accepted the offer, then I realized the buyer was on my black list. It happens often that the banned buyers try to buy again, but they use other nicknames, but thi...

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