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postage fees

Hi i need some informaiton regarding cheap postage in australia. i sell mobile phone accessories like cases, earphones, combine items etc which are not very heavy. they all in very light weight and everytime australia post charge me 6$ or 7$, which i...

Is This Allowed ?

Item no: 262866137063 looks like $ 20.00 for 4 cartridges, but it is actually only for one !

Parcel returned because a buyer did not pick it up from their post shop

Hi guys, It is not for the first time but it is a very rare case when a custpmer has not picked their parcel from theitr post office and it has been returned to a sender. The problem is I have to pay a return posta cost which is $15 just to collect i...

Active content checking tool

I have a few questions on this subject. I saw a thread a while back with a link to a tool that checks all your listings at once for active content and tells you which ones need attention, but I can't find it now. Anyone willing to share the link here...

Resolved! Registered business restricted due to not adding tracking number on 2 items!?

I have been running eBay stores for various business and I have started a store for my own business.I sold 2 items, sent them off and customers were very happy with there items.Due to it being furniture we use our courier to deliver it to our custome...

eBay Store Fees Have Increased And Store Owners Now Get 600 Free Listings Per Month But............

Since ebay interduced The New Store Fees I was all for it, So we get 600 Free listings per month for Basic Store. What they do not tell you is that your listings Visibality is reduced by 60% so you have to upgrade your Basic Store to Feature Store to...

Had a win today - woohoo!

About 90 days ago a guy opened a chargeback against me for $470. He said the chargeback had been a mistake as he forgot what it was for and asked the bank to reverse it after I queried him. Two weeks later the money was taken from me, plus an admin f...

Resolved! 10% discount

im new to selling, does the 10% discount come from the sellers fee ?

WOW Au post

this was on the news today....Aus post managing director gets paid 5.6M salary. according to the news, the AU gov wanted to keep this a secret from AU tax payers.. he is the highest paid public servant in AU..WOW. ...now i know why my postage costs k...

Raising selling limits

Just had a slightly amusing message from ebay on our small store. This store runs 300-400 listings with a total value of around $12,000 - $15,000. message reads, " Congratulations, we,ve noticed what a great job you are doing.............. ( well tha...

Australian buyer wants to buy from me?

Hello, an Australian from Austrilia wants to buy an item from me. The item is 100 bucks and about 10 for shiping. He can't buy it from me because ebay is telling him that I might not ship it to his location. They don't even give him a shipping cost. ...

Resolved! Do I have to send item in envelope to get the letter rate?

Hi, I just start selling small item on ebay. I know the item need to be less than 20mm thickness to be ship as a letter to get the letter rate ($1-3), which is much cheaper than ship as a satchel rate ($7 +). Do I have to send item in envelope to get...

Expired Listings still governed by Ebay

Contacted Ebay with a question today:When a listing has expired, is it still governed by Ebay policies?This is in relation to getting an offer from a buyer for an expired item - usually "I noticed your item didn't sell, I can pickup today and pay cas...

open case

I still have an open case that has not been resolved, I have followed all instructions from ebay and have not recieved my item back or recieved any replies to my various message to the buyer. I have also put in an apeal to the decision from ebay on a...

Resolved! Where to find how many free listings left??

So the software has changed yet again. No more selling manager just in the past few weeks. The new format is difficult to navigate and I cannot find how many listings I have left and the date they turn over. I actually know that I have no listings le...

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