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Global shipping issue

Sold a book from UK with global shipping as an option. Buyer from Canada wins, only for eBay to tell him I won't ship to Canada. Buyer also states he checked before bidding and shipping to Canada was an option then. What to do?

Seller didn't pay enough postage when sending item that was advertised as free postage..

I won a penny auction with free postage on eBay live, the guy was doing a giveaway. I won it and was quite excited to the surprise of what I won when it would be delivered. Unfortunately, the seller hadn't paid enough postage and I had to pay £3.50 t...

Info

How is it possible that the seller has sold 1.1k items and has no feedback?  

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postage

I sell postcards and the 2nd class postage has been 91p for a small second class letter, but now when I click on postage, only a large letter appears, which is too expensive for a postcard. I cannot change it to a small letter.

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Drop shipping

Hi all.Twice now found an item I wanted UK seller showing in stock package arrives from china completely the wrong item return label supplied from Ali express both times. Why is this allowed it's really disappointing and time consuming and costly rep...

Huraira Vault ARGOS Ilford

Sold a high valued item to a buyer in Canada, the address given for the item to be sent is Huraira VaultARGOS IlfordDoes anyone know if this is a scam or not, or how I can speak to someone at eBay about it?

Listing

I’ve entered my listing several times however eBay keeps removing it because it mentioned lithium batteries and chargers which it doesn’t mention anything like this on my listing. I’m totally baffled, I’ve tried rewording and tried different pictures...

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Safety recall help

I bought a Creworks 30l ultrasonic cleaner last year. It had a product safety recall on it, when I go through my purchase history and click the item it is no longer there so I can't contact to seller? What can I do?

Frustrating

  I’m looking for opinions from other sellers on whether this seems fair.I sold a rare 1980s Adidas All Nations TC Seigen tennis jacket for £39.99. The buyer contacted me on the day of purchase asking if I could send it urgently, so I made a special ...

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didn't get a sylud

A seller hasn't sent me a stylus i bought 10th of May I was supposed to get at the 14th I waited 3 more days and still haven't gotten it. I contacted the seller but still haven't got a response yet.

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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

Age Verification Removal

I've recently sold a "Planer Knife Setting Jig". The item is not bladed, sharp, and had no sharp edges in any form. However the algorithm has flagged it as requiring Age Verification from the buyers end. This is turning what should be £3-5 delivery i...

Refund scam

Hi I’ve sold a tent online in pristine condition, the buyer has received the tent and damaged it when putting the tent up, claiming that there was dirt on the pegs (after he had used them…) eBay have chosen to charge me the cost and put my balance on...

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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...

Counterfeit item purchased

Hi I purchased a bottle of perfume that my son already has (unisex one) on receipt of mine, he noticed the bottle and box was different so he checked the code under a scratch off panel to check it’s authenticity, it showed up as not recognised or alr...

Resolved! Here are the listings you reported that are included in this decision: Item: 117163916701 Samsung HT

This is not a question of listing content. This is a case of fraud ! I purchased this item through eBay, all trace has disappeared, my purchase is not shown on my activities, I have proof of payment and initial recognition from the seller with confir...

Parcel too long

I have sold a very light item on Ebay but its 161cm long. No Royal Mail service at this size and couriors prices start at more than the item is worth what can I do here?

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Buyers who simply dont pay

When you place a bid for an item at auction you enter into a legally binding contract to pay for that item if you win the auction.....surely thats the LAW. So how is it ebay let people place bids,win the item then dont pay with no come back at all? T...

Account suspended and closed - £950 lost

I wonder is someone can help. I sold a brand new unopened Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. The buyer contacted me to say the item was defected even though the Royal Mail Special Delivery stated the item had not been collected from the Post Office. I asked th...

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eBay contact

Has anyone noticed that help is now almost non-existent?All of a sudden I have had my funds put on hold. It has gone from next day to "2-3 days after item confirmed delivered. Some items are taking 10 days before payout. The only reason I am getting ...

Smart Touchscreen Wireless Earbuds

Hello, My listing was removed, and I do not understand the reason. Could you please explain what policy my item violates and what I need to change to list it correctly? Item title: Smart Touchscreen Wireless Earbuds I want to follow eBay rules and re...

Selling

Why am I not receiving the full amount for items I’m selling eBay are taking money off my last item should of got me £20 but eBay have only gave me £10 why is this and its been on all my other items I’ve sold I have another one in selling and want to...

Resolved! Combined postage.

Wow! I just ordered an item from abroad and wanted to add several small fitments that go with it. I asked the seller to do an invoice through ebay to me for them all as one order and to include them in my main order which already has postage paid. Th...

Resolved! Refund refused.

