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Resolved! Refund request

Hi, I'm new to selling. My first sale happened but they contacted me about getting it posted (I had listed collection only because of health issues. I'm had communication with the buyer and have said I will send them. But a few hours later I got a me...

Resolved! Moved from Australia to UK

Can anyone help please? I used to live in Australia but I've moved back to the UK. My location still says Australia although I have updated my details to my UK address. I want to sell some items but I'm worried that it will appear I'm in Australia. D...

Ebay

I need Ebay to contact me. Their automated ai listing removal tool has failed, the appeal has failed, as the agent obviously didn't understand the listing. There's a few listing's that are for circuit breakers, showing the positive and negative being...

seller account

on 6th of Jan E/bay transfered all my funds from sales to my bank. thank you. however I have sold several items since then and the balance does not show in my sellers account. where is the money?

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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...

Resolved! 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...

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...

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! 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

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...

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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Sold not collected

I've been paid for an item but after contacting buyer twice asking when they would like to collect ive heard nothing back anyone know what I do next. Thanks

Taking £1.00 from my bank

Does anybody know why ebay keep taking £1.00 from my bank account, 5 times this month already, it shows up on my bank account as a 75432788 transaction, any ideas

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'Ready to Resell' on main screen and 'Resell' button on purchases - IS THERE A WAY TO TURN OFF ?

Hello Everyone, Does anyone know if there is a way to turn off the (new) 'ready to resell' box on the main screen and the 'resell' button on the purchase history screen ? I have never sold, nor do I intend to sell, purchases I have made and find the ...

Active listing showing as sold

I have just sold an item. I've been in contact with the buyer and they have paid but the item is still listed as active and says I have sold the item.I haven't received the buyers address and postage details.

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Resolved! Item locations

Why can't Ebay's website default to your actual location. It always goes to "Default" which isn't really anything.Unless I request it, I normally don't want to see items from the US as I'm in UK, for example.And even more, offers also come up from ot...

Bought

Hi, I bought a desk, my son built it for me, didn't realise it was wrong desk and style till he nearly finished building it, contacted seller he's not replying, options say to return but its built and going to be hard to take down and fit in original...

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Buyer never collected item after paying.

Buyer never collected an item which was clearly marked as collect only.They paid for the item but 4 weeks later they have not collected. It's a large item needed a van and I think they underestimated their ability to arrange collection. Can I resell ...

CAN'T SIGN IN

So was able to auto sign in until a couple days ago when I had to clear browsing history/clear cache etcBut now can't sign into eBay at all and have had to create a new account but of course can't access purchases/saved sellers etc etc Now my phone i...

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policy violation

eBay item number:157534170528 which is a Video-2-pc DIY Video Capture Kit. for Windows 11, 10 8.1 8 and 7 which had a buyer but i mistakenly put in a wrong postal option and asked buyer to cancel to correct it. next thing i was issued with a policy v...

payment for sale if not using postage

Hi all, I hope you can help. I sold an item and selected the postage option but then decided to send the item by a different postage service. I was able to mark the item as dispatched but over a week later it isn't showing as delivered (even though i...

Resolved! My orders and sales total to date is missing

Hi, happy New Year to you all.In the last two days my Orders information and total sales to date have disappeared from my eBay front page. The Active and Unsold information is still there. Has this happened to others? Is it a tech issue? Thank you Ka...

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selling

hello all i am trying to list an item for sale - have gone through filling all the boxes, but cant get draft advert to go live as it keeps coming up with the following message:Looks like something is missing. Please fix any issues and try again.Item ...

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Last year's orders

Just noticed my "Orders" has reverted to zero for the start of the new year. There doesn't seem to be a way of finding my orders from last year now, wanted to check on an item that only sold last week. Any ideas anyone? Private seller. Thank you.

Photos of listed items disappear when I sign in

Hi there,I'm having a problem when searching for items to buy. When I look up something I want to buy, all the photo's which accompany the write up detailing the Items are fine. However, as soon as I sign in, the write ups are still there but all pho...

