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Am I being scammed?

Looking for a bit of reassurance here. I've been using eBay for long time and never had any issues when buying. Until now. Last Sunday I place a bid on a gaming PC expecting not to win the auction but low and behold i did. The price was pretty low. H...

ebay showing items from USA before UK.

So the search on ebay has got a lot worse and now most of the results point to items in the USA with postage 4x more than the original item. I cant filter out the USA. Poor state of affairs so Im going back to Amazon, usually a little more expensive ...

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Resolved! What is this eBay live?

Today I received an email about the new eBay live. It seems to be inviting me to take part in 'real time auctions' as long as I have an eBay account. (Surely I wouldn't have been emailed if I didn't have an eBay account?) Pardon me for being stupid, ...

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Courier messed up now l am out of pocket

Help...I do not know what to do next.I purchased a VW seat base from eBay and they delivered the wrong one so they sent me a return label.Fine l packed it the box it came in and put the label on, it was picked up and that was it, so l thought.The fol...

How likely to get a refund?

I bought a perfume last month and upon going to use it for the first time yesterday it doesn't appear to be genuine. (It was a back up which is why I didn’t get around to using it sooner) The seller is no longer registered on Ebay. I've opened a refu...

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Seller reneges

I won an auction, paid the price then received a refund together with a message that “I” had cancelled the purchase when I had certainly not. The seller sent a message saying the postage was in fact more than it had been listed as and this was the re...

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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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Still haven’t received a refund

HiI I recently bought an item on eBay and I have returned it to the seller trough eBay but. By the tracking number it has been delivered but I have not received money back yet Does anyone knows what to do next?!

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Why Did This Happen?

Hi all.I placed a bid on an item on 20/05, just the lowest bid of £11.11 to take away the 'offer' option & with the intention of upping my bid at the end of the auction.Today I get an eBay message to say that my bid has been cancelled. When I check t...

Insufficient postage

HiI have sold a photo printer and printed off the shipping label. Postage automatically included in my listing is £7.50. I checked at Parcelforce and if I wish to post the item separately, the cost would be over £18. When I present the parcel for shi...

Return case put on hold

Purchased an item (jacket) from an EU based seller via eBay.co.uk Package was shipped quicklyPackage was delivered a few days later. On opening the package, it was quite obvious that the seller had sent me the wrong item.seller sent me a jacket but w...

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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...

Delivery Update

Sent a watch it is delivered. Confirmed by the buyer but does not appear on the Ebay site. Royal Mail Special Delivery.

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Resolved! Offer from seller not showing at checkout

I've received an offer with a discount on a watched item. However, having clicked through, the item shows in basket at the original price. I've tried on different devices with the same result. Am I missing something?

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