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phone bought under one year guarantee

I bought a phone under a year ago with a one year warranty. I never managed to get it to do wi-fi hotspots and it sat in a box for most of the year. I tried again recently and the battery failed. I contacted the seller 3 times - first time 4 days ago...

Messages

I have been trying to contact a seller regarding a faulty product, which is under guarantee but is 6 months old. When I click on the contact seller it keeps saying ‘ something went wrong, could not load messages’ on a red banner. I have tried contact...

Paid for new item recived a used item

I paid for a new battery for a samsung phone, however the one I recieved is clearly used, and it has a manufacture date of 2020.02.11 this is clearly NOT a new battery, and the glue patch on the back has clearly been attached to a phone, and the foil...

Returned Item, no refund received

Hi, I returned an item and it says a refund has been issued, but nothing is showing on my bank statements, this was a few weeks ago. the seller has asked me to get in touch with ebay.help appreciated? how do i get my refund?ThanksAdil

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dispatched order

Hi,I have fulfiled an order on my ebay store and the customer has received her item,but I still got a message from ebay to dispatch the order (that the dispatch day)has elapsed. I did not use the prepaid label .What should I do to show the order has ...

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A buyer left feedback I want removed, I appealed it but eBay said they won’t remove it even tho the buyer has admitted to my product to be in working condition I want to contact a human being not a automated bot but that doesn’t seem possible so I’ve...

I'm going round in circles

Hi all, I ordered an item on ebay that should have arrived by today - it hasn't. I have a number of issues now: The tracking info is blank and using the tracking number directly on the delivery company website says it's not recognised.I went to ebay ...

Customer service chat GREYED OUT AGAIN

Hi I'm at a complete loss for words No way to contact ebay via their platform at all. I'm trying to use the Automated chat to connect with an agent but it's all greyed out and I'm not able to contact at all - this is the same issue on my mobile phone...

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Using my own stamps to send an item

Up until now people selling low value small items which could fit into a 2nd class envelope were excepted from using simple delivery - has this changed and is someone now expected to pay over £2.00 to deliver something that can be sent for a 2nd clas...

Item not as described

I purchased 2 digital calendars, after a few days the delivery day changed & the items wouldn’t arrive for when I needed them. I contacted the seller about returning the items and they offered a 10% discount. I accepted this thinking I could post the...

seller isnt accepting bids

I was going to buy an item and put it in my basket. When reading the description I noticed there was a conflict in the info. In one location it said the refurbished item was in 'as new' condition but elsewhere it said the item might have marks and sc...

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Return issue qr code

Seller accepted return, after qr code for postage was issued seller claim it contain old address and sent me screenshot of different qr code. I asked the community and was told to ignore new QR code and send item to official code eBay provided.After ...

Sending from EU to USA

I have sold an item to buyer in USA, now when i go to post office in Estonia they said i got to pay USA import tax in order to ship the item.Under some new rules Its not a buyer pay's taxes when getting package its sender pays the US taxes before sen...

Combined postage

Hi, can anyone advise ? I'm a private seller. I want to now offer combined postage for buyers if they buy more than one item. I have looked into it and I have managed to set up a flat rate discount which amends postage costs for the buyer.But I need ...

postage

why can Ebay not allow me or buyers to use letter post to send ? Why do Ebay penalise buyers and sellers by using expensive large letter at inflated costs? if an item is worth less than £20 why do we need to use £75 cover?

REF# number on GSP item

Hello. I recieved payment for an item. I am not certain but I think the packet for the second order although for the same buyer may have been addressed with the first REF# number incorrectly. Will the item still be directed to the buyer if the REF is...

item not delivered in time

Dear allI have listings that includes food items. I have sent to a customer via royal mail 48 but was delivered after 4 days. The customer is not happy. What options are available to me? Can I ask for a refund amount from royal mail or would ebay do ...

