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Past orders

Hello All, I have made several purchases this year. Have duely given feedback when received and then hidden the order. How can I see these hidden orders, say for 2026?

CIP not collected because seller creeps me out, "too late to cancel"

I ordered a set of textbooks for collection in person.The seller somehow realised that I'm the same buyer who two years ago expressed interest in a different set of textbooks that they listed on a different site. On that site the seller gets my full ...

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Cant pick up my parcel

The issue is my item arrived at the pick up location which is argos, but unfortunately can't pick it up due to no qr code being generated, and it's dragging on I've contacted argos on ebay who the seller is also, and told me to contact eBay, so I did...

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Am I entitled to a refund if item arrives one day late?

I bought a phone on eBay around Monday 2/3am. Later in the morning the seller messaged me saying that they would post the item later that day or in the morning the next day. I paid for the Royal Mail Guaranteed by 1pm delivery service, and eBay told ...

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Resolved! Return option

Hello all I purchased a computer case. Unfortunately it is not a Cooler Master Masterbox Q500L which I ordered its a Q300L I purchased it for spares for my Q500L I have tried to do a return for refund which it lets me fill it in but will not me submi...

request to cancel. no option that reflects issue.

hello, I clicked "buy now" on a computer part. quite expensive over 100 uk The listing described my model and brand and there was a drop down for my selection.Then after I bought the item, the seller messaged me to ask my model and brand.I told him i...

Quick question please

I was just wondering why I have several items showing as 'tracking available' (Simple delivery) but when I click on tracking most of them don't show 'posted to you'. Please can anyone tell me why? Not the end of world but can't find answers on Ebay

Incentive lacking...

It's only just dawned on me that I haven't made a use of the formally ubiquitous and enticing JAN10, FEB15 OR MARCH20 type of offer, which had me actively searchng (on an almost daily basis) for items on which to splurge the money burning a hole in m...

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Item dispatched notification.

Why am I informed that my item has been posted on both ebay site and email notifications, yet when I check the tracking it hasn't been posted at all? The seller has simply requested a label which is not the same as 'dispatched'. Around a week has pas...

Disonest seller

I've tried ti buy an item from a seller and he has been trying to get me to phone him outside of ebay rules for transporting action I checked his feedback and im not the only one he has tried this with as im a faithful ebay buyer and wanted this tran...

So its Ok to sell fake items on ebay

So I wanted to buy some quality pencils 100x Steadtler norris hb. You'd be surprised to find people actually sell fake ones. Poor quality, no printing, similar paint but that's all. After my 2nd attempt and 2nd fakes I thought best to let ebay know. ...