Quantity edit issue

Hi,I am changing stock quantity in variations but after a minute it again reverted to original quantity (first time entered qty - sales) while i want to remove sum quantities which are not available. please suggest

Payment on hold - Poor ebay customer sevice

I have tried to pay for some items using a voucher, my ebay balance from selling items and my own money. The transaction failed due to an error but the payment still says processing and my ebay balance has not been returned to me. After two weeks, sp...

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Resolved! Closed

closed a request by mistake how can I ask for refund pls . Thank you . 

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Golden shred memorabilia

Why on earth do eBay ban what is consider to be a bye gone advertising piece. The world seems to have gone mad, and eBay are creating a problem out of an innocent piece and are penalising us for supposedly making one.

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Selling

I have sold an item that is due to be posted by 30th December. I have contacted the buyer and advised I will not be able to send till 4th they have said this is ok will this effect by eBay in anyway if not posted by correct time?

Resolved! ebike sale,i wish to sell my gtech ebike

I tried to list my ebike ,which i done succesfully last year but had little interest,i tried this morning but was declined something about urlo which i dont understand,there seems to be other used ebikes on ebay is there something im doing wrong.best...

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seller paid less than asking price

Has this happened to anyone else ?This is the 2nd time this has happened this year, I let it go the 1st time thinking maybe I had made a mistake in my listing, This time it seems the asking price was changed but I know I didn't change it, especially ...

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Sending abroad

Hi all I have a live add which did not include international postage but now I do want to send it to Italy I have tried changing my preferences to allow this but it still shows as not allowed does this take time for this to change?

Knives policy

I have had four items removed from my selling site owing to the knives policy. One is a pair of pliers the next two are end cuyytters and the forth is a pair of side cutters. these four items are tools which are ment to cut wire they have no sharp bl...

Combining postage for simple delivery items

I’ve recently sold two identical items. The postage fee was charged twice by eBay. They were packed up and posted together using the simple delivery option. The buyer is now asking for a refund of the second postal fee. I didn’t receive the postal fe...

Hong Kong buyer

I don’t know why I can process my purchase, after entering my Hk address, there is no reponse, I can contact the buyer too, pls help me

Account restriction

Hi, My selling account is still restricted despite actioning everything I need to do. It has been saying, account waiting for verification for months now. All cases have been closed. Can you please explain what needs to be done for me to start listin...

No views ??

The last few days I’ve had 2 items for sale that haven’t even had a view. I’ve never seen that before. They’re both under the recommended eBay price, both in exceptional condition with good images. Is anyone else getting this ?

Non paying bidders

Hi, is it best to cancel an order for non payers or let it run the duration of the 4 days? I have a feeling I have another non payer with 0 feedback. I know they get a strike if I do nothing and I block afterwards. Also does blocking them on messages...

Cannot convert to business account

I can’t switch my personal account to a business account. I’ve followed instructions to go to account settings, then personal information - on that page there is no option to convert my account to a business account as the instructions state. What el...

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Orders not showing on account

I ordered an item prior to making an account. Made an account got emails to my email about the order but when I logged in to track it made me make an account but the items aren't showing in my order history but the items came today and I need to retu...

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Basket Items

Does anyone know how i can remove items that are still showing in my basket waiting to be checked out when I have already paid for the items and are out for delivery

eBay closed my account after bereavement – looking for opinions

Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate some honest opinions on this. I lost my wife recently, and during that time I put my eBay account on holiday mode. Unfortunately, I didn’tmanage it properly and missed some orders while dealing with everything. As s...

Unsure email

New message from: verify-customer-id_6418 (0)Dear User,As part of recent changes to our platform policies, we need you to complete an additional verification for your account.What You Need to Do:Copy one of these links and paste the link into your br...

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My postage name will not update.

Hi everyone. I have updated my name in my personal settings buy everytime I buy something the parcel arrives addressed to my old name!You used to be able to contact ebay but not anymore.Automated chat is unable to understand the difference between my...

COLLECTION NUMBER

I'm trying to find a collection number for a seller i have recently purchased an item from. Despite ebay's Ai telling me it will be under LOCAL COLLECTION DETAILS in my Purchase History, it's not, and i cannot find any e-mails with this 6 digit numbe...

