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Different prices in Chrome vs Firefox

I normally use Firefox, but I’ve discovered that on Chrome, the price of an ebay item changes once you put it into the basket. For example, there is a listing for Readers Digest Gardeners Encylopedia at £23.17. I tested putting that in the basket usi...

Wrong item sent.

Hi guys.I bought some BVC coils from a seller, they sent the wrong ones, they were for a Nautilus vape so don't fit mine.So they told me to open a returns request and send picture which I did they said they would accept and send the right ones out.No...

Seller is in China

I wanted to buy an item that I needed quickly, so I chose UK Only. The listing showed the seller to be in Manchester. I received email comfirmation of the order, which showed that the seller is actually in China. I could have bought the item from Ali...

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SAVED FEED NEW UTTER WASTE OF TIME

The new SAVED FEED that purports to offer ideas to would be purchasers is a complete and utter waste of time. Its AI choice or perhaps something else is actually totally and utterly uninformed, taking away the previous long established serendipitous ...

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...

incomplete items

It must have been two years ago when I bought a copy of the Liverpool Echo from May 1971 and, when I got it, I was horrified to discover that most of the paper was missing - absolutely f*****g horrified. To add insult to injury, yesterday I got a cop...

Uk buyers now not allowed to buy from America!

Has any other UK buyer had this problem? I'm absolutely disgusted with eBay for ever implementing it. It's so discriminating and weird. Basically if you're in the UK, you are now no longer allowed to buy from any seller in America, no matter how hard...

The GOOD old days

Does anybody remember the good old days, when we found an auction of interest, CLICKED on the bids made, taking us to the BIDDING HISTORY of that auction, where you would find that ebay had encrypted the bidders user names, and you COULD have clicked...

Just noticed I got charged extra…

Hi all, I’ve not been on eBay for a good year or so.. I normal buy records on here. Which are expensive enough as it is… I just noticed that I payed something called a buyer protection fee on top of my purchase. What a con… We had buy protection.. It...

Return closed by eBay while discussing with seller

I had a return open with a seller as the item I purchased did not match the description and had damage. The seller had offered a 50% refund as they were not able to accept a return however I wanted a full refund for the item. I was discussing receivi...

So few private seller items on ebay now

I have been so disappointed lately by the lack of private seller listings on ebay - but I can't pretend to be surprised. After all, when you add together "buyer protection" and the stasi-like forced use of the diabolical Evri for delivery what else c...

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Resolved! Negative feedback

Over the past 3 months I have had issues with sellers getting it wrong so I left negative feedback for them.My issues are ebay has removed both feedbacks with out an valid explanation.So my question is what is the point of the feedback system?Should ...

eBay Postage Scam

I purchased a MacBook on eBay for £1500 and didn't receive it. The seller has somehow tampered with the Royal Mail label by changing the delivery address to a nearby hotel Tracking number shows as delivered with a signature and the proof of postage p...

Extra hidden cost

Hi there. Bid on a private listing for a code to be delivered by direct message. However I won the auction at £39 in the auction and with the £2.29 buyer protection it says £41. On the selling page it says it's free standard tracked delivery. Yet whe...