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received an email from eBay that was extremely confusing is it a scam, I am wondering

I received an email from eBay, wondering if it is a scam.i bought an item March. Reported never receivedeBay paid me guaranteed in April.16th May receive email saying delivered my security camera shows door letterbox NO POERSON delivered to me that d...

Combined postage

A buyer has bought an item from me & has paid for it. She now wants to purchase another item from me but combine postage. From what I understand as I’m a private seller & she will be doing it in separate transactions the postage won’t be combined. Do...

Postage problem

I sent a parcel to the seller and today I ckecked the tracking number. I always check the tracking to see if it arrived.Normally the parcels arrive without problems, I didn't have any problems until now. I got a problem and I don't know what to do.I ...

False Policy Strikes

Over the past few days, I have been getting about 10 strikes per day on my listings for policy violations, however, these policy violations are entirely incorrect. I sell collectable (expired) number plates, and I keep getting 'police related item' s...

Tracked 48 Large Letter Rate

On my latest "Our Prices" Royal Mail leaflet, it states that the max weight of a large letter sent UK Tracked is 1 kg. Why, then, do my ebay labels print out with a 100gm limit?

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Seller hasnt sent the item and wont respond

I’ve bought an item as a guest (but I do have an account). Seller hadn’t sent item and it’s way past expected deliver date. Seller wont respond. How do I get help. When I try to get help via the chat, it keeps saying it can’t find the order but that’...

Simple delivery Label

What does this mean?I sold 7 items . Six completed fine, printed labels easily.7th one gives me this message.1) There is no option to print a label.2) It claims to have sent one by email but I have received nothing.Where can I find the label it claim...

BUYER RETURN FRAUD ITEM SWAP - NEED HELP!

I sent out a brand new item, factory sealed - it was a high-end toilet seat. I used stock images of the item when listing - I didn't want to break the factory seal for obvious reasons.The buyer requested to return the item with the reasoning *item da...

Item not received

I bought an item for £1000.00,they said item was delivered ,but we didn’t receive the item!!!! The picture of the door where the delivery had taken place wasn’t my door , I contacted the seller, he said it was delivered to the wrong address,he said h...

A buyer requested return

I am selling shinpads and have clearly stated in my description that there will be no size exchange or return available on this item and the buyer has to choose the correct size before placing order. I have clearly mentioned all the things and now on...

Id

Hi can anyone help I've been asked to verify I'd as funds are now on hold. I can't as have damaged passport only have a pic which they won't accept. I have no other photo I'd. They are saying I can upload birth certificate but that is in maiden name ...

Wrong postage label. Can't change i

Hi,I have just sold an item and the buyer has paid for it as well as delivery as stated in the original listing.I selected the default postage suggested by ebay when I listed it. Now when I check the Royal Mail/Parcel Force site, I see that it exceed...

No

This item seems to have been used. The packaging had broken Styrofoam inside(not caused from shipping). The box itself has been opened before, although it was shipped in the mfg box. The pieces inside were all loose and moving around inside the packa...

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Help!

I sold a bike power meter recently and the buyer has complained that the crank arm bolts weren't there. It was not advertised as coming with these, and it did not come with them when bought new.The buyer asked for a return, which in retrospect I wish...

Postage Refunds

Hi All Any help appreciated as i can speak to anyone on the phone about this.i sold 3 books to the same buyer (3 seperate listings). They asked for combined postage, i said thats fine. They made offers which i accepted and they went ahead and paid. I...

Resolved! Postage label

I need a postage label but its giving me an error message when trying to view it. The seller said rhey received a refund for it but now i am unable to see rhe barcode for the label or the buyers address. This was for a pre order item

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Resolved! Postage ?

Just had an Ebay message saying the item I posted exceeded measurements but Ebay covered extra cost 'this time'.Very nice of them, but I wonder who is actually responsible here. I used the Ebay system where they come up with postage costs, I just cli...

Postal/Delivery Options

Hi, For the first time in a while I attempted to create a listing to sell a small item, unfortunately I cannot get any delivery options, for some reason the listing defaults to collection only. I have tried to enter some size and weight details manua...

Facing problem for refund

The buyer payment is still in my eBay balance and not paid out to my bank, but eBay is asking me to add a payment method to complete the refund. Please explain why the refund cannot be taken directly from the pending funds. And asking me extra money,...

Resolved! Tax Invoice incorrect

I recently bought something from ebay and need to submit an expense claim for it. Unfortunately the downloadable invoice is incorrect (it only shows the buyers fee and VAT paid on it but doesnt include the principle amount in the total). Does anyone ...

Avoid at all costs

I had trrrble experience on ebay selling and buying I just deleted all my listing will not be using ebay again block this account I had other accounts suspension has well

Revise feedback

hi. A customer has left me negative feedback and now wishes to revise it and has said to send a revision request, but I don’t know how to do it. Please can you action

Faulty i

Hi please can you helpon a faulty radiator that I have purchased has only been on the car 10 months and only covers 1500 miles seller is not responding order number is 08-13025-63408

The Message Reply section is faulty

I have a return request. It's not an issue or rather it's not an issue until I try to reply to the Buyer on my desktop in Chrome whereupon the message reply section is auto-returning the text after only a few words resulting in a scroll bar appearing...

