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Cakes at car boots?
Hi All New to the forums and have a quick question. We have done one car boot sale and made £113, not bad I thought, that was after fee for the pitch and our refreshments (we forgot to take some!). Anyhoo, we're thinking we might do a few more and I thought I might make some fairy cakes so sell next time, my partner doesnt…
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Is Proof of Delivery Sufficient for Items under £36
I'm having a bit of a clear out and just about to start listing things to sell again on Ebay (after a long time) and I wondered whether it was still okay to send items worth less than £36 via Royal Mail (with proof of posting), rather than using any sort of trackable method. Thanks Ms C x
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Please help with weirdo dodgy seller!
hi I bought a buy it now item and paid immediately via paypal and was told the item would arrive in two days with a disclaimer saying the seller was not responsible for items lost in the post. Anyway, the item didn't show up so I opened a paypal dispute. The seller was not happy with this and was quite rude. Anyway, he has…
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Cheap Sony PS3 on Ebay from powerseller- Fingers crossed!
Hi all I am looking forward to purchasing a PS3 and when I saw a PS3 on a buyit for £155 I coundn't believe it! Can someone please tell me that I am not being paranoid and that in fact that this look like a scam. The item number is or should i say was 270388889315. Being advertised as SONY PLAYSTATION 3 80 GB THE ELITE…
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Why are there so many NPBs now?
...er, because Ebay employees set up buying accounts and log in via home IP addresses, buying random stuff to make small sellers feel like there's more activity going on and revenue coming in than is actually the case, perhaps? (Till the sellers do their sums...) Buy, don't pay, get a strike, open another account, rinse…
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Anything I can do?
Hi all I won an item on Sunday afternoon from someone with seemingly good feedback. I paid instantly by paypal. Since then they have been hit with loads of negs about none delivery or very late delivery. I've sent them a message asking very nicely when they will be sending my item but so far no reply. I'm starting to get…
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Make up at Car Boot Sales
Hi Guys, Looking for advice from any professional Car Boot-ers out there. Does Make-up sell well at Car boot sales, if so what kind e;g lipstick, blusher, mascara etc ?? Thanks V
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Question about multiple user id's
Hi, A few threads on here recently have advised about setting up multiple user ids for selling & buying separately & it got me thinking. If you block a buyer would they then be able to still bid using one of their other user id's, or are they all blocked? :huh: Thanks
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Lower Price offer on Second Chance...scam?
I have just lost a e-bay item I was bidding on where my losing bid was £290 - but straight away got an officicial second chance message which reads... ITEM is available on 2nd chance offer to you and 5 others so its first come first served,Its on a 2nd chance offer as buyer wants it posting outside the UK wich i wont do,I…
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Affiliate marketing
Hi, can anyone recommend a good affiliate marketing programme? Thanks, Nicki
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Anyone heard of bookoo?
Ive had an email this morning inviting me to join one in my area, I googled bookoo and only came up with US groups. It looks like a local 'classified' site where you can sell your unwanted stuff locally like gumtree (a little like freecycle without the 'free'!?) Looks interesting, but im sure ive seen similar sites, and…
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Feedback not visible?
Hi, please be gentle with me. I bought something from ebay, it was a really good transaction, I left really good feedback, top DSRs and when they left feedback for me I commented on their feedback to say how happy I was. They say that they can't see it, I didn't realise until they politely asked if I would leave some…
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refund through paypal?
Hi, I have purchased something off ebay from a newbie seller and paid via paypal have requested a refund as item was not described properly. But the seller has requested the payment back into her bank account. She has offered to send me a cheque but I would rather be refunded through paypal, Is there a way that she can…
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Question About payment via paypal??
I have purchased tickets via ebay with paypal (verified) it says complete my end, but the seller says paypal are holding it for 24hrs. Is this correct do they actually do this and why would they hold it when its my money to give??:confused: I need the money to clear so the seller will send me ticket confirmation email, she…
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Is this dodgy?
I hope you guys don't think I'm a stickler for punishment but paid for another phone off ebay (:D). It's now over 10 days since payment via Paypal and I've still not received anything. Seller said sent and should expect by Monday but waited till today and still nothing. In reply to my email, seller said sit was ent via…
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Paypal dispute in our favour, need sellers address - how?
My mum has gone and bought a phone on ebay. It's arrived and was clearly not as described. We raised a dispute with Paypal which has been granted in our favour, however as is normal Paypal have requested that the item be sent back and tracking number be provided before they will issue a refund.... However, we don't have an…
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Ebay Seller Ripped Off Buyers And Bought From Me
Hi, Someone on ebay has bought an expensive item from me, but they have now received about 100 negatives in the last week or so from angry buyers about goods they haven't recived. It looks like they've been selling stuff they don't have then buying high value items from other sellers. What should I do? Am I safe to send…
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musicmagpie
Hello all, Has anyone used musicmagpie before? I was quoted £20 or so to trade a number of CDs with them, but almost a week later and they haven't sent me the information pack they promised. I also noticed in there terms and conditions that they don't always pay the amount quoted, that they might not pay at all depending…
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Strange Ebay / Paypal Problem !
Hi all I sold an old phone last week on ebay. Buyer has completed checkout and paid via paypal. Shipping address requested matches Ebay and Paypal, as does the name, but the email addresses differ. However I emailed the guy on the email address the PayPal payment was received from (to let him know when I would ship it -…
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Newbie Ebayer..advice please!
Hello, I sold a pushchair on Ebay on Saturday as buyer collects, the buyer responded to my email on Sunday and said they would collect the pushchair on Tuesday as she needed o arrange a babysitter. I passed on our details including a mobile number, and asked them to call before collection (i have a rather unruly dog!).…
