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Resolved! Item only partially refunded - WHY?

I bought a very fragile, lightweight glass item, and was charged a lot {£4} for postage and packing.However, when it arrived, I was dismayed to see a feeble packing effort {Bent and torn} and the vintage item was in fragments inside and definitely ha...

Negative feedback

Normally I avoid sellers with low feedback but I ordered from one because he had 100% positive score. It turned out to be a total waste of time. He generated a tracking number but didn't send my order. After 5 days Evri still hadn't received the orde...

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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Length of time for despatch

Hi folks.Why does it take 10 days or longer to despatch an item that can easily be put in an envelope from an address in the UK ,I can't prove it but I've got a feeling certain sellers are taking orders then ordering from China then despatching the i...

Very slow delivery times since the changes on Feb 4th.

Anyone else noticing this?...before the changes were brought in i'd order something and it would be on my doorstep within 2-5 days max...now seem to be waiting well over a week for pretty much everything. Are sellers thinking "soddit,if i've got to w...

negative feedback removed

I rebenmtly left negative feedback for a seller. The basics are I ordered a phone, realised the 2 week delivery window would have missed the birthday I had bought it for and requested to cancel this after 2 minutes. 24 hours later they refused and se...

Item not received,Evri lost parcel

Purchased a item on 6/12/25. Item not received.Contact seller,Seller replied she will contact Evri.Seller sent a message to advise that Evri will ring me.Strange, Evri ring Ebay customers.Seller's comms have been poor.After contacting Evri,they have ...

Item delivered by Amazon to wrong address - location unknown

I'm actually relating an experience of my girlfriend who has such a hectic life that she genuinely does not have time to post it herself. She ordered an item from an eBay business seller and as it had not arrived, she checked her account and it was m...

Why am i stuck with offers on my ebay that i do not want .

I am fed up of offers sent to me being stuck on my ebay for 4 days, how can i get rid of these annoying offers from sellers ??, most of these offers i have no interest in, apparantly ebay thinks it is great to keep them on my ebay with no way of dele...

Item Not Received, Ebay Closed Case, PayPal Waiting Game.

PLEASE can somebody help me, I'm at my wits' end! I ordered an item, which was posted by the seller. The item was posted, but the tracking is stagnant. Both eBay and the seller have closed the case. I disputed this with PayPal, they made me wait ten ...

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Ebay seller not describing item correctly

Just discovered that the Ebay seller mis advertised a remote controller that does not work with the machine as llisted. Just discovered the error after 150 days! Do I have to take seller to small Claims court?

Items purchased on 12/13 of December!

I am not having much luck with ebay, at the moment? 1, Ordered some perfume on 8/12/25, not received, evri have confirmed that they have lost the parcel.Now going through INR case. 2,Ordered some nail polish on 12/12/25, not even dispatched. 3, Order...