Returns

Air duster purchased last May, hardly used and now won't work, messaged seller 3 times who has just ignored me, what are my rights thanks

Selling

I think eBay fees are over the top for selling vehicles, as well as the listing fee (£19) they then charge £25min. Final valuation fee.i can accept the 1% but £25 min. Seems excessive for something selling for not much

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Simple ( Or not So Simple) Delivery

It appears that eBay no longer want private sellers to use them. I have a number of items -due to clearing a relatives house - that are over all the Simple Delivery options.Despite much enquiry and wasted time I am not able to find a solution. How th...

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Bad review

Hiii! I was wondering if you could take down my one bad review as it doesn’t make sense, they just left it there out of spite because I wouldn’t sell the item to them the way they wanted because they were trying to scam me. I still have this item as ...

Luxury survey survey/giftcard

Got a message from eBay saying because i purchased a decent watch they wanted to do a survey, I was told I’d get a £15 gift card if I did it, i naturally did it. However it’s been a few days and I’ve got nothing, was just wondering if anyone has had ...

Perfume violation

Advert for selling Chanel 5 removed due to a violation - don’t know what I have done and mo way to find out exactly. Copious amounts if information bla bla bla but no exact info about what my violation is. Just need a few words not umpteen screens of...

Parcel Shop collection issues

Anybody having issues with parcel collection from shops. It might just be my local shops, but on EVRI deliveries the shops keep asking me for a barcode, which I do not have before handing over parcel. The evri website says its just ID. I contacted eb...

how to sell repro. club

Hi repro. pict caledonian war club throwing club hand made of stone and wooden shaft listed it but ebay has taken it of how do i resolve it thanks for help

I’m a seller and my buyer messaged me saying evri said the item was damaged beyond repair

Hi the buyer just told me that the tracking on evri shows that the item was damaged beyond repair in transit since it was perfectly fine when I wrapped it but I still haven’t processed a refund to him because I know that eBay simple delivery covers t...

Potential buyer questions

I have recently been asked by a potential buyer to provide the serial number of my product. Should I do this? It just doesn't feel right/safe to me but appreciate they may just want reassurance the product is genuine. Any advice appreciated.

Seller - (shilling)

I recently bid on several items, and didn't win any of them. It was strange because there was only 1 other person bidding and they had bid days earlier, so I expected to get at least momentary win. Having failed to win anything, I pretty much gave up...

XRocker Gaming Table

Please help what do I do. I purchased the above for my son for Christmas. We checked all parts etc were there first, (box had been opened by the seller previously) on checking there were 2 legs labelled F - there should have been one E and one F. Bas...

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15-14038-82958 this item

Hi, eBay keeps asking me to send feedback for this seller, but I'm not going to do it yet as the item i got came, but the plastic box came it was all cracked and broken so iv messaged the seller and they wanted pics of it broken and they came back wi...

Faulty good

I bought an Apple Pencil for my wife for Christmas from a seller with good reviews. The pencil doesn’t work despite following the instructions lve left several messages for the seller on eBay they haven’t answered. I have requested a return today but...

Resolved! Says Item delivered but not

Evri claim they have delivered my package to me but they didn't. They have a proof of delivery photo ( my front door closed and the package in the couriers hand not one of my front door open and handing it to me as is done with my usual courier). I h...

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Listing not allowed

I don’t understand why my listing of ear buddies is not allowed? For ‘not following our Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay policy’. What does this mean?

Removing negative feedback for private seller

Hi,I`m registered as a private seller. Never had any issues with any of the buyers and always maintained 100% positive feedback but today received a negative feedback from one of the buyers which I think is very unfair and I think they specifically d...

When will I be paid?

  i was meant to be paid for this order by the 3rd of Jan but still haven't. The item has successfully arrived and I've gotten positive feedback. How much longer do j have to wait for payment?

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Invoice

Hi I listed an item as collection only. The buyer wants me to post. How do I send an invoice to include postage. Thank you

Messed up my Postage settings

I recently accidentally added business/ postage settings to my account… which will not allow me to list as it says there is issues with the postage settings? I’ve tried talking to eBay but all I get is the chat bot going round and round in circles… h...