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Travelling abroad

I have travelled abroad for a month ,but kept my ebay business account alive so it can keep selling, I have my son at home who dispatch the parcels and print labels, but a soon as I have gone abroad my ebay has stopped selling i don't know why ? Can ...

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Unable to List Items

Good day, I am a new seller with about 280 items listed. The most expensive item on my listing is just 1 Item which is about £500. All of a sudden i cannot list items again claiming i have reached my limit. My total sales revenue till date is £400. I...

Selling

My buyers address is coming up as incorrect i have messaged seller to amend. Was advised by automated service within Ebay to cancel

Account restricted but not message/email

Hello I got this account since 2019 where I only buy regularly I plan to start to sell, and bam my account has been restricted. I did delete a few old credit cards who were expired and when I try to confirm my usual bank card payment with the securit...

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Scam seller

I purchased an item on eBay with a 1 year eBay warranty but after 3 months the item broke and the seller is refusing to take responsibility! I pointed out and screenshot that there is a one year warranty on the item but I don't seem to be able to ope...

REVISE LISTINGS

Does anybody else think that if it was easier to go through your listings and revise prices and postage,a lot more people would do it with items that hung around for a long time,the problem is when you revise something it goes back to overview then y...

simple delivery

I have now been TOLD my item will be changed to simple delivery. I have never wanted this it seems to be a way of ebay to make more money suggesting it is to protect the buyer. If this happens I for one will stop selling on the site.

Is this a scam?

I have an item up for £250 currently, I've recieved several offers ranging from £270 to £300 but have just recieved an offer from a seller offering £450 for it. The item is on a bidding timer with best offer as an option, it ends on Saturday about 9p...

Take action on your eBay credit balance

I have received a message from Ebay to say I am in credit and if I do not take action before December 9th 2025, the credit balance will no longer show on your account. I have been on My ebay and it shows the balance with a negative suggesting that I ...

My funds are on hold pending re-verification.

I have over £500 on hold. I have been a seller for many years and have 100% feedback. My activity has increased in the last month as I have retired, sold my house and horses and am moving to Spain. I have sent new verification of my identity as reque...

Appeal approval

Hi, I had one of my items suspended because of policy violation. Ebay said that my item has a blade, so only age restricted postage is allowed. My item is a leafblower, and it doesn't have a blade, so I appealed the suspension. Ebay has approved the ...

Duplicate accounts - update email address

Hot mess here. Have started using new Gmail address after moving away from talk talk and want to update my eBay account. Somehow managed to open a new eBay account and link to my Gmail account. Now looking to sort this. Have closed new account but st...

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Bladed item

Here we go again, items being removed from my listing's because Ebay thinks it's a bladed item, what a joke This is becoming. So I will add this to pair of pliers, brick laying trowels and a vintage garden hand fork . Looks like its time to sell on a...

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Incorrect bid

I received a message from the buyer saying they had put a wrong bid amount in My reply was - I read into it and it said the bidder could retract their bid. They won the auction Now im unsure what I need to do ?

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disappearing purchase history and seller

I purchased an item from e-shopdealsukseller. It arrived but I requested a return. I received an email asking why it was being returned (signed by some called Cody). When I tried to follow the link to reply a screen popped up stating 'Something went ...

a buyer unable to bid

Hi there i have a buyer wanting to bid on an item she has tried several times and it is saying I am not accepting the offer. I am not even receiving the offer but she has screen shot me the offer and the rejection.

Plummeting Sales

My sales have plummeted to an all time low. The decrease started in August and now they have dropped so much I am having to go back to a salaried job just to survive . My poor little home run business is now on the skids. I was averaging 5-7 sales a ...

return my item

I recently order an item which that i have refunded. i have contact the seller as my video cessette was still in the vcr.he is not replying to me at all.i need my cessette as its my family people in there.plz if u can contecet him.many thanks.order n...

