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Insulting email from seller and claiming money back

Hii purchased 2 items from a buyer, both with ‘free’ postage. I paid with my existing eBay balance so it wasn’t via PayPal or credit card. Anyway I got a card from Royal Mail today saying they had a parcel for me with underpaid postage, however it di...

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Seller and ebay are a disgrace.

15 Oct 2025 I purchased a 4TB SSD drive, from what was supposed to be a UK seller, obviously drop shipped from China, arrived 25th Oct 2025. After receiving the drive and installing it, I quickly realised that the item was faulty and unusable.Contact...

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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proof of age

I guess ebay are going to lose a lot of business with this credit card ID lark to buy bladed items i missed out on a planner today and went else where the other day to buy scroll saw blades other companys dont have this policy why just a credit card ...

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Evri service lack of.

Has there ever been a worse delivery service than EVRI, ?Trying to contact a real person is impossible. Not sure about others on here with missing deliveries but in my area we get a different driver every day and none of them have English as their fi...

Bizzare problem at checkout

EBay will not let me checkout when I try to buy a certain type of perfume from ANY seller, in any part of the country, even if they have sent me an offer!I have bought this particular perfume (Prada paradoxe) in the past few months off eBay sellers w...

Anyone recieve their vouchers for buying on eBay live?

Hiya. Purchased something I otherwise wouldn't have for a tenner during an eBay live in order to try and get ahold of the two £25 vouchers on any purchase at or above £50, but I haven't recieved it yet. I know it states it can take up to two weeks, b...

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Leaving negative feedback.

First post, so I purchased some printer ink on 9th November 2025, latest delivery was meant to be Thursday 13th November, contacted seller Saturday 15th November they said it had been dispatched give it until next Friday 21st November. Come 21st and ...

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VAT illegaly charged by eBay

I lodged an official complaint regarding incorrect VAT collection by the IOSS operator eBay Europe S.à r.l. (IOSS ID: IM4420000742).I purchased an investment gold coin (1989 UK Double Sovereign), which is VAT-exempt under EU Directive 2006/112/EC, Ar...

i won an auction, but the seller won't sell

I won an auction, on the 19th Nov 2025, but before I could pay the seller cancelled the sale , giving the reason to eBay for cancelling as "the item is no longer available or damaged", but then also sent me a message saying "so sorry, I can't let it ...

New scam on eBay

I bought an iPhone on eBay and received an alert stating that the item would be delivered the next day. The next day, I received another alert to confirm that it had been delivered. I was at home all day, and I never received anything. I called Royal...

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I have been scammed The seller sent a blank envelope

I purchased an iPhone 16 Pro Max 1TB from a seller on eBay. Before completing the purchase, I contacted the seller to ask if the phone could be sent via next-day delivery, as I needed it urgently. The seller agreed to this arrangement, and I asked hi...

Outside promotions on ordering an item

I bought an item today through ebay. Because of this I have won some goodies one of which is 50% off AA breakdown cover. However the offer is disingenuous. I currently am a member of AA Breakdown until March next year. The person I spoke to said they...