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Resolved! Ebay EVRI delivery stole my parcel

I am a seller who has sold thousands of items through ebay over the years, Now since ebay has started issuing their own delivery qr codes, I thought I might as well use them as they're probably even safer. I sent my parcel with the automated EVRI del...

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...

User avatar by Engager
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Grass is Greener for a Buyer.

I am very unhappy with Ebay now. Every time I want to sign in , I have to verify myself in one of three ways (Text, Call, Email ), despite having provided Nat. Ins number , Trusted device, & Driving License. So,after 21 years thought I'd have a peek ...

Tracked returns

Morning all. May I please double-check on the issue of returning items? I bought 6 separate items which were sent in one package - 5kg of books with a single layer of bubble wrap in a plastic envelope have not survived RM delivery... no surprises the...

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Warning to buyers: Ebay Automatically Inflates Bids Despite No Other Buyers Bidding (Reserve Prices)

When did Ebay start automatically inflating bids in reserved auctions, despite no other buyers bidding? None of the obvious help pages flag this up, nor does the bidding process itself. I've just seen Ebay automatically inflate a bid by 100s of Pound...

"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 ...

£10 voucher complete scam?

I downloaded the app to get a £10 voucher and there is no sign of it anywhere. Obviously the automated customer service number or chat doesn't allow to speak to anyone so there nobody to guide me how to get the voucher. I am starting to think that th...

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...

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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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...

Counterfeit LEGO SET 42171 - Mercedes-AMG F1

I consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to Lego and I recently purchased a Lego 42171 F1 car. The photographs showed a box with all the correct "LEGO" & "Technic" branding so I purchased the set. The set arrived and the outer packing suggested i...

Ebay keep finding excuses to pay my refund!?!

on the 28/07/25 i purchased an item on ebay that was supposed to arrive by the 31/07/25 from luton uk.the item was posted from lithuania on the 03/08/25 and i havent received it yet (11/08/25).on the 04/08/25 i filed a not received claim and ebay kee...

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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 ...