eBay

Interesting Change of Mind return request

A buyer of a used music CD has successfully lodged a change of mind return request stating on the request that he has "ripped the CD to his ipod nano so no longer needs it". I have COM returns accepted with buyer pays postage and he has provided eBay...

need some advice

i sorry may be a little long winded-recently sold an item to a buyer, he started by saying could he pay at the end of the long weekend, yep no worries,tuesday morning he asked if i has posted yet, i replied no it’s only just post the long weekend and...

Isn't it about time for some discounted final value fees ?

With the number of sellers going to other platforms wouldn't you thing Ebay would offer some discounted fees ?I haven't had any discount offers for ages and am finding the "other" selling forum to me much more effective as buying traffic on Ebay also...

i have preferences set to block bidders with 2 strikes but she was still able to bid - how?

A serial non payer was able to bid on my item despite the fact that I have my preferences set to block bidders with 2 strikes for unpaid items. How can this happen? Surely all the sellers before me opened cases against her and didn't just relist with...

GTC for 31 days

Some GTC listed in latest promo from 29th - 31st are showing as having 31 days until expiry, rather than the usual 30. Any ideas as to why? Noticed yesterday that all listings done on the promo on 29th had the extra day added. TIA.

Overseas buyer cannot purchase for Aussie friend

I have a lovely buyer in the US who is trying to purchase some items for a friend here in Aus, but she is having trouble with Paypal.She's been trying for 2 days now, but Paypal won't process her payment. She has written: --when i confirm to pay it s...

How to reflect eBay collected tax for overseas buyer in accounting software

Hi all, So recently eBay started collecting tax on their behalf for purchases made from overseas. I am now having to reflect this in the right account in my books. From what I understand (perhaps wrongly so), eBay collects tax from me (the seller) to...

Converting USD and GBP payments to AUD

Hi, I am currently selling on the AU, UK and US ebay sites, which means I'm receiving payments in AUD, GBP and USD. I'm being charged 2% by Paypal to receive funds in AUD, but because the GBP and USD payments are coming from overseas, I am being char...

Fees for business account vs personal account?

I have seen mentioned on various other websites that the fee structure is different for business accounts than it is for personal accounts. Though I see no mention of this on Aussie ebay's site at all so not sure if this is true, or if it is applicab...

Ebay refunds to my buyer who signs a statutory decclaration claiming the item I posted was stolen

Ebay refunds to my buyer who signs a statutory decclaration claiming the item I posted was stolen at his end even though the buyer claims that it must have been stolen from his post box. I never post to a post box only a street address. This whole th...

Welp. First Negative Feedback

It was bound to happen one day, and sure enough ... Buyer opened a case for item not received, and left feedback saying I "ripped them off". I feel that that's borderline defamatory, and I gave them an immediate refund with an apology, and an offer t...

10.9% selling fee on this site is daylight robbery.. I've removed my adverts. Will not use again

HELP WITH VERIFICATION

trying to verify phone number but never got a call or text to verify. When i try to list an item, it tells me to verify my phone number over and over despite me already hittiing ok for further verification.