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Resolved! Proving my age without a credit card!

I see others have already asked this question (“I do not have a credit card, is there any other way to prove my age to eBay?”), but received little relevant response, with all manner of ‘real world’ suggestions (from joining porn sites, to showing yo...

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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Rate and Review, Baume & Mercier Watch

I have tried to submit this info. to Ebay but unfortunately it would appear not to comply with guidelines and was not accepted. I' therefore posting a copy for general interest:"Ebay's arbitrary "Rate and Review" questions are in no way relevant to t...

How to verify age withouth the credit card.

Hi. As you know, currently there is no other way to verify age other just with a credit card. For this reason, we need to ask eBay to change something here. The best I can think of is, write a complaint. Go to https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/gett...

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Anything worth buying for £10 on Ebay Live?

Ebay selected my account for a special offer that if I spend at least £10 on Ebay Live then they will give me two £25 off £50 spend vouchers which seem to be valid on normal ebay listings. It's a good deal and I have an idea how I would use the two v...

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Help with a refund

I bought a phone on the 22nd September. The seller told me, after I'd paid, that it wasn't charging. He tried to refund me but was told the refund couldn't go through. I tried to cancel it but was told by ebay that I couldn't do anything until I hadn...

outbid - NO! But still lost out

So ebay is now rubbish for buyers as well as sellers. Stopped selling back when so called Simple Delivery was introduced. Probably time to stop buying also?Left a maximum bid and when I check a lower bid has won the item. Curiously the winning bid is...

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Resolved! Click and Collect

Hi,My preferred 'click and collect' option is Argos in Sainsburys. But whenever I try to purchase certain products this is not an option and gives a random newsagent instead. Is this a seller option or ebay?Thanks for any response.M.

smell

I bought an item of clothing which smells. The seller will not respond to my message and eBay say the seller doesn't accept returns. Should I pay £50 for something which smells? Surely a seller cannot refuse a return in these circumstances? I cannot ...

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...

I’ve been scammed

Purchased an iphone on Ebay the end of last month and the seller posted and sent tracking details. The “item” days later ended up with a signature, which when queried with my local depot was delivered directly to a local business which is around 2 mi...

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Resolved! Is Evri killing Ebay?

There are plenty threads with people complaining about Evri, many have replys from happy customers saying " I havn't had a problem with Evri" but if you did then you would find out just what a joke they are.The measure of a company is how they deal w...

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Purchase history change

I recently bought an item and checked the delivery dates quoted in the listing. Because this was coming by Evri I opted for click and collect. First of all I noticed that I was not sent a message by Evri about the delivery, but all messages regarding...

No money, no item

Hi, I bought some modules from seller .They sent me the goods, but when I took them to my car mechanic, they turned out to be incorrect parts, as they had 4 fixing points instead of 3 fixing points. Seller confirmed that they made a mistake and asked...

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