Complaint About Ebays AI

I was about to but a diecast model, advertised as a Bell UH-1 helicopter. On closer inspection it is described incorrectly in several places. It is a completely different model, a Mi-24 Hind.I raised this with EBays automated systems.The result - the...

collected already but status dispatched

Hi I met the buyer yesterday, he paid for delivery but collected items where we met. Order is stuck on dispatched and not sure how to amend Have asked him to see if he can complete order but he is not answering Thanks

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Resolved! Order cancelled

I placed an order last night and immediately realised it was a mistake so cancelled it straight away, within one or two minutes. The seller declined to cancel it saying it had already been posted. How is it possible to have posted something a minute ...

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Wrong tracking number provided

Im disputing delivery of a item as not arrived.seller has provided a tracking number and advised it has been delivered.when i check details on royal mail tracking i can see that it is a wrong tracking number,gone to a address in a totally different a...

Return not showing on eBay portal

Hi, I have processed a return on eBay & delivered the parcel to my local Post Office a couple of days ago. The tracking shows it's been delivered at https://www.royalmail.com/track-your-item#/tracking-results/PBUF5622611001 Any idea why eBay doesn't ...

USA tax and eBay holding email addresses

Postage to USA is a big problem now. Due to import tax. All the postage companies now are wanting prepaid tax from the sender. I am not paying someone else's tax!!International sellers need a contact email address and phone number it is required by t...

Fradley Park reference GSP

I recently sent an item via the Fradley Park address to a regular customer. However I think I may have put the reference number from a recent previous order on the address. Will it still be delivered as it is the same seller? Both orders were recent....

I have been scammed

I spent money on a 5090, and the expected delivery date was November 28, 2025. However, the seller didn't provide a tracking number until December 15, and it turned out to be fake. I couldn't find any information about this number on the Royal Mail w...

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Fraudulent seller

Message to Ebay: Can you please investigate this fraudulent activity. I ordered a Wind Turbine on 03 Nov 2025. On 13 Nov 2025 I received a message from Ebay to say that the Wind Turbine had been delivered. What I received was not a Wind Turbine but a...

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Set up a seller account

How do I set up a seller account? Ive been trying for an hour an no luck and its getting annoying.I created my listing and it told me there was a hold on my account until I was verified and to contact customer services. Cool.got a call back, person d...

Lost Pack Fedex

  I’ve order three packages all with tracking numbers each one claims to be delivered and shows a different address to the one I entered FedEx claims eBay has provided me with the wrong tracking number I would like the correct one with my package tra...

Cancel order-possible scam

This is a new one on me!I bought a fairly low cost item, around £10. After a few days, the seller contacted me to say they don't have the item. They asked me to cancel my order, promising an immediate refund.I do hate it when sellers try to sell stuf...

Parcel held at customs in holland

I Sent a antique box to Holland after negotiation with the buyer to lower the price. I sent it tracked DPD but it is on hold in customs as the buyer needs to pay duty,After trying to contact the buyer I have no reply from him. He has paid ebay but th...

Package tracking not moving for almost one month

Hi everyone,I bought something from the US, I am based in the EU. Paid on 8th of December, last tracking update was on the 19th of December saying it was on its way to the ePost Global Processing Center. No movement since then. I understand it was pr...

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Bought but no responce from seller

Hi, ive bought an item with 3weeks lead time and seller ghosted me.The problem is ive paid through bank transfer and item is not showing as bought on Ebay. And on top of that the seller offered me a discount if I buy the same item but on diferent auc...

Sale

HiI've listed lots of items for auction. I expected it to last 7days but people are buying and paying for the items on the first day for the price I started at. Why is this happening? One guy messaged me with an offer which I refused so then went and...

Postage

Hi i had to generate a label but have posted it with another courier. How can i get rid of thr generated label i have not used and input the tracking info for the package? Thanks in advance john

Postage

Hi I refunded a customer in full. I offer free postage and hadn’t purchased a postage label as I gave the refund before I sent the item . I have now been charged for the postal label that I didn’t purchase

post labels

why are my postage labels so high was 87 pence im now been charged £2.70 for a £5 item which will be a large letter 2nd class

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Total Lack of Sales

I have posted about this before but the situation is getting worse. We have gone from being quite a healthy business to having virtually no sales at all. We have just experienced our worst Christmas period on record. Are we alone or are others experi...

