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Unfair unpaid goods tag

I bought a clutch purse from a seller in mainland China and then tried to pay for it. I live in rural Victoria Australia and we have no mail service. My address on E bay and Paypal includes the P.O Box no. and my street address and until now I have n...

'Ended today 5.35" what?

I may /probably have missed some crucial ebay announcement but in my search results say for jackets in women's clothing, despite the particular auction having minutes/hours to go , the first page of results will regularly show "Ended today 5.33" two ...

Am I being impatient

I won a sewing machine just a few days ago, I paid immediatly (as always :-)) since then nothing from the seller, no response to messages, not marked as posted complete silence it seems odd

Got a refund... but didn't get it???

So I ordered a monitor, paid for it, then I get a message that they're out of stock and will instead offer a different monitor, I didn't want it. Actually regretted the purchase of the original monitor so was glad to have the opportunity to get a ref...

I smell a dirty rotten rat....

I bought a massage chair last night and went in to check out what others had paid in the past. OMG... the rat has been exposed. Check it out for yourselves before I take it any further and report it to ebay just so I have 100% confirmation from in he...

Item unavailable -- cancelled transaction can still cost you

I paid for a "buy it now" item, only to be told item was unavailable. I lost the chance to bid for other items, which was extremely annoying and disappointing. I heard of sellers listing items they dont have. Not only is this a lost opportunity, but ...

negative feedback for a seller

I would like to know what happened to the negative feedback I posted for one seller as it is not in their feedback profile. I think it should be as this particular seller is intimidating, rude and a bully.

Tired of manually searching for Aussie sellers

As a buyer, when i come to ebay AUSTRALIA its because i usually want to buy things located in AUSTRALIA, not China, or the US etc, yet by default when i do a search for a keyword, it shows all items available to me from both Australian sellers & over...

Australia Post, USPS and Royalmail are killing the Golden Goose

The recent rise in international parcel post charges by killing international trade by making it too expensive to sell internationally. Is this a case of them killing the Golden Goose by trying to cash in on the increased parcel traffic or is it an i...

The new homepage

Ebay can keep the new homepage, it's too long, I don't like my mind being read and I would prefer the other one back with all the other countries to choose from that I can visit at my leisure without being stopped every time I try to buy something fr...

No feedback for new account

Hi, I have opened a new account to start selling a specific item which I hope to make some money out of. My question though is how to deal with the fact that account has no FB? Do you think it will affect me? Can I put a link to this account in my li...

Question Re Frypans

I am trying to find a divided frypan that I can use to cook two different types of meat so the juices don't run together. Something like an omelette pan, but not foldable. The omelette pans are also usually too thin. I've came across a couple like wh...

Combined Postage

Paying for a friend's purchases using Paypal I requested that the items from one seller be combined on one invoice using the 'combined postage' option and ebay has refused to send it in case it is a request to make a deal outside of ebay. It went wit...

Eligibility Requirements for PayPal Buyer Protection

The other day I received an email from PayPal about updates to the user agreement, in which it said that the eligibility requirements for Buyer Protection have been updated. The link didn't explain what the updates were as far as I could tell, just e...

Can I report seller? Reguest to cancel item but has relisted it !

Hi All, I won an item and now the seller has sent a request to cancel due to not being able to locate the makeup. The item has been relisted using new pics . Can I report this seller and what do I do about the cancellation reuest? There are two negat...

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