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Resolved! Your payouts are on hold until you update your account details. Please update by 29 Dec, 2025 to avo

"Here's what we needIdentity information To keep your account secure, verify it’s you."eBay has held £230 of my money for months. I have scanned in my driving licence three times. And I have uploaded the same by two different mobile phones so many ti...

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Authentication

Hi Guy's, can anyone tell me how much an item needs to sell for before it gets sent to an authentication centre?I thought it was £500 and under, but I sold an item for £480 plus buyer protection and postage which still came to under £500 and they sti...

Do eBay clear payments on Christmas day?

Anyone know how long eBay take to clear the funds from a sale made at 8pm yesterday? In the past it has been around midnight the same day but not this time it seems. I was planning to go to my local Asian grocer to buy biscuits and catfood with the p...

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Payments

Anyone else getting Ebay notifications saying because you're a great seller you'll be paid within 24 hrs and yet this doesn't happen? Why bother?

Customs unannounced

I bought something for 155 quid knowing I only have that much and now I’m told I will not get my packaged unless I come up with 40 pounds why am I not told this at checkout and if I return the parcel I don’t have the money for return and then I also ...

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Selling a item.

If ive sold a wheelchair, the buyer as payed ebay.the item was collected, no code or qr code was used.now the buyer isent answering my message to reolve the sale.

how to create a custom order of buyer to make a purcase based on there requirements ?

how to create a custom order of buyer to make a purchase based on there requirements ?i used to work on fiverr , we used to create a custom request based on what the buyer needed how can we do this here on ebay ? please read attached buyers request b...

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Resolved! Balance wrong ?

Hi , Im new to ebay.Ive sold 2 items for a total of £58 but my balance is only £38.Ebay said it was free to sell.Am I missing something?

Resolved! I had to buy another label after the wrong parcel type was in the listing

Hello,I sold an item that once packaged, weighed over 5kg. Unfortunately I blindly selected 'medium parcel' based on the dimensions when creating the listing. The seller paid the postage, which was much less than what was needed, but rather than canc...

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Managed Payments

Hi eBay technical assistance,My account’s Payout has been blocked for a while and I hope this problem to be resolved as soon as possible Because I want to grow my business with eBay.Best wishes,

Ebay hasnt given me my payout

I sold an item on ebay buyer has paid and received the item . Buyer also left me good feedback but i have not received the payout into my account despite contacting ebay multiple times. I sold the item on the 30November and still waiting for MY money...

ebay won't accept/process my ID, so my my payments have been on hold for 2 years now !

It's a nightmare. Each time i try to go through the menus about my suspended payment status, ebay says that its' sent me a message. But the message was months ago saying i need to upload a passport photo. I 've done it. Three times now. And nothing h...

Verifying bank account

Cannot verify bank account. First of all, I do not want to change my bank account. When I chose verify by transaction, Ebay says it made 2 microdeposits to my payout bank account. Then I checked my bank account, making sure the ending 4 digit

Payment

I bought a phone on ebay on 15th dec and i requested for a next day delivery. She did and I received the phone today. The seller is worried that she might not get her money as she is unable to update ebay tracking since she didn't use Ebay's normal d...

Ebay balance incorrect

I have sold 2 items on ebay.1 for £25 and 1 for £10. The one at £10 has been delivered successfully. The one at £25 areived damaged, so Ebay refunded the buyer on my behalf. However, my ebay balance is showing £35 when it should only be £10. Any idea...

this year ebay have restricted my account saying my card details need updating.i only have one card

i have resent my details several times this year, and it lets me enter these details,even sends me a message confirming this...next day the card details somehow revert to the incorrect details....i have a different postal adress to my billing address...

Wallet funds disappearing

My wallet used to have about £154 in it, then I checked again anout a week later in it was £149 them i checked again later instead of being near to £200 which was the plan I ended up with £140 in my wallet wich was somehow less then what I had origin...

Money not lodged into my bank,

I sold item them yesterday, the buyer has paid in full. I accepted her offer, she wants to meet and see the item in person which I have agreed to. But the money has not lodged into my account yet and I do not want to handover anything until I receive...

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delivery error

Hello, although the seller specified the country for delivery (Bulgaria), during the payment process I receive a message saying "Shipping to the specified country is not possible" and I cannot receive the product. Can you help me?

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Buyer makes offer, I accept, he offers cash on collection, I say no and that's the last I hear from

I had a message from a buyer making me an offer for an item I am selling. I accepted his offer and he then said he wanted to pay cash on collection. I said no to that and he then said he would go through E Bay with an offer. That was the last I heard...

