Very low item views?
Hi all Is there a fault today that is affecting items views? Mine are showing an extremely low number today. Anyone else noticed this?
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Ebay and their unrealistic delivery dates
The timeline is as follows:29 April 5.04pm: Buyer purchases a Christmas Card kit and selects second class postage. We have a dispatch date set of within 2 days.30 April Item posted (marked as posted 1 May)3 May 7am (Sunday) Buyer raised and item not ...
EBay's unrealistic delivery estimates
I have just spent the last 10 minutes on the phone to eBay customer services regarding this and they just don't get it. Here is the example I gave them. I had a customer order at 10pm yesterday evening (20/05/26)The buyer chose my free delivery optio...
Resolved! Second Chance Offer Visible to other bidders even though sent to one only ?
I have never made a second chance offer before now. A recent auction ended in a non payer and was cancelled after 4 days, hopefully registering a defect against the non payer.I selected what looked like the most sensible bidder and sent them a second...
Complete overnight drop off since 2nd March
Hi all, I wouldn't usually start a topic, but the instant drop off in impressions, listing views and sales has become alarming, so much so I wondered if anyone has had a similar experience. The last 90 days prior to March 2nd had been good, steady bu...
Bladed items
HiEbay is throttling sellers with this policy which is just crazy. es I understand that knives, axes etc should be restricted BUT scissors even round nose craft scissors, tweezers, nearly all garden products like trimmers, nail clippers, wire cutters...
Late charging of promoted fees
I have one today where they're charged a promotion fee 3 days after the sale.How late can they charge?Am I going to login one day and find hundreds of charges going back years?
Have they made the message box even smaller?
There's now a 1 inch gap on the right of the text for me (the grey line is the bar to slide up and down the message), in both Firefox and Chrome, is anybody else seeing this please?
Buyer lost an INR case but has now created a return request on the item they claim never arrived.
HIya, guys and gals. Had a buyer open an item not received case which they lost because the uploaded tracking showed delivery by Royal Mail with a picture of the postman standing at their front door. They have now opened a return request via Ebay wit...
The GOAT is no more
Been here over 15 years as a business seller and never thought this would happen. Never thought I'd be complaining about about lack of sales and views. These boards have always been full of of sellers complaining about slow trade on ebay but I've nev...
Resolved! How many sellers are closing their shops or running down their account in 2024?
We have been a seller on here over a couple of our accounts for many years now. Over this time we have seen a reduction in sales from a max of £13k pcm to £60 pcm. We have been through mass seller culls, more and more control over the seller/buyer re...
HMRC have advised us that your seller account belongs to a trader based outside the UK
Has anyone else had this communication today regarding VAT collection? Obviously it's wrong, I am based in the UK, VAT registered in the UK. I am just wondering if this is another eBay miscommunication/misunderstanding/glitch or whether it's true, an...
New returns policy
Received a mail from eBay today advising, that Sellers listing in Parts & Accessories categories are soon to become responsible for 50% of return postage if the buyer changes their mind or as eBay describe it a "remorse purchase"eBay will pay the oth...
eBay forcing car parts sellers to pay for return labels for 'change of mind'. This might be the end
I've seen some garbage in my 24 years on eBay but this might actually mean us removing all sub £50 itemsThey're FORCING us car parts sellers to pay for return labels for 'changed mind' or 'doesn't fit' from early June onwardsThis is to 'drive buyer t...
Packlink fraudulent claims need a mass reporting to eBay
Hi all, For many years, I have only used Royal Mail as they are still the most reliable courier.Recently however, I have used Evri through ebay for cheaper items as I am trying to reduce my extortionate outgoings!I have now had 2 claims from Packlink...