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Resolved! Refund

I got a refund for an item sent from USA, which never arrived . Three weeks after the refund it arrive all ok . What do I do now?

Penalised after seeking guidance from ebay

Hi, I sold a brand new watch and buyer returned as 'unwanted, unable to read display' (it was a chronograph with small dials). The returned watch was missing plastic seals and showed evidence of wear (light scratches, dust/skin flakes). I wanted to o...

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Fishing reels

I purchased some fishing reels on Sunday and on Monday made arrangements to collect them as it was collection only . We arranged for me to collect on Tuesday . I arrived at the destination after an hour's drive ,but could not inform seller I was ther...

Marking a package as delivered

I sent a package by Royal Mail Tracked. Having marked it as dispatched, I could not find a way of adding the tracking details. The buyer has received the items and left feedback but eBay still shows Awaiting delivery?How can I change the status to de...

simple delivery parcel for pick up by royal mail has not been picked up for days after scheduled

simple delivery parcel for pick up by royal mail courier has not been picked up for days after scheduled , should I continue to wait , label has been paid for and printed online , yet I am very aware of the e bay red overdue messages on the site , it...

Damaged parcel

Hi I ordered a Lego set from seller item arrived box squashed. It was sent with eBay simple delivery. The systwm is telling me to request refund from eBay f I request a refund from eBay do I need to return the item?

account

hi seams i have 2 accounts 1 shows resent orders but when i sign in only shows orders.

lower payout

Dear Sir/Madam,I hope you are doing well.I am writing to request clarification regarding a discrepancy in my recent payout for Order No. 25-13997-90959. The total earnings from this order were £12.61; however, I received a payout of only £4.98.I woul...

Resolved! Help

I want to change my individual account to business one but it does not going through, like I receive the OPT number when I put that in it does not go forward

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Credit

Does anyone know how often the banner appears offering £10 credit for downloading ebay app? Im about to make a large cost purchase and saving a tenner would be great. Thank you

tracking

I was told I had to update tracking . tracking cannot be updated once item delivered in the ebay system! Now wasted 2 phone calls and loads of time. EBay can see from buyer message to me that they have the item! Whay can Ebay not read messagews in th...

mixed up orders from ebay

hi everyone yesterday l was notified a purchase had been delivered , but it was not delivered, when l asked the seller to provide proof of delivery the photo proof they sent was not the order they sent it was a totally different seller l bought from ...

International shipping options on label creation page

Im trying to ship something to Europe, and have charged the appropriate amount for tracked. Ive always been given the options for standard or tracked Royal Mail shipping in the drop down list. But since yesterday, Im only getting the option to select...

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Hi

I was ordered this but it isn’t received and I was starting the refund and returning steps but it say your case was closed

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Hi team, I am in the uk. I ordered an item from Italy in July 2025 for over £400, but the parts never arrived. The seller is refusing to issue a refund despite my many attempts to ask for one. Please help - I don’t understand what the issue is. I can...

Listing Video Volume Control

Does anyone have an answer to why ebay has changed it's video player within the listings so you can't turn down the volume without turning it complately off? Now when you hit the video (which they seem to be pushing harder and harder - I counted 19 v...

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returns

i dont do this e.bay postage... not got a printer scanner etc etcreturned an item which got to them on the 18th of december... still waiting for right item or refundnothing off the company at all....basically saying they have to wait for there return...

Missing item

A buyer reported not receiving an item posted several weeks ago to a GSP address. I have tracked the parcel and it says delivered . I do not know what a GSP address is. I have not sent anything this way before. There is a photo of the delivery that l...

international return issues my story

hi im posting this to maybe help anyone else who is faced with an international sale but cannot provide a return labeli would like to share my recent experience regarding an international sale i sold a laptop to someone in italy item arrived in good ...