Best offer

Listed item as auction with reserve and Best offer options. Got an offer above reserve price - open for 24hr. 2 small bids added after offer received. Cannot see offer now apart from original email saying I had offer. When I hit Respond to Offer it s...

Account Restricted + Funds on Hold + Incorrect INR Refund Despite Delivery — Need Urgent Help

Hello everyone,I am posting here in hope that an eBay Moderator or someone experienced can guide me. My business is currently facing a very serious situation involving an account restriction, funds on hold, and now a case where a buyer received their...

Delivery change

I have recently sold an item and elected a prepaid label from ebay, i got the label printed off but i decided to send it via special delivery, to cover for the item if it was lost or damaged during transit, the item has already been delivered, how do...

Funds

I havent received any money in my ebay balance or in my bank account when on ebay it has said that the order and payments have been completed?

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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Payments on hold

hi can anyone help with information on items on hold? I’ve sold an item which has been delivered and I have received positive feedback for yet eBay still haven’t paid me. The money is still on hold

Refund comes out of available balance?!

Please someone help explain this to me! I sold something today after accepting the buyers offer. They reached out to me very shortly after that they want to cancel the order. I haven’t even generated the shipping label at this point so their money wa...

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PayPal

If I Amy buying an item on my iPad they say no funds, yet I have no problem buying on my smartphone. Any ideas ?

Charges

Just got an email saying my banks been charged £10 but I don’t know what for Whether it’s selling fees but not £10s worth and I get free listings and have t done more than 10 and not sold anything. Help

Collector didnt give me a code

Help. I have adhd. It makes it hard to remember processes. I sold something for £350 but the buyer didnt give me a code when they collected and I didnt think until after theyd left. Now theyre ignoring my messages. I need my money. What can I do?

account is restricted

Your pay-outs are currently on hold because your eBay account is restricted. You'll start getting paid again when your account is reinstated.

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Payout to Santander Account

I recently changed my Ebay Payout Bank to Santander. Does anyone know how long it takes your ebay payouts to go into a Santander account once you activate a payout transfer? Many thanks.

Buyer didnt pay bec missing parcel got refund quick then item arrived i ve not been paid

Hi can anyone help me bec i cant seem to get funds back seller bought my item delivery was slow she got a refund after 5 days which was quick by e bay but then 1 wk later the item arrived she got refund and my item and has not paid me or returned ite...

Help needed

My buyer has paid for an item. I got the QR code for the postage so the item is marked as dispatched. The buyer is now on his way to pick up. What do i do? Isnt the buyer supposed to have a qr code for me to scan so that i can get paid?

Not received full funds as a seller

I sold an item through simple delivery for £7.50 yet I only revived barely half the amount even though there was no fees other than the protection fee of 62p, I did not use advertising either and I don’t know how to raise this issue to get my money

Change of payment method

I have a personal ebay account but I want to start to sell. I have been trying to change my payment method from buying to selling cost but I realise there is not option for me to do that. What do I do?

how long pending payment

I’m selling an item and it’s stuck in Pending as the buyer payment hasn’t gone through. I want to edit my listing but can’t as it’s in Pending . How long does it dtatbther

Sold items - funds not received?

I sold 2 items at the start of last week. Both have been delivered, & I haven’t received any issues or complaints from the buyers.. The funds haven’t gone into my ebay balance yet though? I’ve left it a week now thinking it was just some sort of syst...

Paypal fraud

I have closed my paypal account because I have found from my bank statement that the have been duplicating my transaction payments. Has anyone else had this problem. Is there a more secure way of paying on eBay.

Payment hold

What are you supposed to do if you have done everything correctly but the buyer hasn't gone to pick up there items, i can't receive money until everything goes through the long process even though the item has been paid for, it isn't my fault even th...

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account

I need help with my seller account.My account was restricted when I tried to list my first product.During the process, I connected my Payoneer account, but Payoneer showed that my password had expired. I had to create a new password, and right after ...

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Payouts on hold

I've got around £65 in my funds its been pending for a few days is still on hold. They have asked me to verify my I'd which I have done and now it's saying I have to wait for a verification when I did the verification almost aweek ago.

Resolved! paying back ebay

Hi, I am a private seller and sell something now and then. This time my buyer requested a refund as he changed his mind, I dont know why ebay didnt take the money from my account. I have one debit card and this is my first refund. I have this card fo...

