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Resolved! Is this some form of shill bidding?

Hi. I'm wanting to bid on an item but I checked the current bids and noticed that the same person has put in about 100 bids since 5th April with only a few bids from others. It looks very strange - could it be some form of shill bidding? I know we ca...

Expired beauty products

Is there no way to report listing for beauty products that are out of date? Listing in question has the batch number which I know is out of date as I had this batch number previously and brand confirmed to me how long it was OK for.

Is there really NO way to block a seller?

Yes, I know about search filtering. This particular seller uses a variety of techniques to manipulate listings and searches to her advantage - therefore it's very difficult to tell exactly when I need to filter searches to avoid her without filtering...

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Report a listing - what a farce!!

I reported a listing for the incorrect condition category. Item was listed as 'new' but seller put in the description that they'd only used it once. I sent a message to clarify with the seller and they said they would correct it but they never did. I...

feedback

why is it that recently ebay is sending out messages to leave feedback before the item purchased has even been delivered ?

Return label incorrect size

Hi problem with a return. .Seller accepted return and provided label hower the parcel is to big for the label. .They don't seem to be sure how to physically upload a new label to the return case. . They want to arrange a collection from my house .Col...

Feedback error

With the new 'Rate the item' added to feedback it is not allowing you to leave positive feedback with a comment unless you rate the item. How can you rate an item if new and unused. Sill update again.

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Bought an item but suspected pirated material

I'm in the middle of sorting out registering a device, and with that I had to contact the manufacturer who then asked me where I bought it from. So I provided them the ebay link and also the issue I had. Now it seems the issue with registering is som...

sellers not sending stuff

Why are sellers not even bothering to send stuff out after you pay straight away its just a joke i think il find another selling platform to buy stuff as ebay just full o scammers now .

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Resolved! I used a collection point, but Royal Mail said delivery refused and return to sender. What can I do?

I ordered an item that the seller posted via Royal Mail 1pm next day. I know Royal Mail happened to have tracking issues yesterday, but I was surprised when tracking finally came back online that I saw "recipient refused to accept", and that it's bei...

Resolved! Can't leave feedback?

I want to leave feedback for a seller, but there doesn't seem to be an option to do so on my purchase history or the transaction details. The transaction happened a little under a month ago, so it should be within the 60 day limit. All my other purch...

Irrelevant Search Results

Entered "screw" in search bar. Several car headlight listings appeared before anything with "screw" in the listing title. "Morris minor headlight bezels" does not have screw in the listing title! So why am I seeing this? WYLEX 32 AMP CURVE B 3 KA MCB...

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