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Kitchen Anti Splatter Shield Guard Cooking Frying Pan Oil Splash Screen Cover

Месяц назад я заказала чехол для сковороды, чтобы предотвратить разбрызгивание масла. Номер заказа: 23-14524-6307923-14524-63079 , ID запроса: 53790042805379004280, и впоследствии получила поврежденный товар. Я открыла спор. Но продавец простил меня ...

Export Control Organisation via eBay's GPS centre

Hi I sold a VOGUE ITALIA magazine to a US buyer - as usual I posted it via eBay's GPS centre but for some unknown reason Export Control Organisation in the UK rejected it and sent it back to me. eBay won't give me a full-explanation why it was return...

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Resolved! Waiting to get paid

Hi all, sold some magazines and posted them on 11th May, delivered on 13th (I've checked as it was tracked). Buyer not communicating after three polite messages. When will I get paid? Is my question. Thanks

Product recall

Hi received an email from eBay saying an item is unsafe to use and has had a product recall. I've contacted the seller but had no response, so I'm unsure of what steps to take next. Tried contacting eBay directly but not having much luck. Thanks

Strange Ebay Buyer Scenario

I sold an item this morning it must have taken only a few minutes to sell, straight after i received a message asking me to cancel the order, so i promptly did and relisted the item. no more than a few moments later i receive another message asking m...

"Parcel delivered, but not correctly"

So, I just recieved a mesage from a buyer who has said this: "This has not been delivered correctly to me .Evri picture is fuzzy , it was left inside the ground floor .My address is on the 3rd floor , I was in all day .Extremely disappointed you use ...

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Refund not Received

Ordered item as guest. Then email from ebay stating order cancelled and refund within 5 days. No refund and unable to trace seller on Ebay now. Automated system online with ebay not dealing with my problem with fixed reply choices ? Any advice how to...

Google Chrome not working properly with Ebay

Hi, For the past 3–4 weeks, I have been experiencing issues when using eBay on Google Chrome. I have already tried multiple troubleshooting steps, but unfortunately nothing has resolved the problem.I contacted eBay support, however they informed me t...

refund question

hi help please i printed a tracked 48 label for an item i sold then decided to change the label to DPD Gold so how do i get a refund on the original label? thanks

Fake product sold to me

Hi, one of the seller listed a watch stating its original and authentic but the pusher of the Tag was damaged, went to the boutique of Tag and they returned it with a letter stating its fake, how do I make a compliant with Ebay the bot is not of any ...

Delayed IES

Morning. I purchased an item being posted from the US to the UK. It was sent on May 1st and and still yet to leave the US, taking 18 days to even reach their hub in Illinois, where it's been sat ever since. Another item I purchase on May 12th has pas...

Human contact

I am in a highly delicate state, and my blood pressure is rising to dangerous levels! Is there any way I can contact a human agent about my advert?

Adult themed fashion dolls

I’ve made several adult themed fashion dolls, the term adult is applied to them being male and ‘anatomically correct’ in every way. They are hand made and many hours have been spent creating things like leather trousers and adult themed props such as...

Failed to buy it after clicking on buy it now

The buyer purchased the item, a car, and it clearly said cash on delivery, he made arrangements to collect it today but didn't show up. He has requested the sale be cancelled but to relist it I am required to pay the fees again. He should not have bo...

I need my money refunded!

I purchased an item on the 8th of May, its today the 21st of May and my item hasn't even arrived, no tracking details, no nothing, I opened a request to wait for this item, but yesterday I thought to just refund my money, but then I closed the case a...

Simple delivery

With simple delivery the postage it charges seems to be less than I would have to pay.I went to the page where you can change it and I changed everything to use Royal Mail and the flat fee of £5but when i continued with my listing it won't change fro...

Fake goods refund through guest checkout

Hi I bought some counterfeit supplements and now have a rash. As I used guest checkout I cannot log in to leave feedback, nor reply to his messages he refuses to deal with me even though I gave him the order number I logged in to that raised a return...

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Wow, I have heard it all now

I had an Ebay agent from the USA tell me Ebay might not be the best platform to do my selling after asking what backup I had from Ebay as a seller, the answer is none. I have had nothing but worry, frustration, time-wasting. I have been on the phone ...

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Mis-advertising

I went to buy a drone priced at £20. I was asked to select colour. When I did the price jumped to £50.Listed, as an option, was a totally different item at the advertised price. Is this considered good practice?Should Ebay permit this 'scam'?

Global shipping not delivered

hi I’m in the UK and I recently sold an item to a buyer in Italy. The item was sent via the global shipping program. The eBay tracking shows that the courier delivered the item to the global shipping hub but the buyer says it has not been delivered. ...

Resolved! Order came through but no email

Hello everyone, hopefully someone here can help me.I've sold an item on ebay but I've not had an email come through saying I've sold an item, nor a notification from the app like I normally do. I have the option to get a prepaid label but when I go t...

