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A Question about business sellers & Phone numbers

is it required by UK law for business sellers to have their phone numbers public on the about section thank you

Scam invoices

Hi.i recently entered about a car on market place on Facebook.it sounded very genuine. She was an army medical and her husband died 4 months ago do was selling car cheap for quick sale as was being deployed abroad.slarm bells started ringing when I t...

Item returned to eBay authentication

My item says returning to eBay authentication does anyone know how I can get in touch with them direct as I still want the item purchased.

Received an Item I didnt order

I have received an item via the International postage system that I did not order and is not linked to any sellers from my purchases, I have checked and I havnt paid for this item anywhere and there is no info within the packaging or item details its...

No sales

What is going on at eBay? No sales, no offers no response to offers, last sale 15 hours ago and counting. I sell worldwide, all listings promoted, TRS, eBay premium service, fast and free, NO SALES. Everything's collapsed since mid march/early April....

It’s now ok to list used item as new?!?!

Today I reported a listing for an item which has 'new' in the title and specifics but seller has put that it's been worn once in the description. I asked the seller for clarification and was told they'd only worn it twice. Seller is not going to chan...

Resolved! Return complication

I bought an iphone that doesn't charge and have initiated a return that was accepted by the seller. The seller says he can fix the problem but not return it quick enough for the refund deadline. Can I just wait until it arrives and works before cance...

VAT/Tax clarification from a private seller.

Hi there, I'd like to get some clarification please, as I'm getting mixed feedback between information on Ebay and ukgov pages. I am most likely to cross over £1000 threshold for items sold this year - I have sold 3-4 watches last tax year that came ...

Seller hasn't despatched

I bought and paid for a phone on Wednesday morning. I had an ongoing conversation with the seller about condition of the phone etc. I made a Best Offer and they came back with a counter offer which I accepted. The original listing said dispatches wit...

Feedback left for others has changed

I used to be able to see who I had left feedback for when looking at the 'Feedback left for others' tab. Now when I go there, it does not show the buyerid of who I left feedback for. Instead I see Buyer: o***d ().Hopefully this is just another 'chang...

Samsung Tablet and Google

I purchased a Samsung Galaxy tab which had been factory reset. I can't get past the point of putting on my Google account details. It is asking for previous account details. Obviously seller reluctant to do this. Samsung say its a security issue to l...

Seller hasnt got the item he has sold and ive waited 3/4 days

Hello, I bought some football boots on 24th, and it was listed as dispatch < 3 working days. I contacted him yesterday (26th) to check status of order and he said it would be dispatched within 24 hours, now after waiting 24 hours I asked again and no...

Just received an empty package

I bought some antique coins from a dealer and he sent it to me second class 'signed for'. Today I received the package, but the postman didn't ring the doorbell for me to sign it and just put it through the letterbox. I was in at the time and didn't ...

post office trying to charge vat again (already paid through ebay)

the post office want to charge me vat and an opening charge for an itemi have already paid the vat to ebay forthey will not give me the item unless I pay how do i contact ebay about this?

Resolved! One Word....

'Sausages'. Do carry on.:-)

Enormous postage price increase

Hello, I went to buy postage for an item that had sold and the Evri price has jumped from £2.94 to £4.06 and the Royal Mail one to £4.59 for 2nd class. This is to send a small parcel under a kg. I can't imagine this will entice buyers. Am I missing s...

Resolved! Goodnight everyone.

Goodnight to all.

Nectar

Hi, I appear to be having the same technical issues with nectar being temporarily disabled. I have no way of unlinking or relinking a card. Nectar have said it is fine at their end and to contact eBay. I have tried to use the chat but it sent me to t...

eBay cares little for sellers!!!

I sold a funnel that was EXACTLY as described and the dimensions are stated very clearly on the full description page. The buyer disagreed with the title but admitted he didn't read the full description page, if he had he would have known exactly wha...

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 ...

Over 50% Drop In Sales over 31 Days

So, for the last 4 years my rolling sales over 31 days was 18-20k the last 31 days sales are down over 50%! Never have I seen such a dramatic drop in sales than this month. Very concering and as such have spoken to eBay C/S twice to voice my concern ...

Can’t load my basket

My basket won't load I get blue box

Clicking on bidding, buy it now, watch this item, make an offer buttons, not working

This has been an issue for a couple of days now, when you attempt to choose an option, a box (thin line) appears around the whole list of options but nothing is actioned. The wonderful website designers have probably changed or updated something to h...

Customer never read my description properly and has left me neutral feedback

I've been an eBay buyer for over 15 years and have been selling items for a few months. So far I have over 100 sales and have a 100% rating, which naturally is very important to me. However, a customer recently bought an item from me. I mentioned qui...

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I haven't received my motor bike handle bar throttle lock

Vanishing Ebay Sales!

Has anyone else noticed a drastic reduction in sales this April? I normally sell around 3 to 4 items a day, and we've sold a total of 2 items in 2 weeks! We've tried promotions, sales and all haven't worked. We're getting rather desperate, I've tried...

Resolved! is this the way eBay issue returns labels now

I made a recent Purchase based on Sellers 5% discount Offer of £51.29 for8 x Fence Post Spike Holders but the Seller only sent me One Square Post Holder.I contacted him and said incorrect item sent.I had to start a “Return” case and had expected a Re...

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!

return labels - bring my label and dead printers plus responsibility

Me : Hello this product you have sold me is 100% useless, I would like a refund. (Value £12) Seller : Failure accepted. Fine, here's a label, send it back free of charge for a refund.Me : I dont have a printer. I did have a £90 epson printer that sto...

Search results for sold items

Is it just me or is the search function not working for sold items on the mobile app? I'm trying to research sold prices for an item I'm selling. When I search for current items it finds several but when I filter the search for ended/sold items there...

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