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EBay's corrupt Search Engine

It's become very hard to sell on eBay as the competition is fierce. That is why "keyword spamming" is so wrong and unfair: you list a "porcelain teapot" and, then, in the search for "porcelain teapot" you find many items that are not teapots nor porc...

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'Sausages'. Do carry on.:-)

Paid for item, then seller unregistered, then got eBay refund, then seller texting to say...

..get refund from eBay (but already did for item not received - as item had no tracking info). Then said to pay (outside of eBay) once item received. - Should I pay it or not once item is received? Sounds dodgy as hell. What else should I maybe do? I...

No Reply option available in Community Forum

I can not find a Reply option for posts in the Forum.Is this because there is a time limit to reply to a post ie: within a week or month of it appearing?When a Solution has been accepted does that close the post preventing any more replies?

Requirement to sell adult items

I want to sell sex toys what do i need to do, iam individual seller

Resolved! Can't verify my age with American Express

I'm trying to buy some cutlery and I got asked to verify my age by entering a credit card. I use an American Express credit card for all my ebay transactions, but I went ahead and reentered my details. It tells me 'A debit card can't be used to verif...

Post purchase marketing emails from seller

I recently got an email from a seller, after I bought from them on eBay, offering a future discount & with a link to their own (non eBay) shop. I didn't know that sellers could access my email address, I now understand they can, but surely it's not o...

PAYPAL - I DONT WANT TO LINK DEBIT CARD AND WANT TO PAY DIRECT FROM ACCOUNT PAYPAL IS LINKED TO

Hi I have always had a seperate paypal account specifically for ebay and i am trying to purchase a vacuum and when i select the paypal option it ask me to to either link a debit or credit card, or make monthly installments. I am unable to pay direct ...

Questions about Turnover & £1k Tax-free allowance ?

Hello all since Januray 2024 i have been trying to understand the meaning of ' turnover ' in tax so for an example let's say i listed & sold an item for £10 (that being the sold price before a payout is sent out) and as for the payout i get about £8....

New Royal Mail label layout

Why have they changed the label layout to include certificate of posting underneath the label, now I'm not able to print them on a 4 label sheet, have had to print them on A4 paper and cut them out to sellotape on.Am I the only person this has happen...

Not Allowing Bidding?

Is there something up with ebay's IT today? I've cleared the cookies from my browser. Rebooted, and I still can't bid on a couple of items. When I press to increase a bid, the bidding section then has a blue line around. When I press on bid, it doesn...

Chinese counterfeit J201s

The J201 is a vintage (no longer in production) JFET transistor for which there is no modern equivalent and which is particularly sought after by builders of guitar pedals. There are hundreds of listings from China for J201s at really cheap prices bu...

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buy it now reached but auction is still live

Hi. An item i'm currently selling with a buy it now option seems to have glitched. The buyer has bought the item, but the listing is still live. The help section is confirming the item has been purchased. When I try and revise the listing, buy it now...

Connecting Nectar card

Hi all,I'm trying to connect my nectar card, but for some reason it says my account is not in the UK.i'm trying to connect my nectar card, but for some reason it says my account is not in the UK. It is in the UK I am able to sell items and link my ba...

Tyler Dibling

Tyler was at Chelsea for 2 youth games in 2022 but couldn't settle in London so returned to Southampton.He is an England U-127 International

David Breen

the next 6 names were all purchased from a job lot of autographs from the 40's/50's+60's that I purchasedDavid Breene was at Chelsea on trial in 1963/64 playing 4 games for there south east Counties side

What’s the scam?

Wife wants to resupply with oil of Olay.its £6.50 a bottle in shops.1 - See it for £4.50 a bottle on eBay and I order 5 bottles.Get a shipped and delivered message within 2 minutes if each other. After 10 days I ask for a refund due to non delivery. ...

Royal mail 'certificate of postage'

So I've been using royal mail for sending my parcels, been using a mix of 2nd class and 48 hour tracked. Today on a delivery I've had 'certificate of postage' needed to be printed as well as the label, I've never had this needed to be printed before ...

Ebay messaged my account on hold for no reason

I have used my account for a long time now and today received email it's on hold but there's nothing wrong. Ebay says i have to add fee payment method but they take all fees before they release anything to me.... Im not understanding why I'm being fo...

ebay funs on hold

I Recently sold a item an eBay. brought the posted label went to the post office. post office would not except the label because it was wrong. posted it anyway frist class. but no tracking number I have contact the buyer to explain the issue and ask ...

Refund Shenanigans

I bought 2 items but only 1 arrived,the tracking info was incorrect and claimed both had arrived.the seller didn't believe me and neither did eBay so l appealed and eBay decided to believe me and I was emailed to say that I'd had a refund processed w...

2nd chance offers unavailable..........why is nothing being done to fix this??

For the past month thousands of sellers income has been reduced because of a glitch in the system. Sellers cannot send out 2nd chance offers..........buyers just get a message stating "The seller does not post to your area". EBAY TECH DEPT. PLEASE FI...

Sold item but can’t login to eBay

I sold an item on ebay, the seller paid then asked for a refund. I went to add my bank details, I then got logged out & can't remember login details for that account so can't complete refund. It doesn't recognise any of my emails. I have the sellers ...

Photo ID

Hi I've been asked to provide photo ID an bank details after 12 yrs .I don't have photo ID or bank online I sent copy of birth certificate but they want black an white only ebay have now restrictions on my account ..any one else had this ...thanks

Printing Label issues

As of today when I generate a label for my label printer via eBay is has started showing the customs information.I ship only to the UK exclusively. It has never happened until today.Any advice is welcome as I worried they will be denied at the office...

today ebay completely messed the postage labels!!!

Today ebay.co.uk completely messed the postage labels!They added useless 'proof of postage' section on the same page as the label.This is wasting my labels as I use 4 per page. The 'proof of postage' is not usable in the UK because online postage tri...

Changes in Postage charges

Hi all, I'm newbie to selling with Ebay, I had listed a number of items for all, working my way through the listing, descriptions, sizes, colour, photo etc., etc., then got to the postage options, I selected Evri, as I have used them many times, on c...

Warranty

I bought my wife a Galaxy S22pro in August, she has been having issues whereas the fone doesn't fully charge, and stops around 80-85%, and also on occasions has frozen, it has a 12 month warranty. I paid almost £400 for this and when trying to contac...

eBays physical address

Does anyone know where I can find eBays correspondence address?My Company has gone insolvent and the liquidators need me to list all the creditors of which eBay is one.

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