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Resolved! What To Do When Ebay Cheats You?

Told seller to cancel, they refused. Chat with ebay gets Not Recd case opened so Seller Sends it! Then we Refuse it via UPS & it gets delivered back today. we never saw it. But Seller managed to Convince ebay despite tracking that we had it Yesterday...

1000000000 monthly limit. Private sellers. £1,017,774,560.66 monthly limit. Why?

Ebay have removed the selling limit from my account: But, you can still list or sell up to 999999925 items more to reach your 1000000000 monthly limit. Or you can list or sell up to £1,017,762,021.81 more to reach your £1,017,774,560.66 monthly limit...

Clarity on Taxidermy

Good afternoon, So I made a listing to sell a taxidermy barn owl yesterday (22/4) but the listing was removed due to "You listed an item from a species of bird that is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. We appreciate that you chose to utiliz...

Getting a bit sick of this over charged postage.

The last few months I've been buying from ebay quite frequenty. On some small items I've bought the postage has been set on the listing at £3.20 (Second Class Small Parcel). When the items arrive they have been sent as a Large Letter for £0.96p. I do...

Postage Payments

How can I change the payments from PayPal to taking it directly from registered bank account? I'm trying to ditch PayPal & pay directly

Is my Account money safe please .

I have not sold on eBay for 2 years or more. I used to take payments via Pay Pal Today I sold an item , the buyer said he had paid by PP but nothing appeared Instead I got a red dialogue box from eBay wanting me to tell them my Bank Account details. ...

Bought item that doesn’t fit

Bought an item for my car which eBay said would fit but it doesn't and it would cost me the same as what I paid to return it. Any suggestions? Would be appreciated

Unable to link new nectar card

Good afternoon.Hope your all well, in short lost my nectar card , it was already linked to ebay got a new one with same details but now i cant unlink then link it to ebay as it states Your Nectar account has been temporarily disabled. We cannot show ...

Vinted have updated their T & C's with regard to HMRC

Sent under cover of an email 22nd April: "2.8.3.To report your earnings and taxpayer informationIf you reach a certain amount of sales or earnings, we are obliged to collect and report your earnings and taxpayer information to HM Revenue & Customs (H...

Unable to list on desktop for the last 2 weeks

Hi, Please can someone or Ebay help me? I usualy list everyday using ready made templates, google chrome and my laptop. For the last two weeks when i try to list new items i have been having problems. I finish up my listing , click on list with displ...

Resolved! Sending Large letter Items that may pierce envelope

Morning everyone,I brought something with the intention to split it up and sell as individual items as it turned out cheaper to buy as a group however, I can now see a potential issue which could result in INR.One of the items has like a thick dull e...

Cheated by buyer and Ebay

HiI sold and delivered the item to the buyer.Despite proof of delivery of the goods in the form of a photo of the courier, the buyer claims that he did not receive the goods.Ebay took the money from my account and sent information that it had resolve...

Overseas postage and customs

I'm trying to return an item to India but I need contact details for the seller to be able to complete the customs forms. I've tried contacting the seller but they say they are not going to provide the details.How am I supposed to return without the ...

Resolved! Gifs, pics and graphics

Now that we’re legitimate again, we could use a place for folk to post pics, graphics and animations that they’d like others to see. And this could be the very place. There’s only one rule. . . . . . don’t break any of the rules. Happy posting!

Need Advice..

I purchased a New phone on September 2023..The phone arrived with the wrong battery..I have been in contact with the person who I purchased the phone from..They said there was the correct battery in the post..Im still waiting on the correct battery.....

If I Close My Shop Down Will I Be Able To Keep My Feedback

Hi,I have had a basic shop for some time now but I have only been making enough money to pay for the fees each month. I still want to sell under the same Ebay user ID but as I am a registered business seller but I am not selling very much I feel that...

Resolved! One Word....

'Sausages'. Do carry on.:-)

I received negative feedback as i was in intensive care in hospital ( obviously unplanned)

Whilst in intensive care in hospital ( obviously not planned ) I had a sale and was clearly not in a position to post the purchase. I got negative feedback " Avoid avoid avoid " I've always had 100 percent feedback . I've appealed to eBay but they've...

Resolved! Ebay via YOULEND - anyone got any pros and cons

Hi All, I hope sales are good! Today we received a generous offer from eBay Capital that would be enough to rent a unit for a year. I believe that you pay a daily percentage of sales. The previous similar type of loans via P-pay were very straightfor...

Resolved! Postage Payments

How can I change the payments from PayPal to taking it directly from registered bank account? I'm trying to ditch PayPal & pay directly through the ebay postage page

Changing a business account to a personal account

I have a business ebay account but am closing down my business. Am I able to change my ebay account from a business account to a personal account or will I have to close the business account and open a new personal account?

Sales Downfall in March 2024

I wonder if anyone else noticed a sudden downfall in sales. Sales are non existent in March however January and February were reasonabley good months. Please share your thoughts!

Ebays EDD'S

Good morning As everyone knows, I have been going on about ebays estimated delivery dates for a while now. I know many sellers including myself, have reported this issue to customer services, and the ebay weekly community chat team with no success. A...

Unable to promote any listings?

I have listed a bunch of items and there now seems to be no option to promote any listings for me? seems to have changed in the last couple of weeks, anybody know why this is?

Not Able to View Sold Items on Ebay app

Hi, I am not able to view my sold items on my Ebay mobile app.I get java.io. IOException on the screen instead. Have the same on 2 mobiles, 1 tablet. I've tried clearing the cache, un-installing the app and re-installing and signing back in.Phone is ...

False prosecution by Ebay

On Saturday 20/04/2024 I received a demand from Moorcroft Debt Recovery Ltd as per instructions from EBAY COMMERCE UK LTD for an 'overdue account of £520.29'.This came as a complete surprise to me as I have only ever used Ebay to buy the ocassional D...

I created eBay account on 21st April-2024 and on 22nd April-2024 eBay restricted my account

I created eBay account on 21st April-2024 and on 22nd April-2024 eBay resctricted my account without any specific reason. i haven't even started selling. eBay thinks my business is risk for eBay community. and on otherside i am doing business on Amaz...

Tablet to lock - returns weren't completed

Hi I purchased a Samsung tablet for my hubby. No issues with it. It WAS working fine.Now it comes up with the fact it is to be locked because the returns that were supposed to be sent, haven't been. The seller said that they could stop this but, they...

Cash on collection - what if buyer pays via eBay (and/or requests courier) before collecting?

Hi, I'm preparing to list a couple of vinyl record job lots for collection only. I haven't done a 'collection in person' listing before, and feel rather nervous about how things could go (assuming a sale, of course). It seems a bit 'Wild West', with ...

Ebay disabled my card funding (Payment method) under seller cost

So I am having an issue currently (not resolved yet) with ebay from a transaction that went off with a buyer. I kept the buyer informed of key dates and when the manufacture of the product could resolve the issue which was unrealistically longer than...

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