Jet washer with 180day guarantee

I purchased a jet washer as a gift a few months ago and unfortunately its broken. I have messages the seller who hasn't got back to me, ebay cannot assist as the purchase was a while ago so not sure how to get a replacement or return. Any ideas would...

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Wrong items

I recently bought a Jurassic World Lego set for my son for Christmas it arrived today in a damaged box left outside my front door. I opened the box and found a woman’s dress and jacket, no Jurassic world Lego. I contacted the seller who said they had...

Won auction. Not legit seller? Do I pay?

HiWon an auction for some Nike dunks earlier. Good price....Red flags are starting...new seller (November this year) no feedback but he was selling two other items...one of the other items has been sold. Question is...should I pay now or leave it a f...

Resolved! Ended listing with bid received

Hi All,I had an item up for auction for the 3rd time (reducing the starting price each time it relisted), with no bids. A potential buyer contacted me to ask if there was a 'buy it now' option. I advised that there wasn't, but if they wanted to put i...

Authenticity of jewellery

Hi I'm looking to buy a necklace and it states 925 sterling silver,,I have messaged seller to ask if all is 925 and I'm getting no reply,,also I've seen same pics and description and reviews for original person under another name,,is this dodgy plz h...

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broken candle

hello all i sold a gingerbread candle to a very nice buyer but it got smashed to bits by royal mail i gave her a refund but what about my loss how do i claim for breakage any ideas would help i have never bothered before but this is candle 9 thats br...

Resolved! Can guest purchases be shown in new account?

I recently made a purchase as a guest, but then decided to create an account as am likely to make more purchases. As I have used the same email address for both, will the guest purchase end up showing on my new account? Can't find anything about this...

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Buyers location

Just need some help i am based in the UK and just sold a large item which clearly specified collection only i have just looked at the bidding history and the winning bidder location is saying Hong Kong??. I have messaged the winning bidder to confirm...

Dispatch overdue

I’ve sold an item. They’ve paid and I’ve used the simply delivery service. So I’ve printed the label then dropped it off. Buyer has received, given me good feed back however it’s still sitting on my sold page as ‘dispatch overdue’. How can I clear th...

Closed Return Request

I bought an AirPod Pro case from a seller here in eBay, unfortunately it didn’t connect to my phone and the seller is not honoring the return policy. Turned out he closed the return request that I opened and I can’t even apeal. what should I do pleas...

Resolved! Advice: UK private seller/personal info

Hi, I need to ask if a buyer will receive my name and address as part of their confirmation email. I am a private seller and have probably sold less than £500 worth of items in the last year but in my overall sales over four years it is probably clos...

Toy cap guns

I have had 2 warnings trying to sell 2 vintage toy cap guns from 70's on Ebay, it's not right that we have no way of arranging, or appealing the decision, considering that Ebay hasit listed from other sellers. I want the unfair warnings removed from ...

Starbucks cup

Hi and I'm still waiting for my delivery from eBay a Starbucks cup and didn't come yesterday and didn't come today I been waiting a while now for my delivery what day is my delivery coming??

Frustrated Customer

Is it getting more difficult to actually SPEAK with a HUMAN at e Bay, or is just me!! Over the years it has been bad, now it is virtually impossible! Will be leaving after Christmas. Life it to short. Shame on them!!

postage

i have been selling patterns but ebay are charging me for postage on the page, and i dont have a printer so having to post items at the post office too. cant chat with admin so far. is there a way to solve that. tried the instructions to Void Label b...

Can’t find how to refund

I listed a piece of furniture for collection only. It sold and I did exchange a few emails with the buyer about organising collection at the time of the sale. Since then nothing. I have someone locally that wants to buy it (outwith eBay) I’ve emailed...

Bidder's and possible scammers

Hi, I'd like to know where I stand if I sell an item of high value and the bidder's feedback is 0 or only 1? I'm very sceptical about selling to these people as I've been scammed several times in the past.

No funds showing in my account

The buyer paid for the item but didn't want me to post it, we arranged collection which went smoothly, the buyer photographed the code, but no funds are showing in my account, where is my money, can't get any satisfaction from Ebay customer service

Have I bought item?