I just had a return agreed. The seller ignored requests for a label and Ebay postponed the claim for 5 days for the seller to respond. The item I ordered was ordered using the sellers information provided by them. Now Ebay have said my refund is refu...

Withdrawing money to my bank

I have recently sold something- the money is only in my ‘ebay balanace’ not letting me withdraw to my bank account due to my account waiting to be verified. I have been waiting about a week for the verification to be complete which is quite frustrati...

My Funds balance looks wrong!

I have recently sold 2 items and should have £292 in my account but it says I have £242. How can this be right when it clearly says funds owed to me £92 for one item and £200 for a second? Is there any way I can check? Thank u

Sent item

Good morning, I have sent an item using their evri label but it’s not registered that it’s been sent and they have received it . The buyer is ignoring me and I can’t find where to manually put the tracking number in for it to update , there is no opt...

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Genuine claim?

Buyer stated item was broken (no, 'smashed into bits') in transit and claims refund. also claims to have evidence, (not apparently submitted). eBay paid refund, so all good. but I'd like to be sure the claim was genuine - how can I do that?

Collection Issue

Hi so I basically bought a 151 Pokemon Booster Box from a seller but he's got it down as Collection Only?I didn't see this until I bought the actual item and paid for it, I've tried contacting Ebay regarding this but I'm getting no where. Can someone...

Custom (temp, research, wish) list access

Can anyone tell me how I access items saved to a 'Custom list' please?I have saved a couple of items in a 'custom list' (found next to the delete item button), but cannot find an access/link to view the list.I've saved to 'temp list' but wonder wheth...

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Violation of "Battery regulations"

Posted 2 listings today, one for a mountainbike, one for a skateboard. Both were removed within minutes for "violating the Large lithium battery" regulations apparently. Neither contain any form of battery. Can't get any help through the chatbot, bec...

Don't understand refund amount

I've had my buyer cancel a purchase for a legit reason, but before confirm it, I am confused by the cancellation details It says that the purchase price was £287.79 but that my Ebay funds are only £246.35 so I need to top up the rest of the refund fr...

CANCALED ITEMS SAME DATE AS PURCHASE 14TH MAY,CANCALLED SAME DATE AND NOT W\NTED.NO REFUND ITEMS NO

ORDER NUMBER 05.14643.41453 CANCELED SAME DAY PURCHASED THEM 14.-05.2026 SELLER IGNORING ALL THE MESSAGES IVE SENT ASKING TO REFUND ALL MY MONEY ASAP BK INTO MY BANK...STILL NOTHING AT ALL.ITEMS NOT WANTED AT ALL.AND NOT DISPSATCHED,AND IM VERY ILL F...

Buyer protection with regards to misleading sold-for price on auctions

This is only for auctions, not for buy now items.I want to know why the price shown for ended auctions from private sellers, on original listing page and also on sellers own sold items list, is higher than what was actually paid. It shows a buyer pro...

Buying postage screen

Has anyone else noticed on the "buy postage" screen that you no longer have the helpful quantity of items sold - highlighted in red? You now have "1 item" in black font, it's only the pricing that tells you whether it is more than 1 or not? If you cl...

Resolved! Refund Initiated before Item found

I’m looking for advice regarding a refunded order.The item was initially marked as delivered,but i couldn't find the item at pick up point, so eBay processed a refund automatically. However, the item later arrived, and I genuinely want to pay the sel...

Knives & Bladed items policy

Ebay's restrictions are becoming ridiculous now. This month's removed items are an electric corded planner & a pair of salad spoons.. neither of which would be anyone's weapon of choice !!

A warning about a dodgy seller

Has anyone bought an item from a seller called ###? They sold my mother an iPhone 13 that’s was a mixture of different iPhones, we only discovered this when we took the phone to Apple and they said it was a dodgy. The refund time was two weeks which ...

ITEM RETURNED

returned item to the address mentioned in the delivery parcel for the initiation of the refund procedure without using the ebay QR code to scan and paying it myself - so checking whether it shalln't be an issue. Moreover when can I expect a refund pl...

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Bladed Policy nonsense

Products that are NOT bladed, sharp, pointy, spikey, jaggedly, constantly being flagged under this incredibly poorly managed policy. I cant even update a quantity now, on so many NOT bladed, sharp, pointy, spikey, jaggedly products its just gone beyo...

Buyer trying to scam me. Scammed as a seller

Hi all,i’ve sold a 3.1g gold coin that was directly bought from Atkinsons (major bullion company). The buyer messaged me supposedly saying it was taken to a local shop and tested and wasn’t 99% gold which is ridiculous. I have the receipts and invoic...

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Royal Mail lost my item

Hi, I sent a package(buyer paid for postage) Royal Mail tracked 48. Item arrived at Hounslow distribution centre 4 days ago and hasn’t moved since. Called Royal Mail and they said” if it hasn’t been delivered by Monday presume it’s lost and make a cl...