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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...

payments

Hi! I am in UK not so long and have not yet UK bank account. Is it possible to receive payment via PayPal untill I will cteate a bank account

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Collecting from a DHL courier

Hi I’ve sold apparently my old dive bag. The buyer has paid for a courier allegedly but they have not collected the item on two occasions now! No need for a pre paid label etc etc ! Is this a scam as I cannot cancel my order now as I would need to re...

Postage

My buyer has paid for postage but now as I am about to print my label I am being asked to pay again. I am fairly new to this but my 3 other items did not have this problem. What should I do?

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Payment method

I have placed the order for the very first time and pay through klarna for the first time also, what if I don’t want to pay by klarna and wanted to pay full direct through bank?

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Wrong amount

I was charged a larger amount than was in the description. The discount was not automatically applied.  ok

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PayPal pay in three

Hi, how can I get my pay in three reinstated. I don’t even know why it has been refused as I always pay on time. of course there is never a human to speak to so I’m hoping somebody will help thanks

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entering credit card detail

Hi. I want to by grooming scissors but they asked me to verify my age by entering my credit card details. I bought the same scissors before and all was ok. I don't have credit card. What can I do.?

Payment details

I ordered an item (£6.66) and have an email confirming despatch but the email from ebay lists a credit card that expired ages ago. Will ebay just use my paypal account instead or will things get complicated?

Withdrawing money

Hi all I would really like the simple version of withdrawing money. explain to me like I'm 12. I went to withdraw the balance no luck the send money box did not light up. I refreshed my bank account details and it now says can't do it for 48 hrs as b...

Resolved! How to sell to a specific buyer

A litany of disaster due to my inability to understand ebay.Item first cancelled buyer wished a change of address,second cancellation item listed immeidiately not my intention, pressed wrong buttonthird cancellation buyers offer was declined three ti...

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Ebay payout doesn’t make sense.

Sold 2 items recently. I had these as promoted posts. The breakdown below is pretty clear cut on what I’ve earned, which in total is £80.8. When I went to withdraw the funds, the amount is lower than ~ £62. Can someone from eBay clearly explain why? ...

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Additional £1 charged separately

I've been charged an extra £1 by ebay when buying items. I have just noticed 2 extra payment of £1 after buying 2 separate items on ebay in the last two days.This was not a charitable donation.I've reported this to ebay, and they are investigating. L...

Item relisted

Still having problems .I cancelled the item or rather the buyer cancelled, and now have just seen that ebay hasrelisted and there is a bid, how do I cancel this

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Resolved! Help Needed – MC011 Restriction & Payment Issue

Hello eBay Community,My eBay account has received an MC011 restriction, and it has been 91 days, but I have not received my payment yet. I need help to release this payment.I am unable to contact eBay directly because the chat option on my account is...

Balance

Hi, im new to selling on here since it all changed, but i sold a pair of shoes on here, had the funds released and the balance was at the amount i sold for. Iv gone to withdraw the money today and the balance isnt there. It has not been withdrawn fro...

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Pricing

Hi guys, I have been trying to set the pricing to but it now but has only the option of auction

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My payment is on hold

Hello, I need help with a local pickup order.The buyer collected the item in person, but he did not provide the 6-digit pickup code or QR code at the time of collection.Because of this, my payout is still on hold.The buyer has already paid, and the o...

Order bellow missing on ebay record

1TB 2TB USB 3.2 Pen Drive High Speed Transfer Metal Portable U Disk Flash The order bellow is missing from ebay record. The item was faulty. I got returned label but can not get it. Each time I try to get return label, I get error message from ebay s...

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Mistakes

I sold three shirts to one buyer and sent them in 1 parcel via Evri parcel arrived but 1 item should have been sent separately my mistake. Now its showing 2 items delivered 3rd item awaiting postage

Getting Paid for an item sent by mistake that the buyer would like to purchase

I sent the wrong item to a buyer who had paid. With their agreement of the buyer I sent the correct item which they have now recieved. The buyer would also like to but the original item that was sent in error. I am very happy with this outcome. Hope ...

Bidding on tea knives

Being blocked from bidding on tea knives with out verifying my age. Require credit card details but do not have a credit card only a debit card which isn't accepted. Does this mean I can not buy tea knives on eBay?

Funds

Hi all I'm fairly new to selling on eBay and this hasn't happened up until now but today someone ordered a diecast car from my shop for 4.99 then cancelled within minutes and eBay said I had to cancel so I did but what I'd like to know is why was the...

stuck with payout method

i am stuck with ebay payout method. i opened monzo business account for that. but ebay doesn't accept that banking method. then i opened Zempler Account. Again it is not accepting? I am starting my new business, hence most banks are not accepting my ...