Adult does

I am registered to sell "Adult" products on ebay, can anyone advise am I allowed to sell brand new ,in original packaging, life-size sex dolls? Many thanks.

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Collection item shipped after payment

I had a sale recently where the buyer paid for an item and requested shipping afterwards. I agreed and shipped with a tracked service. They have confirmed delivery but have not provided the collection code to me to release payment, despite asking. Al...

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damaged in transit

hello i posted a games console & 2 accompanying games via Special Delivery the buyer recieved it and has notified me of damag to the casing of one of the games ,as my listing showed all items were in mint condition prior to packing & posting,not sure...

Creating New Account on UK Leaving US because BBE

HelloI have been a seller at Ebay.us for 22 years, US account, UK sales and shop, 100% feedback, and the got my account blocked permanently, due the infamous "BBE", only because Mr Trump tariffs, caused Portugal postal service to deny USA shippings.I...

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First Negative Feedback

Hi everyone. So I got my first ever negative review recently. I did nothing wrong but when I tried the appeal thing through eBay, they unbelievably upheld the review. Is there any other way I can go about getting this removed? Apart from contacting t...

3 Hour postage window

Why does ebay not allow me to post out items straight away or send me a QR code ?? I just get a message saying " do not send your item / s yet and 3 hours later the QR code comes through.

Resolved! Issue with item

I bought an Apple Watch from somebody and they haven’t unlinked it from their Apple ID account so at the moment I’m unable to set it upand I’m messaging them to ask them to do it and they’re not responding. Can I get eBay to help. I don’t want to ret...

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Cancelling an order.

I rejected a cancellation request by mistake and seem unable to issue it again as it keeps stating that there's a cancellation request open - there isn't. The buyer has money stuck in pending. I'm going round in circles.

Call Back

Been an eBay seller for over 20 years, and it gets worse. They do everything to avoid human contact; it is shameful that, to get answers, they pass the buck by asking the community to do their work. Impossible to get any contact; they make it so hard...

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I would not recommend ebay for selling at all

I started selling on ebay very recently I had multiple of issues ebay have not dealt with properly I actually made a lost in sales thanks to ebay. No views on listing multiple errors and technical issues I would not recommend ebay at all not for buyi...

Selling a car

I’m trying to list a car in the Classified ads, but when I put in the price it won’t let me complete the listing and makes me go back to adding the price. Done this 20 times so far, but can’t get past this.Any help appreciated please

Contacting eBay to check message logs

How do i get eBay to check a sellers messages to see if he was contacted by a failed bidder after i won an auction. The item disappearance was highly suspicious and i want ebay to check as i think seller just sold it to someone else..

Seller refusing VAT receipt

Hi, After requesting a VAT receipt from a VAT registered UK seller for an item. I was told to contact Ebay to source it myself, however it looks like Ebay has not listed this under the order. I pushed back to the seller and said it has not been liste...

Buyers using Ebay.com not seeing ebay.co.uk

Hi I have been told from a buyer in the USA that when they use Ebay.com and find by chance one of my listings when they click on view other sellers items they only are shown 1 item and not the 200 that i have in my ebay shop. Any ideas on how I can r...

Sex Dolls

I am registered to sell "Adult" products on ebay, can anyone advise am I allowed to sell brand new ,in original packaging, life-size sex dolls? Many thanks.

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EBay Live

I do not get audio or video of the items being sold on one particular stream. Every other stream is fine.I've followed the procedures on Google but nothing worked.Has anyone else had this problem?

Can I do more about a return?

I sent an item to a buyer 'Simple Dispatch'.Tracking on the item states that the item was delivered to a neighbour.A few days later the item arrived back with me. The end of the package had been opened.I have messaged the buyer please could they chec...

Policy violation bladed items.

Hi,I sell used garden tools and have had 3 items removed for policy violation has Ebay deem my tools to be bladed items. I have relisted my items using an age verification and setting my own postage costs but still ebay have closed down my items agai...

I CANNOT SELL WAHT HAS BEEN SOLD

I SOLD 4 VICTORIAN STYLE TILES IN APRIL. THE DEAL WAS DONE. I AM NOW BEING INFORMED BY EBAY THAT THEY HAVE SOLD AGAIN. NO AI CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. HOW DO I RESOLVE THIS I WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO SPEAK TO A PERSON TO RESOLVE THIS

Resolved! Variations

I've been using variations for a while now with no problems. Drop down menu listing all the books I have to sell.I want to change it slightly. I want a drop down menu with categories e.g. SciFi, horror, thrillers etc and when you choose the category ...

Royal Mail

Hello- I have tried 6-10 times to “book a free collection” with Royal Mail for an order. It goes through successfully with a date and time but the post man never collects. Each time the post man has turned up (on usual rounds) I have asked “are you d...

Prepaid lable/barcode problem

Hi all, hope someone can help me, im a seller and have been for many years, when I get to the point it says get prepaid label, I press this and then it should send me a bar code and then I save this but now when I press this it just returns to the or...

Payment Errors

I've received offers for several items from the same seller that I want to accept. It comes up with this message: "The item is gone but there's more to seeSome similar items that you can buy right now" The items have got offers against them that I wa...