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Watch List - March 2025 failures!

What's going on with the Watch List functions... yet again. 1. The top banner has been removed on item pages, so now you have this stupid 'heart' symbol, that fails to tell you on which list the item is saved to; a complete retrograde step in user fu...

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Refund Help

I went to buy an item and the sale went through but the seller messaged me saying they have sold it already. How do i get a refund? Thanks

Calor gas

Hi I ordered a bottle of calor gas and paid forty nine pound ninety nine pence it gave me a number and told me to pick it up but I don’t where to pick it up from can you please let me know ASAP thank you

Refound or exchange

I have bought broken headphones doby and unfortunately not working any advice hot to get my refund back please

Failed delivery no info on pick up point

I ordered an item from China, it has 2 failed delivery attempts on the days I was in. I waited in all day yesterday and there was nothing. I checked the tracking and it says attempted delivery nobody came so this is a lie. No attempted deliveries hav...

Tracking number

Unable to add tracking number to an order. The tracking number attached to the order is incorrect, the result of which is order is saying delivery pending when the item has been delivered.

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selling a paraglider

I recently advertised a paraglider with a reserve of £1500 I was charged £58 for the advert plus charges have been added to the listing reserve cost. I am a private seller.Ebay mentioned there was a charge of £58 but i assumed this was when i sold it...

Resolved! Appalling new eBay bidding "glitch", more seconds added, & allows snipers to out bid a winning bid

I have been buying & selling on eBay for over 15 years, & have watched whilst little by little eBay tweek elements which have worked perfectly, but this new little trick up the sleeve of eBay when bidding, takes the biscuit. You find an item you want...

just bought on eBay and I saw suddenly a “UK VAT added to price” for the first time is this correct

Hi, I just bought an item on eBay and I saw added to the final price before payment a "UK VAT added to price" to a value of 20%. I have never seen that before in more than 18 years on eBay. The seller is in UK and I am also in UK. Is this correct and...

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Potential Fraudulent Seller

So the other day I purchased nearly £500 worth of 22k gold in a nugget, the seller has had many sales not one negative review and seems to made a business out of it, on arrival this nuggets colour was very off and copper coloured for high purity gold...

Payments to be paid

i tried to place an order and got as far as payment but page was blank and therefore I couln’t Enter payment. What is wrong I managed to order two days ago and received those parcels today so why can’t I complete my order today. I wanted to phone and...

Seller refusing return and full refund for 'item not as described'

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Sega Game Gear game that was shrink-wrapped and described as new in the listing. I assumed that the listing was correct and that the game was new. However, upon receiving the game and opening the shrink-wrap, I found ...