Payment

I have sold something that is collection only, can the buyer paid me cash on collection or do they pay through eBay?

Duplicate refund payment

I refunded an order as i made a mistake with sizing. The refund left my bank account on Nov 3rd. I have now had a message from Ebay saying that the original payment failed and have taken the refund out of my eBay balance so it has been taken twice. H...

We're having trouble confirming your bank details

I've had a personel account on eBay for a long time. But when eBay brought in the "Simple Delivery" everything got screwed up. I sell 3D printed 2.5 hard drive caddies, which fit inside small envelopes and cost me 85p to deliver via my Royal Mail acc...

Not receiving payment

I sold a coat and intended to send it via Evri. I obtained a barcode. But then I decided to send via Royal Mail. However, because Evri never registered it as delivered I did not get my payout. What do I do?

Wrong amount Received

I need help with a payment issue. For this transaction, I was supposed to receive £38.06, but I only received £17.91. After the deduction of buyer protection and postage, the amount I should receive is £38.06, yet only £17.91 has been paid to me.Can ...

Payment on hold

My money on hold and ebay claims they are reviewing my payment method before and can take up to a week even though my method is valid and right. I don’t understand this ebay people

Bank Verification

Over a week now I’ve been waiting for my bank to be verified 0.01p has come out and gone back in and all I get from customer services is it’s my bank there waiting for. ridiculous system EBay have got set up regarding getting your OWN money. Item has...

Subscriptions Payments

Being driven mad - a debt recovery service is chasing me for a payment said to be for subscriptions but have read that the company doesn't exist though did answer phone call informing me to go to 'Resolution'. Can't find via Search. At the same time ...

Money disappeared

My sale went through all fine item received money went into my eBay balance.. it cleared and now it has gone somewhere not quite sure where?It’s not in my balance or bank account how can I resolve thisbuyer has not opened up a dispute tia

Unresolved full refund

Unresolved full refund and the case is closed. The automatic assistance is not helpful and I cannot get hold of e-bay to sort out this unsatisfactory 'case closed' situation. I need a full refund for the wrong order sent to me.

Extra payments taken

I noticed when purchasing an item the other day that there were two additional payments of £1 each taken from my payment method. I took this up with Paypal and although no response the amounts disappeared. I have just ordered another item and the sam...

Order issue

Hello. I just order 3 item by Klarna (pay in 3) and payment is deducted from my account but these are still in my basket and not showing in my orders

Resolved! frozen funds

I sold for two years and had a good rating, but I was banned. I can't sell and I can't withdraw my money. Ebay is holding it in my account, which is blocked. My question is: when will I get my money back?

Where's my fee credit?

Hi,I'm trying to chase up my "fee credit" (compensation) for a parcel I sold which was lost by simple delivery (evri). The buyer opened a case, I issued a refund....I've been going round in circles for ages. I used Resolver in the end with Evri, who ...

Payment dispute

Hi,A buyer opened up a payment dispute, I was given the option to challenged the dispute or refund the buyer, at this point there was no option for a return. To be covered by ebay seller protection in their terms and conditions I had to challenge and...

unable to withdraw my money after 4 days

Sold an item and it was collected Monday evening by the purchaser.Feedback all done and showed my balance as correct. I noticed my bank details wete incorrect (change bank account last year) , so updated my bank details. Ebay now put a hold on my wit...

Transferring money to bank

I wish to transfer my ebay balance to my bank and after much searching found the page which asks how much to transfer. however in putting in amount there appears to be no button to press to send message. Hitting enter on keyboard does nothing.

Item delivered

I sold an item and the postage label that eBay provided didn't have the correct weight on it so I paid for the correct postage, the item was delivered today and the buyer is happy and has left positive feedback, but how do I mark item as delivered so...

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Items stuck in sold

Hello. Hi, I have two items stuck in my sold area that have been dispatched but because they were sent as bulk they have not been dispatched. How do I remove them and get payment for these items? 

Only had half refund

I ordered 2 cardigans, ebay took over the case and they rewarded me but i have only been refunded halfthe full amount i have been intouch with the seller and had no answer. i have tried to get back intouch with ebay and its showing that the order has...

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Setting up a business account

HiI'm trying to set up a Business account for the first time. I already have a personal account, but I wanted more control over selling items.But eBay won't acknowledge my bank details and keeps saying the same thing. Something isn't right.We couldn'...

Payment to be updated

Ok so I started selling my items on eBay since last month properly however I've made and sold the correct number of items when will I be entitled to this quick pay within 24hrs as now I'm having to wait for the item to be delivered then waiting 2days...

