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Seller Cancelled Order

The seller cancelled my order and refunded without communication. Reason is "Out of stock" which is a stupid explanation since the item had been on the auction block for days.My maximum bid was higher than the one I won but apparently the seller didn...

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Item not received

I bought an item on the 13th and it was set untracked with Royal Mail. I started a dispute It's stuck on 'dispatched' but doesn't how as 'In transit'. I know that he sent it as shows in my Royal Mail app. It's now the 28th. I don't mind waiting a lit...

Buyer Protection Fees who pays them?

I know there are lots of discussions about the new Buyer Protection Fees and no selling fees for private sellers. I am a private seller, so am happy to sell with no fees. But, BIG BUT! I am having the buyer protection Fee removed from my sale!. So I ...

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Buyers Protection Fee

I wish eBay would offer a button. Which the buyer could opt-in/out of this protection fee, before purchasing an item. I'm losing sales because some buyers don't agree with the protection fee, that eBay is making them accept. I get it, we all want to ...

The most outrageous buyer request

Today I received a message that was a potential buyer wanting a try before buy. I got a sob story that she's had a tumour behind her ear and had only started wearing earrings again. Massive red flag because she was really interested in a pair of earr...

Buy sealed Galaxy S25 Ultra for 900...

Hello, everyone. I have been buying and selling on eBay for 20 years. My first question is: I want to buy a new Samsung S25 Ultra 512 Gb. They are priced at £910, but on pre-order, you can't buy them cheaper than £1400. How is this possible, and is i...

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Stopping sellers using Evri

I am sure there will be many like me who are bemused how Evri are still in business. I have had delivery after delivery fail or arrive late and nothing gets done because sellers keep using them.I just did a Trust pilot search on Evri UK their one sta...

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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item not recieved

item marked as delivered , it hasn't been , went to report it , the poxy ai keeps sending me round and round and round it wont let me report anything this site is getting worse

ebay gave seller wrong delivery address and refuse refund

I ordered two items, which when i checked ebay had given the wrong delivery address, which was obviously fake and in the USA, i live in UK, after making refund claim i was refused because they say sellers tracking info shows items have been delivered...

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