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Need Help Reinstating or Removing My eBay Account

Hello everyone,I hope you are well. I need assistance regarding my eBay account. My account has been placed under review / restriction (or suspended adjust if needed), and I would like guidance on how to either reinstate it or request complete remova...

Seller unresponsive for item to be collected

I won an auction for a £1000 item last weekend. Paid the money as requested through ebay, and tried to contact the seller to arrange collection as per the auction. Seller has never responded in any way either to arrange collection or to cancel the or...

"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 ...

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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Buying from the USA

Hi im trying to buy an item from the USA using my eBay balance (more then enough in there )Is there a reason why i cant use my balance for this purchase ??

Feedback reversed in sellers favour

Hello, can anyone explain to me, why my feedback has been removed to the sellers favor, because i wanted to send my item back because I changed my mind about it. The seller refused for me to send item back at my costs, not the seller. I had a reply b...

DHL is not delivering the item arrived in their delivery depot

The tracking shows the item has arrived in the local DHL depot almost 10 days ago, but they are not delivering the good, and everyday the tracking appears as the item scanned in the delivery depot as "arrived in the depot". The seller is in England a...

Seller massaging

I texted and asked a question from seller but they haven’t responded yet.

I was scammed by an Ebay seller

I bought a pair of Tom Ford sunglasses , after 2 weeks I contacted her, and she she's out of the country and would be back in 2 weeks , after 2 weeks I contacted her initially I did not receive any reply , she then told me she has been ill and she go...

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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eBay is no good for purchasing

Yet yet yet again I've been promised a delivery date but it has passed without receiving the purchase.All the good sellers have left and gone to Amazon due to high fees charged by eBay. The result is we're left with the false dates that hook the buye...

Contacting eBay about non delivery

Hi, I have purchased an item from eBay as a guest. I do not nor want an eBay account. However, I have just received an email notification saying the item was delivered at 17.30. I was home at that time and nobody knocked or delivered a package. I hav...

Issue with order

Not received an Order paid for proof by email of order and payment but my account is showing that I have no orders so can not get help from anyone. Any help appreciated

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