I placed an offer on an item, which is now showing auction ended. My Paypal and credit card show payment pending. Yet it is not showing as a purchased item on my ebay account. Seller is not responding. How do I know if I have won this item or not? 路...

funds deducted by ebay wrongly

Hi, I was trying to buy a perfume from eBay, then tried to use klarna 3-instruments payment method, however when I paid the first instrument by my credit card while klarna instrument method rejected this order which means this order was not purchased...

error made on counter offer!

someone made an offer and i have sent a counter offer however i have made an error - i was meant to counter with 11,250 however by mistake i have countered with 1125 - how do i retract or correct this counter offer, the buyer hasn't accepted so would...

Problem with completing a listing

Hello. For the past few day's I've been getting this message, "looks like something is missing or invalid. please fix any issues and try again. immediate payment" when I try to complete my listing. The info re Immediate payment is "To require immedia...

Increase of Selling Limits

Hello eBay Support,My name is Maksym, and I am requesting a manual review of my account’s selling limits.I am 19 years old, and I recently updated all personal information on my eBay account to my correct and current details. I have already completed...

Variation warning sign

Hello,Missing name in the variation specifics or variation specifics set. Hello, When trying to complete a listing we get this message as above. We go to edit the variations and then get an error sign and told to look back again in a while. Any help ...

Buyer refunded but kept items

Need help please.so long story short, I sold a bundle of teddys for £1000 the buyer received the item but said some had stains/marked so wanted a refund however these marks was mentioned in the description. The buyer then went straight to PayPal for ...

Multitude of problems

Hello all, recently been using ebay here and there after a long time of staying away and am reminded why I left to begin with.1: Why did they remove the "request total" "request invoice" "request combined shipping" options? Not available in any firef...

Share listing showing US.

I'm on Ebay.UK but if I share an item it comes up as Ebay.US .If I try to sell an item there is a not able to be shipped message.All my settings are correct etc. Cookies deleted etcTried on desktop, Is the only answer a new account ?Thanks

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Other postage

I had 2 items for sale with simple postage , I combined the items and refunded one of the postage the new weight was more than I anticipated so I purchased postage off the Royal Mail site, but now I can not put items as dispatched, and I am getting "...

Chat Stuck

HI Everyone, my chat has been stuck =. I'm unable to chat with ebay customer support and also the I can not make a call. This has been from more than 30 days.

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eBay authenticity guarantee

Hi all Has anyone had an issues with eBays authenticity guarantee? I have a personal (men's Fendi Rain Jacket) that i bought over 17 years, obviously i don't have the receipt or tags. I know its 100% genuine as I bought from Fendi in London, but eBay...

Items not showing

Dear Ebay I am new to ebay and I have a query. I have been provided with ebay item numbers but when I dial these in it states the following why is this? No exact matches foundSave this search to receive email alerts and notifications when new items a...

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email address

Ebay blocked a message I sent to a seller as it said the email I used wasnt linked to my account. I only have one email address and it is definitely linked to my account. What has happened?

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Fridge freezer

I purchase a fridge freezer through eBay with a 2 year warranty I now have a problem with it the company I purchased interim have said I need o contact them through eBay for repair am mountable to contact them through eBay message and can't seem to g...

Help

Hi, I'm having a problem with my account. It's not delivering ads. When I checked, I realized I had a jacket on that was blocking the ad. I needed to activate DHL, but it's not working at all, and it's also blocking other ads. How can I fix it? I've ...

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Fully refunded item, buyer won’t return, eBay is impossible to navigate to find a solution

I sold a watch, the buyer stated there was fault with it , I promptly fully refunded it. The buyer won’t return it. I’ve spent two hours trying to find a way on eBay to open a case against this buyer …..cannot find a way to open a case regarding this...

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Resolved! active listings

i have five active listings but when searching for them on e bay they do not come up as available no wonder sales have slowed

Resolved! Delivery change

Hi ive solda very large item . Decided to deliver personally instead of using Evri as stated on the order . I’m confused what the process is ?

CONTACT

How do I contact Ebay to tell them there is a line missing when they send my address to the seller?

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