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Item didn’t sell due to time waster

I advertised the vehicle for sale, a buyer clicked buy it now. Then didn’t turn up at the time he was supposed to. I messaged him then he said he didn’t want it anymore 路‍ eBay have now restricted my account !!

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Posted order wrongly

I’ve some how managed to post a order using a old qr code to a previous customer who has already received there order , is there anyway I can sort this out or any advice on how to deal with it would be greatly appreciated

Stolen property please help advice needed

We purchased an item on eBay from a seller subsequently the item was found to be stolen. Police report confirms this. We contacted the seller no response. We contacted eBay but was told to sort with the seller. The seller is not responding. eBay is a...

Seller advice needed

Hi, would really appreciate any advice/feedback to help me resolve an issue.I sold 2 items, unfortunately buyer of ‘A’ received ‘B’ item & buyer ‘B’ received item ‘A’ after communicating with both buyers they thankfully agreed to return the items & a...

Cancel

Tried to cancel a listing of two bikes I sold last year, and have received payment, but it insists I can not cancel an active listing because it thinks I’ve only sold one……..keep getting messages to buy….what can Ido

Sold item collection issues

I sold an item & booked a DHL collection (through simple delivery) last week. They were due to collect Monday. Didn’t come. Tuesday I got a message saying they were coming. Didn’t come. Today I got a message saying they were coming and up to now they...

Remove positive feed back I gave?

I gave positive feedback to a seller and attached images of the parcel and the item opened but it shows my entire address, how to i edit or remove positive feedback to get rid of the picture? They can't request a re-issue as it isn't negative or neut...

Need CLG code for CERTILOGO

Need a CLG code for CERTILOGO to see the 'journey' my authenticated watch went on. I have received the card that comes with the watch with a QR code, this takes me to a Google page showing the item and a 'show me' button. This just takes me to the CE...

selling 1kg silver bar.

I have been scammed on ebay before so very warey. If i send a 1kg silver bar worth £2400 by Royal Mail tracked. The buyer accepts it received so delivered, Then claims item not as described so sends it back to me and i have to refund, when the item [...

'gross amount' or 'order earnings' 4 hmrc

What figure do ebay send to the HMRC? because I have two figures from ebay one is called 'gross amount' and is higher because it includes cancelled orders(refunds) & postage charges (expenses) which I don't pay & the other figure is called 'order ear...

Filtering Out Items from searches with postal charges disproportionate to item price

As a vinyl record collector there seems to be an increasing number of items on E Bay UK from USA. Where,for example, you could have Item £10 (VAT of 20% may apply) and then postage of £25. Is there a way you can filter out postage in excess of specif...

DRS harassing me daily

Hello, I am receiving text messages and/or phone calls on almost a daily basis now from DRS stating I owe them money and I have been passed on them by Ebay. My Ebay account is showing a nil balance and I do not believe I owe anything. In fact, I have...

Expired Labels

Hi, Sold some stuff last week, but then the heavy snow has completed shut down the local Royal Mail - no collections, local post office is not accepting anything, just nothing is working. Of course that means I have labels expiring in a couple of day...

a Yay to ebay

So, I normally have questions or moans but today I just want to say yay to ebay for dealing with my return request in a manner that offered fairness to me, as the seller. I make a great effort to list my items with videos, lots of clear images and fu...

3 colour wire missing

Dear Sir/Madam; I bought 3 D pen , when I see add on eBay 3 D Pen with 3 colour wires, then I pay £9.99 but when I received parcel 3 colour wires are missed. Please send me 3 colour wires or refund my payment. Thanks

snow

I have parcels that need posting today but we are snowed on are we covered and not marked as late posting

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Returned Item I haven’t been refunded for

Hi there Guys, I am posting on here for some advice as 1 last attempt to get my money back for a phone I returned. This was some time ago now and I have been exchanging messages with the seller for months before they eventually started ignoring me an...

Postage Costs

Am I correct in my assumption that I can no longer select Royal Mail as a preferred carrier for low value items? I list several magazines at £1 with a postage cost of £1.15 to cover postage & packing. I have listed a magazine earlier today & the only...