Vendor sent two ladders.

A vendor sent me two ladders instead of one. I have told them, twice. They say they will arrange collection. They have not.At what point can I assume ownership of the second item or charge the vendor a storage fee?

my account messed up

hi ever since i went into chat and asked someone to change my user name because the option wasnt there,they seem to have ruined my page ,i cannot make offers,i cannot click on my name top left,icannot report an issue goes to some connection terminati...

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Reporting a seller issue

I have recently bought a fairly expensive item from a seller who has breached one of Ebay's policies. I'm dealing with getting a refund separately, using the usual process (in this case, it hasn't arrived). The seller is still selling on Ebay and con...

Resolved! An issue with the buyers account?

I have received a message stating that eBay has cancelled a bid on an item because there is an issue with the buyers account.However, I received this message after that same buyer had completed the purchase using "buy it now" and paid for the item. I...

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How to get Ebay to Invesigate a Seller

Last December I ordered a £1300 Growatt Solar battery system from a seller based in Spain. they immediately issued a tracking number but the item was not dispatched. they said they had transferred my order to their supplier in the Netherlands. After ...

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Full refund not received

The seller agreed to take the return back- didn’t answer about refund, after I asked. Then finally said he’d refund me. Returned items with confirmation. The refunded amount is not the full refund I paid . I paid: the price listed, plus shipping/hand...

selling

I have just sold my first item but I cannot despatch it. I get stuck on the 'buy postage label' page. Every time I click 'buy postage label' an 'authentication' box appears on the page, it tries to open but fails, disappears, and I get a 'Something w...

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 ...

So no insurance for seller or buyer

We sold a large machine to a buyer in Canada at the beginning of February and we have to pack these in two large parcels 28 kg each to send through Ebays Global Shipping. as we have to buy the parts for it from various countrys, it takes a while to m...

Item sent to my old address, undelivered

I placed an order, didn't notice my eBay address details were my previous address. After waiting in and getting a notification it was undelivered, returning to sender, I tried to redirect but had no joy. I understand that I'm not the royal mail custo...

Damaged and not as described

The item arrived damaged and not as described.The packaging was not adequate for a fragile embroidery machine and the box arrived damaged.After inspection I found internal damage including a torn LCD ribbon cable and a broken connector on the board.T...

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Purchasing a large collection

i have been offered a large collection of models through Ebay, but I need to contact the buyer to find exactly what he has and how I sort out the ones I need. The seller has asked for my tel no or email, but under Ebay regs I cant supply this, so I m...

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I have bought a fake item

Hi I bought a golf club a couple of months ago, but only managed to get to the course last week. I popped in to the pro shop to look at other clubs and asked the pro to look at my club. The pro said that the club was definitely fake and showed me a n...

Possible scam

I purchased an item a few days ago from a seller for 130+ GBP the postage and postal method was part of the listing so I thought it would be a straightforward purchase. The seller waited a day or two then decided to send it via special delivery imply...

refund.

some one have any suggestions. i have an item that is overdue. i opened and overdue and spoke to the seller. the seller then sent the parcel with a tracking number, but ebay have given me a refund when i didnt want one .

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Wrong Item Received

A seller recently sent me the wrong item. they asked me to send it back which I did through eBay but it hasn’t tracked. Luckily I have proof of postage. eBay hasn’t refunded me and I can’t email for help despite the ‘buyer protection fee’ what a load...

ebay blocking me contacting them

hello everybody quick question ,ok so i sell stuff on ebay and every once in a while , an item comes up as a policy violation so i file an appeal and as soon as someone human looks at it ,, it gets re instated brilliant but now i am getting the same ...

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Delivery

Buyer left a positive feedback and buyer has received the item and confirmed delivery however eBay tracking failed to update. And I couldn’t get my fund now. What should I do now?

Over charged for postage label?

Hello, I listed an item with free postage. When I entered the size, weight and location, the postal charge was £3.38. It's a small parcel under 2kg. When the item sold, and I went to print the label, the cost was £4.06. I contacted eBay support, but ...

promoting listings problem

im not sure what has changed about promoted listings , up till now i always used general ad Campaign where i set a maximum percentage of 12% and the listings would automatically go to the recommended ad rate upto a maximum 12%, but now when i promote...

No way of contacting seller

I made an order but received the wrong item. When I look in my purchase history it's not there. When I click the link in my order confirmation email it says 'Sorry can not find order'. All I have is an order number, but no way of viewing it or doing ...

Use of my trade name ,,,

I cannot for the life of me work out how to actually report a trader useing my trade name of Veeleather the supply products that have been either the same ( except mine are custom ) or very nearly the same as what i have made in the past the specific...

