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Ebay unfair coupon code practices

I just bought a sumsung s10 phone which was advertised by ebay with an AU$40 discount if i used the code "pizzapie". I went to pay but pressed on picture of the item - next thing there was no box to enter the promotion code when i proceeded and it pa...

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Resolved! How to I get my money back from a seller who advertised a book which he didn't have. Wont refund!

Some weeks ago I bought a book advertised on Ebay by a seller in USA. Paid the seller the stated price + postage. Next I receive a message from the seller: VERY sorry but the item is not available, don't know how it came to be still listed on Ebay, e...

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Resolved! Why can sellers cancel an order and not buyers

I "bought " the same item from 2 different sellers and they both cancelled and refunded. Maybe it was too much trouble to post to OS.One had it for $35 cancelled and then relisted at $3500!! Is this some sort of scam?Buyers can't back out of a deal s...

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Does ebay ever act on fake brand sellers?

So, lately I've taken an interest in big brand beauty products, especially those sold in Australia. It didn't take long at all to realise that the market is completely swamped with sellers, invariably coming out of China (and often falsely claiming t...

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$1750 eBay Scam? Has this seller scammed me?

Hi all,I ordered an expensive $1750 brand new Nikon camera from a seller. Before it was dispatched i strictly told seller to recheck my address and name and don't use safe dropping method.Some facts:- item location is Melbourne, gets posted from Ashf...

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eBay now block bidding on Laserdiscs overseas

Currently unable to bid on Laserdiscs from overseas due to eBays restrictions on the importation of “Lasers”. eBay advised me to ask the seller to changed the title. That day there were 88,900 listings for Laserdiscs, eBay have a category for Movies/...

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Kitchen knife purchase contemplation

I want another Tojiro Flash knife for my collection. In time, I want to replace all of my kitchen knives with Tojiro "Flash". At present, I have the ones which I use most frequently in the kitchen: santoku bōchō, boning knife, and bread knife. Caveat...

is this really a tracking number ?

bought an item and was posted yesterday with an ebay tracking number as follows. i changed the first 15 numbers to obscure the actual. just wanting to know is this real with sooooooooo many numbers/letters?... 41 in total..Tracking detailsAustralia P...

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Promo codes NEVER work

My accont is registered in Australia and I've logged into paypal but it doesn't matter which code I use or when they always say "This code could not be applied to your order". This has gone on approx a year now. Will it ever be fixed?

Item not received

Hi, I have made a purchase on my mobile phone as a guest. It was a limited edition iron man bobble head. AUD70.85 was taken from my account and the bobble head has not arrived. Purchase made August 2 and aniticpated delivery was August 7. I did not r...