Payment held

My payment for a sale is being held because I mistakenly ticked the delivery rather than buyer collects box. The buyer had paid eBay and is arriving to collect ( a large sideboard) how do I change the delivery status to buy collects so that eBay tran...

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Postage address

I have recently started working in the UK and want to bid something here in the UK, however when I want to bid it keeps saying that shipping to South Africa is not allowed but I have changed my shipping address on ebay to my UK address. How can I ove...

Items requiring postage by age verified service

Several times now, I have sold a bladed item on Ebay and the buyer has failed to purchase an age verified service, despite the fact that I have selected that postage service in my listing. I am dealing with one ATM and all I seem to be able to do is ...

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Sellers payment

HiDo sellers receive their payment as soon as the buyers pay, or do they have to wait for successful tracked delivery confirmation?The reason I ask is because I’ve had 2 items recently that the seller has only provided a tracking number which only sa...

Refund

I haven't received a refund for an item I cancelled. When I checked the sellers profile he is not registered with ebay

Getting paid from ebay

I sold a garmin watch on eBay got confirmation that it was sold and was sent a postage label, I have an item number, it was delivered sat 3rd January 2026 but still not been paid, tried various help sections but eBay says no record of item or it bein...

Payment

eBay is with holding my sales money because ebay has not sent micro deposits .Is this the normal practice.I'm regularly being told to clarify and verify my bank account details that I have had since 1977.

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I got scammed

I am furious I send a buyer a £50 perfume and they claimed they never got it but when I checked it says they received it so that’s what I told them they then harassed me for a week before taking it to eBay and getting a full refund and now they have ...

Unable to contact seller - getting error "Message Delivery failed due to a temporary error"

Hi - I bought refurbished Dell Latitude 5300 i5-8265U Quad Core 16GB Ram 256GB SSD Windows 11 Laptop and delivered on 9th July 2025 from the seller NewAndusedlaptops4u, I use this laptop sparingly and today while using it suddenly switched off and af...

Combining postage with simple delivery

I sold a few things recently, but I accidentally listed one with simple delivery. The buyer bought 3 items and they all went in one pack. I bought the postage direct from Royal Mail, but I am unable to mark the one item on SD as being dispatched, nor...

lost my payout bank card, need to uodate

i start using after 2 year my account to sell. i am trying to change my bank detail in payout, but i am not able to change payment method. i need to verify my previouse bank card detail to change and update account, i do not have that card at the mom...

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It’s a scam

I ordered iPhone 14 Pro Max but I only received empty box. I’ve requested return item and opened a case but eBay won’t step in straight away. im concerned if i return is I will be told that I stole iPhone and didn’t return it and I won’t get my money...

File Exchange Gone !!

Now that file exchange is gone how on earth are you meant to bulk manage anything ? Seller hub is limited to 2000 listings and the reports download does not include all the details of each item, just basics, like prices etc. So no more bulk changing ...

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Resolved! Simple Delivery supplied label for too small package

Good Day All.Just wondering whether I have a leg to stand on.Small plastic item, 3cm long and just too big to fit the 2.5 cm large letter limit, which ebay assessed it to be within. I sent it in a small box, well within the small packet category.5 we...

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What happened to all the postage options???

I havent used ebay in nearly a year after all those threats about HMRC (which annoyed me as everything was sold at loss). Its been a massive pain as I couldnt continue my clear-out as planned. I come back and seems the site is all AI now, no human su...

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Dye comes off Christmas pyjamas

Last year I bought my family and I some supposedly organic Christmas pyjamas. I didn’t notice anything wrong with them at the time as I got pneumonia and had a stroke but this year I noticed that the red dye stains the bedsheets. I contacted the sell...

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Watch out for bogus return scammers

I had a brand-new item returned for a bogus reason. the scammer had obviously worked out eBay’s algorithms and knew what words or expressions to use in order to facilitate the return. I of course refused the return but the scammer won on appeal. when...

