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Resolved! Adding tracking numbers

Is anyone else having problems adding tracking numbers on combined postage items. Had 2 combined parcels to add tracking numbers on today. First parcel had 14 items and I was able to add the tracking number to each item. But the second customer I cou...

Postage and Profits

Hi I havent sold on ebay for over 10 years, and have just started again I am shocked by how much it costs to send a 500g satchel $8.25 in 2004 it was $4 something I was wondering if sellers find that having to charge more for postage has affected the...

Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA)

An amusing email comes from Ebay asking sellers to attend the 'annual' conference with some group called PeSA for the low low price of $595 to talk with other sellers and so called 'experts' in learning how to sell on Ebay I imagine.Well, Ebay, I can...

Have I misunderstood this? Feeling stupid

I thought 3 out of 5 stars was universally acknowledged as satisfactory (or average)? I also thought Neutral meant 'neither good or bad' It's just confusing to me, as I notice eBay is going to count them both as defects Is eBay allowed to change the ...

Why is there no 1kg-1.5kg option when listing an item International

A lot of the Items I list fall into the 1kg - 1.5kg catogory , However when I list the Item it only has 1kg-2kg as an optionSo we are really paying the postage fees for 1.5kg to 2kg Apart from the fact that Overseas buyers look at some of my Items & ...

Resolved! Spoof Paypal emails

Hi just to make everyone aware there is a new round of Paypal spoof emails going around.I have forwarded it to Paypal, but just wanted to give everyone a heads up.

Clicking "Mark as Sent" always refreshed the My eBay Page straight away

I notice this past week that everytime I click mark as sent, the whole page refreshes itself, before that it was able to mark as sent without refreshing the page. It is quite frustrating especially if you have 100's to mark as sent a day and you real...

Resolved! Out of 12 sales 4 are repeat sales as the highest bidder has refused to pay how can this be minimise

Am still new to selling on Ebay out of 12 sales 4 are repeat sales due to the highest bidder not paying - how can this be minimised? When I have looked at the Feedback the majority of these buyers have done this before but it has been recorded in fee...

Can I post a satchel at standard large letter rate?

I have been using padded bags for a number of years now and are sent as a large envelope, cosing $1.40. I received a phone cover in the mail last week and they used a blank satchel to send it at a cost of $1.40. I know that my goods would fit into th...

Feedback Question

Have a buyer who purchased 4 items in the 1 invoice/purchase.The buyer has left 3 positive feedbacks but is attempting to be difficult with one of the items and I feel a potential neg coming. My question is - with the 4 items purchased under the sing...

hi..i have clicked on facebook makeover link...page cannot be displayed!!! any hints?

How can i connect my eaby acount with face book?I click on the link but cannot get page ti display...keeps coming up with error finding the pageDoes any body have any hints?Cheers Michele

How to block a buyer once they've placed a bid?

I have a bid on an item and the seller has in his feedback a non payment for a car won by him, How do I block this buyer after he has posted a bid?.

April Sales

Just wondering how everyones sales are going for April. March was not pretty for us, ( sales ended the month 40 % below average ) but April has seen a lot more consistant sales and a large increase in general customer enquiries. Still slightly fragil...

Resolved! Cheapest & Safest postage envelopes?

Hi,Ive been selling quite a bit here on ebay & ive noticed the postage fees are ridiculous & high! Not to mention the ebay fees when you sell an item. For a thin bit of material to be posted, it costs $8.25? Are there any types of postage envelopes p...

Resolved! changing my ebay ID to a website?

Hi guys If I have a website, say, abc123 (dot) com (dot) au Would it be ok to change my ebay ID to abc123comau? Also, can I add a direct link to my website in the "about me" page?

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