Issues with posting

hello I sold the item a few days ago and I got a package ready to send off eBay goes through the dimensions and gives me a label I went to Royal post office and they will not accept the parcel since it was too two big in dimensions it were too long h...

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Item was sent by Simple Delivery and damaged in transit and I have to refund the Buyer

I sent an item by Simple Delivery and when it arrived with the Buyer the item had become damaged. This is evidenced by a photo showing that the postal box had literally looked like it had been stamped on. Ebay have now said that the Seller has to ret...

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I've been sold a fake (counterfeit) item

Hello, I've been sold a fake (counterfeit) item, that was supposed be brand new, with original packaging. The seller admitted that this is a fake in the message communication, but he still listed it as an original. Now he wants me to return the item,...

My account was restricted

I am owning Neonpath Solutions Limited a registered entity in the UK through Pakistan and I am legally allowed to do business activities in th UK or elsewhere. My account has been restricted before I didn't see the dashboard. Please suggest the solut...

Payout

I posted the items not using eBay postage label as the guy needed it quickly and now my payouts on hold

Damaged fragile bundle – pushed into full return despite asking only for partial refund/replacement

Hello to everybodyI would like to share my experience and ask if anyone else has dealt with a similar situation.I purchased a very large bundle of fragile tableware (paid 425£ for 36 pieces), and unfortunately, one of the large items arrived damaged....

Authentication process is a Joke, so called experts could not verify authentic vintage Sunglasses

I'm in the process of taking legal action against eBay, their verification (authenticity) team could not distinguish original from counterfeit sunglasses. I have sent eBay a letter to their Dublin address and hope they will respond within the legal t...

Contacting eBay?

I wish to contact an eBay agent about a return that's been in progress for over a week, but eBay's menus just send me in circles? Does anyone have a telephone number for eBay customer service?

Selling & VAT & VAT on Ebay Fees (UK)

I've sold an item for which the advertised sales price and the price paid included VAT @20%, as this seems to be the only way to sell (unless I'm mistaken). We always state in the description that VAT is included.Ebay have then taken their fee as a p...

Item not received

I have not received my the i purchased from a certain seller the tracking number he gave me just shows in one place for 2 weeks now when i contacted the seller always replies that the parcel is no longer with me contact Royal Mail.Ni my question is t...

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Restriction

Hello my account is restricted from ordering from Hate My Phone Ltd. I don't know the course. I would be grateful if you could review the restriction for me. I buy most of my phones from them. Thank you

Withdrawing pending funds

I have sold a few items on eBay recently, and it says the money is in ‘pending’ but I can’t see a way to withdraw it as it isn’t in my eBay funds yet. Even though I sold them about a week ago and all of them have been delivered.

Verification

I’m having trouble trying to buy something it asks me to verify that I’m human and then the pictures do that then it goes through the same process again and again just won’t let me buy it

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Postal Changes - Age Verification

We have just received an email for eBay saying they are changing all of our Royal Mail Age Verifiation postage from standard Royal Mail to UPS for the scissors we sell.We sell these scissors cost £5.95 and we offer free postage. The postal cost is £0...

Contacting buyers

I have a bulky item to sell cash on collection. I have a buyer but eBay won't allow me to send my address. How do we go about this. I'm relatively new to selling on eBay so any help would be appreciated

Seller refusing to sell.

Bid and won an item. Immediately got a message "I'm not selling it that cheap" Wait, you put it on with a starting bid and no reserve price or buy it nowprice, it is an auction site. If you put something up on an auction you cant expect to receive to...

Help with unscrupulous seller

The seller is selling fake products (Batterys that are not the spec they are sold as, and after a few months stop working). After contacting the seller all they send a whats the order number then nothing.As it took a few months to find out these are ...

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How to contact eBay?

I have my item, seller included it in a parcel with another item I purchased, I have left feedback. However, there seems to be no way for me to mark the item as received. Seller has marked the item as despatched. EBay only seems to have auto response...

no credit card

I know the questions been asked but can't seem to lock into previous replies. Whats the alternatives for proof of age ?

No collection code

The DPD tracking in my order says 'delivered'. I was 'click and collect' to my local pick up point. I didn't get an email with a collection code and can't see one in the item details. What should I do?

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help

how do you contact ebay there is no way whatsoever i got a item with a 6 year warranty and its broken seller isn’t responding and ebay is useless

new postage with UPS

I sell cutlery on Ebay - post using Royal mail - homes collection service - tracked postage Ebay have sent email saying sellers can only use UPS courier from 21st May for tracked signed for prcels is this right ?

Seller not responding.

I wanted to buy a PS4 Pro, and the payment went through and everything, but when I messaged the seller for the place, date and time (it was a collection in person) he didnt answer, I waited 24 hours, then said are you there? He didn't answer. I waite...