Incorrect package length for courier

I've just sold an item and was going to print off the label, but noticed that the package that I want to send is longer than the stated measurements 61 x 46 x 46cm (my package is 180cm x 15 x 15 cm). When originally listing the item eBay 'calculated'...

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Postage fees

Hi Its first time posted an item, the buyer paid £1.55 for a label I've just posted the item and got charged £8.60. I don't know what to do, and have tried to find help with the eBay assistant and this hasn't been very helpful

Sold

Sold item ebayer didn’t want it went through eBay which gave him refund and asked him to send it back but not received and been 3 weeks what can I do

SCAM ALERT: Buyer returned TRASH instead of Laptop - eBay forced refund

Hi community,​I want to share my recent experience to highlight the complete lack of seller protection on this platform.​On December 26th, I sold a laptop to a buyer with a brand-new account created that same day. Almost immediately, they opened a re...

Charged for cancelling

I'm trying to understand why have been charged £5.36 for cancelling an order due to out of stock. Has anyone experience this and can I request for refund afterwards?

Package lost in transit

I recently bought an item from eBay uk. Seller shipped using EVRI and it was supposed to be delivered the next day. Since 29th-Dec-25 that it entered the EVRI's network, my parcel has been stuck. Up till 6th Jan-26, nothing. I contacted EVRI and was ...

No response from the seller

I won an item 2 days ago that was collection only. I sent a message asking when I could pick it up and have had no response. How long do I have to wait for a reply before involving ebay

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Resolved! Large Item Sold

I have sold a large item and the buyer has said they have paid, and that the removal firm they are using will arrive with a 6 digit code. I just wanted others experience of this, is it legitimate through eBay now. Its been a while since I have sold a...

Refund

I did not receive my order. I opened a case for a refund on 01/01/2026, but I see on my account that the case for refund has been closed. I did not receive my money back, but I see on my account that it was delivered on 06/01/2026. I didn't receive a...

Large parcels

I am trying to list a golf club to sell . The box is 119cm long so bigger than medium but I cannot see any option to change this . The worry is it will sell , I take it to the post office/parcel force and it will get refused . Any clues how to change...

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Postage size & weight.

I have a parcel 53cm x 50cm x 44cm and weighs 18kg and its collection only.eBay offer Medium parcel 61cm x 46cm x 46cm up to 20kg for £7.21 it isn't to far away in size and under weight.How do I contact eBay to see if they will accept.On Evri website...

Refurbished Battery.

The refurbished battery in my mobility scooter which l purchased in September 2025 keeps cutting out when I'm out and then the scooter doesn't work, l need this scooter because l have Copd and can't go out without it, therefore I need a replacement p...

Buyer trying to return item

Buyer accepted an empty bag which should of had a gtec hover in it from his shop and signed for it and is saying hasn't recived it so I said speak to ebay they will refund you and help you but instead he said item was not as described but if he didnt...

Account hacked ??

I listed a load of items this morning onto my eBay account, turns out when I've gone in to review them I've posted them under a different profile name - I think a n old account of my partner's. How, I'm not sure, I think potentially I've logged in vi...

False Counterfeit Claim

Hi,Someone falsely reported a listing of mine for counterfeit claims. All the items (It is a bundle of tour memorabilia that I was selling form charity) were genuine and the artist, band and management had donated items and supported the sale.However...

sold

ive offerd buyer 2 items at discount price due to postage label problem how do they order at diffrent price

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Lost item (seller)

Hi my sold item has been missing since mid december, i paid for a postage label (royal mail) via ebays app. My postage was guaranteed next day by 1pm. Royal mail have MC have received and scanned the item and is showing on their tracking page but it ...

complaint

On December 26th, I ordered a smartphone. Two days later, I received an email notification that my package was on its way. On the evening of December 30th, I returned from work and found some purple container. I also received a message about the smar...

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Several different answers from agents.

after 14 years of doing business on ebay they banned me from selling.I don't get a clear answer from the agents what I did wrong. One agent said that if I don't get a negative BBE within 60 days my ads will be back. Another agent said that I have a p...