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Hi, Is there any way I can send an announcement to all ebay seller to ask them if they have the item I want to buy? Thank you

"Buyer protection fee"? I don't think so. What a scam!

Was just about to purchase an item when I noticed a ~£3 "buyer protection fee". What an absolute scam. As a buyer, I absolutely refuse to pay eBay for the privilege of bare minimum customer service. Foisting hidden fees and extra charges onto buyers ...

Sellers listing false prices

Cab eBay stop the listing practice where the seller has multiple items in order to list the main item at a lower price, for instance a phone is listed as X price but that is the price for the charger on its own , the phone itself is another much high...

Returns

Just purchased 2 plaster moulding inches shape of flower baskets. They were not custom made for me in any way , the seller has 902 items listed for sale say they are a private seller I personally think they are a business . So the size of the item wa...

Stolen Parcel From Door

Hi guys. I ordered a new head unit for my car (£185) from a seller and they stupidly used Evri. The day it was meant to arrive I was going to be out so I went on the Evri app and told them to deliver to my next door neighbour. That afternoon I get no...

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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Search - is anyone else finding it as useless as me?

In the past few months I have found the search function to become nearly useless. I often search for specific computer hardware components, I usually use the exact model number, brand name, memory size etc in the search. An example would be "NVIDIA R...

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Has Royal Mail lost my item?

I ordered an item from a Seller exactly a Week ago. They arranged for the item to be collected by Royal Mail and Royal Mail picked it up on Saturday 2nd August. It was 48 Hour Tracked delivery. The tracking has not updated since Saturday and the item...

Ebay abuse of Buyers, and always remove feeback when asked.

I bought goods from a seller at 9:30 at night and cancelled within 2 minutes due to an error. They responded and refused the cancellation and claimed the goods were already dispatched. Their claim, which clearly was untrue, was shown to be untrue whe...

buying bladed items

I am unable to to purchase a polesaw as it is a bladed item and I do not have a credit card only debit so am unable to verify my age. I rang Ebay and was told to contact the seller and get him to amend the ad or borrow someone's credit card. I contac...

Is This Authenticity Guarantee Message Authentic?????

Hi, I just got an email from ebay at reply.ebay.co.uk which at first sight seems to be an ebay promotion. Title: "A timeless investment" Content:"Invest with luxuryShop designer handbags with confidence thanks to Authenticity Guarantee. Experts verif...

Can't make an offer

I can't make an offer. When I enter the offer it takes me to a "we looked everywhere" page inside the offer frame. *bleep* is this about? I've tried with different browsers on different Internet connections and get the same behaviour on everything. h...

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