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Unable to place a bid

Quite suddenly I am unable to place a bid. I click place bid and the next box where I would enter amount appears but is greyed out and I can't enter anything into it. I receive no error message or information. My account is in good order. I am using ...

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Proof of age verification

I'm pulling my hair out here...I want to purchase a mini chainsaw but it requires age verification. I do not, and never had a credit card, just my debit card....surely it should let me use driving licence as proof, it's ridiculous.There is no way tha...

POINTLESS 'MAKE OFFER' OPTION BY SELLERS

Don't know if any other post has coveted this subject but why do some sellers bother to list the Make Offer option on a listing when they have no intention of accepting any? Example: I offered just 6% less than the asking price for an item but got re...

Resolved! Vultures and snipers

Why is eBay so full of greedy vultures who must always outbid you, no matter what the cost, and a lot of them use sniper software? Ebay should ban this!!!! I am very low income, so I can't compete with these vultures.

Vinyl Records

I have been collecting vinyl records for many years many of them I bought on Ebay. I have noticed for quite some time that some (most) sellers vastly over-price their albums, some start bidding at laughably high levels. I think this will kill vinyl s...

"Buyer protection fee"? I don't think so. What a scam!

Was just about to purchase an item when I noticed a ~£3 "buyer protection fee". What an absolute scam. As a buyer, I absolutely refuse to pay eBay for the privilege of bare minimum customer service. Foisting hidden fees and extra charges onto buyers ...

Auction bidding

I want to warn other eBbay users about something that isn’t explained clearly in their system.If you are the highest bidder in an auction and you increase your maximum bid, eBay can raise the final price even if nobody else places a new bid.This happ...

Items going missing at Carol Stream/Glendale Heights

Why is it that, when I buy a mainstream expensive item from the USA and they have to go through Carol Stream or Glendale Heights, they go missing! I had bought some expensive Maui Jim titanium sunglasses just as it was coming up to summer last year a...

Resolved! Buying advice please

Hello, bit of advice on how to handle a recent purchase. Item I was interested in was previously listed as a buy it now and I offered 110 euro, the seller said they wouldn’t sell for less than 160 euro so I left it. The item was then listed as an auc...

Stomach Churning Marketing

I just received an email from Ebay alerting me that someone has placed a bid on an item I was watching. The email starts "An item you love...." Excuse me?!? An item I "love"? It's a rather dull, drab item I was mildly interested in but Ebay has decid...

Resolved! Item from USA and VAT question.

I'm looking at a vinyl album that's in the USA and I'm confused about VAT. In one sentence Ebay say their prices displayed include VAT, then in another sentence they say VAT will be displayed at checkout. Can anyone give a definitive answer as to whe...

Resolved! Proving my age without a credit card!

I see others have already asked this question (“I do not have a credit card, is there any other way to prove my age to eBay?”), but received little relevant response, with all manner of ‘real world’ suggestions (from joining porn sites, to showing yo...

Uk buyers now not allowed to buy from America!

Has any other UK buyer had this problem? I'm absolutely disgusted with eBay for ever implementing it. It's so discriminating and weird. Basically if you're in the UK, you are now no longer allowed to buy from any seller in America, no matter how hard...

outermati bidding

Automatic bidding can be over ruled by placing a bid with seconds to spare.Example If the auction ends at say 17-58;02 at the bid of £20-00If a bid is placed before 17-58:00 It will not leave enough time for an automatic bid to be activated and take ...