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Buyer protection from disruptive sellers or scammers

Recently I have purchased furniture and on both situations I have had to fight hard to get my money back. As per normal you are the winning bidder and you contact the seller, you receive no contact back, after three days of trying I will request a re...

'promote It ' key inadvertently pressed

Hello folks, A bit of a question to other private sellers ,has anyone else inadvertently pressed the pale blue ' promote it' key that is above all their active listings? I'm a bit paranoid about this now as a number of my listings seem to have upgrad...

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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...

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Very slow delivery times since the changes on Feb 4th.

Anyone else noticing this?...before the changes were brought in i'd order something and it would be on my doorstep within 2-5 days max...now seem to be waiting well over a week for pretty much everything. Are sellers thinking "soddit,if i've got to w...

Item is not as described

Received not as described item but I have opened a return request changed my mind before I have received the item. I have done this since the seller is a scammer as he listed the same images on multiple accounts. The seller has accepted the return, b...

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Resolved! No Click & Collect option when offers are accepted then autopaid

Hi all, when making an offer on an item that has the Click & Collect option, you get the warning window that if the offer is accepted, your default payment method is used to autopay for the said item, however, it will only show you your primary addre...

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Resolved! Counter offers

If a seller has made me a conter offer and it expires at a certain time is the seller allowed to sell the item to someone else before i have had a chance to accept the counter offer before it expires?I had an offer which expires today but gone to acc...

Idea for new function!

Hello guys, I have a lot of purchases where eBay doesn't realise that I have received an item which I purchased, even when I have left seller feedback. Ok, many tracked items automatically update the status when the item is delivered, but others can ...

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Unable to place bids without phone verification

I've tried to place bids on two items today, but every time I click "Submit Offer," it prompts me for phone verification. I must say, it's quite annoying — is this a new requirement? I've never encountered it beforeThanks in advance for any help

Resolved! False advertising

Seller ripped me off  and gave me wrong item with false advertising.

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Fake watch

Buyers be ware EBay authenticity scheme is a scam they let fake watches go through and then when you get it checked by the manufacturer they still say it’s genuine!!!!!unbelievable in the extreme!!!do not think this is a one off be careful what you b...

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