Receiving payment

I’ve just packaged and sent off one of my listed items to my customer. When posting, the Postal office didn’t allow the selected delivery company. I then decided to post it paying for a delivery service they allowed, and didn’t use the printed QR Cod...

All my bank accounts fail to authenticate on eBay

I have been an eBay member for almost 15 years, (originally eBay UK, then eBay Germany when the UK left the EU, and lately started using eBay Ireland because it is the only English-language eBay site left in the EU). I occasionally sell some of my th...

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Request for Final Review – Long-Time Seller Account Restricted Due to Unavoidable Circumstances

Hello eBay Community,I’ve been an eBay member since 2012 with over 900 positive feedbacks and a long history of honest selling. Unfortunately, in October, my account “sehar_2012” was permanently restricted from selling after some temporary issues.Dur...

Resolved! Money on hold

Good morning. I am being asked to add a card to my account as the one on currently is on hold. I don’t know how to sort this as all the details for both my bank and card are correct. I don’t have another card I can use. Any help would be gratefully r...

Micro Deposits

Hi I was emailed to say micro payments would be in my account on 2nd October nothing has arrived. Finding very difficult to contact EBay tried various routes but no joy, was in a loop with a Bot with an unsatisfactory conclusion where I was just sent...

Shine ES 335 guitar

I need to make new bid for ES335 guitar after using maximum of 3 bidsI have contacted the seller and agreed a new price but need to make a new bidThe seller is MRDCGORDON

Refund

 I recently sold this phone and the buyer received and is saying there is scratches on screen but there wasn’t any when I sent and he want a refund but as I put this up for 25 and it’s worth more just to get rid of it it’s fully working with charger ...

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Injectors

Hi have buy 4 Injectors on 22/6/25,but two off them not working,returned to the seller in July and still don’t have replacement item or refund can you help with this please.Item ID 405905234152Order number 16-13224-27772

Postage

I sold an item for £5 yesterday but in my Payments, I only have £2.04. I don't use Simple Delivery but go online to EVRI to have my item collected and yes, it did cost me £6.58. Anyhow, eBay have deducted money from my account for postage so in fact,...

Resolved! Payout

Hello Sold an item in late September 2025Items was paid for and collected by buyerI am having great difficulty in getting the funds from My e-bay balance into my approved bank account Seems not very straight forward to activate 'Payout'Getting Very f...

Payout button

Hi is anyone else having problems trying to request payout the blue withdraw button is missing meaning I've only been able to spent on ebay or wait untill they pay you out. I've never had this problem before untill maybe last month. Thank you

Cancel order

I'm not sure why I didn't place the order. At nine o'clock this morning, I promptly informed the seller, but he still refused to issue a refund. It was only ten minutes.

Payment pending

Hello allI am selling a item, I sent out a offer then I received a counter offer which I accepted a couple of days ago, I have not received a payment, the odd thing to me is that the item I agreed on the counter is still in my selling items, the item...

Won. Item. But seller. Wants. To. Cancel because. They. Wanted. More. Money

I. Won. A. Item. And. Because. The. Seller. Didn't. Get. The. Price. He. Hoped. For. He's. Now. Wanting. To. Pull. The. Sale. And. Cancel. Its. Ready to. Be. Payed. And. I've asked. If. Its. OK. To. Monday. How. Ever. Because. This. Seller. Was. Hopi...

Barred from bidding

Hi there, why does eBay bar bidders from bidding if they leave honest feedback about a sale on ebay like item is not as described or cancelling a sale because the buyer has’nt replied.

Refund on postage fee taken by eBay

Hi I thought the simple delivery was for printing the buyers addressi have sold 3 items recently and have paid at the post office postage on items.see attached proof inc the selling item number written on the postage receipt.all have been tracked and...

Verification ID not being accepted

Ebayer for 15 yrs but recently had account on hold for payout due to confirmation of ID.Unfortunately my passport was just out of date, so only other option as they wanted government issue documents, was my driving license, which is UK old style, but...

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Withdrawing funds

Hi, I have sold an item, and the funds are showing in my account but when I try to withdraw them it won't let me. Does this usually take a few days?

Cars

Hi guys need help looking to bid on a couple of cars it won’t let me for some reason its keeps showing up this any information on how to change this.thanks

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Payment

hi it’s first time I’ve sold them eBay I’ve printed off delivery label posted it have the tracking. is that all I do and once it’s delivered, I can check the tracking and then will I get paid? thank you

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