Selling

Do ebay simply find in favour of dodgy buyers/scammers or investigate for real?

So I sold a bunch of camera lenses mentioning they came from a deceased estate (which they did). A buyer with a long history of buying and reselling lenses, bought one of them and immediately complained of a missing part (an accessory I said wasn't i...

New seller

I am listing a vintage HifI system. The selling price comes up in US dollars rather than AUD. also says does not ship to Australia, when I want to only ship within Australia.https://www.ebay.com/itm/273693826849

Advice on selling low cost items and including tracking...

So recently I sold a DVD to a person in the US. A few days before I sold one to a person in the same state. I sent both in timely fashion. One arrived safely, the other did not. I issued a refund as I didn't want to risk any defects on my account. I ...

What is the point of being a Top Rated Seller??

You do everything right and yet your listings show from page 10 onwards hence no sales for days on end. Anyone else find it's pointless being a TRS??

Final value fee

Hello can someone explain why they charge you a value fee AND a final value fee on shipping just seems like a rip off. I understand the Final value fee but the shipping fee ??cheers

overseas seed sellers

Why doesnt ebay australia ban overseas sellers selling seeds when the seller knows quite right that the seeds will be confiscated by customs ???

Resolved! Setting lower limits on offers

I have a technical question, but am also interested in people’s thoughts about the strategy in general. [I always post items for a price or Best Offer.] First of all, if I set a lower limit beyond which I will not accept offers, and a bidder makes th...

"Send offer to buyers"

Something new from eBay - just had a few items that needed relisting. The ones where there was at least one watcher are separated and tagged "Send offer to buyers" - but if I don't want to drop the price I can't relist it. Anyone else experienced thi...

"Share your Link"?

I just revised an item using the app and got this message: "Pay no fees when you share and sell through your personal link" then "share your link". Any final value fees of your item selling to a buyer through your personal link will be credited back ...

Paypal affiliation

So since it seems that I cannot sell anything without listing it under Paypal, why doesn't ebay publically state its compulsory affiliation with Paypal?

Resolved! Questions to sellers - unanswered. Does this effect your rating?

And another thing, on my Seller Dashboard or whatever that Overview screen, it indicates that I have an unanswered question from a Buyer. Does this impact on my rating as a Seller? Actually I have two situations - one is some lonely old guy who made ...

ebay label not printing

Had an order today & when I tried to print the label on ebay, it was just blank. No label to print. On the advice of ebay CS, I tried it in internet explorer and it worked fine. Just letting people know to try another browser if they encounter a simi...

New Seller features

I was reading some Announcements on the US boards (as they never seem to make any announcements here) and eBay US is trialling a couple of new seller features. I would love to see both! Two new features are rolling out this week in Seller Hub. Edit P...

shipping lithium batteries

Hi All, I wanted to sell and ship Power banks with lithium batteries within Australia. But discovered that all products contained lithium batteris - not only power banks, but also smartphones, iPhones, tablets, laptops, all of them are prohibited for...

I thought you had to be 18 to be a member!

This kid seems to have ignored ebay policies altogether and even goes public!! A 14-year-old entrepreneur has built up an online toy shop from his family's milking parlour - and now turns over £15,000 (AU $26,927 and NZ $ 28,296)) a year.Schoolboy To...

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