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Ebay are pretty garbage on counterfeit!
So I bought a Nike football shirt on ebay and a few days later it turns up and it's obviously a counterfeit. Query it with the seller and he wants me to return it, presumably so he can sell it to some other victim. I look at the return options and there is no way to flag it up as a fake item so I go with 'not as described'…
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Views Glitch?
Is there a glitch with eBay at the moment. Just looked at my listings and all the "views" have reverted to single figures.
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Royal Mail : Bulk Certificate of Posting Form
I brought in a handful of parcels to my local Post Office today (6 to be exact) and asked for them to be posted off second class. I had added 3 first-class stamps, so all that was needed was the additional 50p Every previous time, staff have simply entered the postcode etc, then printed off one of those sticky labels to…
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AAA_Migration_v2 ...on all my ebay mobile messages ?
Can anyone clarify what the following means on all my recent ebay phone messages ? AAA_Migration_v2
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Strange package?
Hello! Bit of a weird one today I received a small package that was tracked and signed for I wasn't actually waiting for anything that I could remember but it had the correct address on so I took it. The parcel doesn't have any name on it just the address and upon opening it I found it was just filled with cut up pieces of…
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Abusive and threatening eBay seller. Report to police?
As part of my hobby I buy faulty electronics and repair them or break them for parts to resell them to friends at cost price (oddball I know but I enjoy repairing things even if I have no need for the item and I'm not interested in making a profit out of my friends) Recently saw a radio on eBay which was very tatty, up as…
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Is it wise to send a high value bicycle via eBay
I want to sell my high-value road bike on eBay, but I am a bit worried about the possibility of a buyer paying through ebay, then stating 'item not received' I remember a couple of years ago, there were warning about selling high-value items, such as laptops etc with ebay & PayPal in case of possible scams. Asking for cash…
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E bay purchase wrong item came
I bid for any item and it is totally wrong, clearly an error by the private seller, but neither E bay or seller have made contact yet I have only found option to request a return - but so far heard nothing. It is not so much a return as the right product I purchased that I want. Every time I try to find an appropriate…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I sell a dress back to the seller for the same price I paid?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I bought a second-hand dress online for £25. After it arrived, the seller messaged me saying she missed the dress and that she'd buy it back if I didn't like it. After wearing it a few times, I've now decided to sell it, but I've seen this dress can fetch up to £120. I've…
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Return of £250 to seller RM or EBay ?
Returning a faulty item to seller ,I have had a label generated , but would that be enough insurance to cover the item ? Or would it be safer to pay the £7 odd myself for the £250 insurance cover and send to the same address as on the EBay label Thanks
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Refund Requested .. Excuse given .. 'found a better price'
last week I sold a pair of trousers, the buyer asking about delivery as the trousers were needed for a meeting. He asked if i could post off first class, for which he would pay extra .. I amended the listing to offer 1st class, rather than my usual 2nd class. Now he has asked for a return .. with the excuse as 'found a…
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Selling brand new expensive smartphone on eBay - is it really risky as it looks?
Hello, with work we have one of those benefits where we can purchase electronic devices with a strong discount; that combined with a "return your phone" scheme, I could get a brand new smartphone for a very good price, which I did. The plan was to resell it on eBay and hopefully make some profit; I am not unfamiliar with…
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Pay Pal failed account verification
I have bought items on e-bay for many years using a Pay-Pal account, all worked fine but suddenly my PayPal account has been blocked, I have tried to send photo I.D. etc to resolve this but cannot get this past the Pay-Pal system. It seems very strange that Pay-Pal are so readily prepared to lose loyal customers. Anyway…
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Returned SNAD item is fine?!
Private seller. Item sold as brand new and still sealed. Item listed with 'No Refunds' option. Sold an action camera gimbal stabiliser. Buyer opened a return 3 weeks after receiving the item stating one of the motors didn't work - hence SNAD. I apologised for the inconvenience and accepted the request. Had to pay for a…
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Listing options,New or New Other, no Used ?
When listing two used, very low value items as buy it now ,free postage in a sub section of Health and Beauty the only options I got were,......New or New Other/see details ? The items really need to be advertised as Used since one is used partly and the other is possibly used although looks new to me . I thought it very…
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Item bought and paid for on ebay now re-listed.
I won an ebay auction last Monday and paid for the item within minutes. The listing said the item would be dispatched with a courier for tracked 24 hour delivery. The next day, Tuesday, I received a message from the seller saying the item would be dispatched the following day (Wednesday) and I should have it by the end of…
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RSMcColl parcel collect
Spoke to a postie who tells me his delivery route RSMcColl is refusing all Ebay parcel collect items since they went into administration. Probably one to watch out for in sending address and maybe reach out to your customer.
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Feedback on eBay cancels offers ?
Hi All, eBay member since 2005 and got my first negative this last week. Honestly I felt so aggrieved because I honoured a false counterfeit claim and refunded without dispute and sent return label etc etc but buyer still left neg. I’ve been selling about 30 items a week over the last 12 months in a monumental clear out…
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Movado watch valuation advice
So my father in law come across this Movado watch (6B 159 - ?Weems) in his collection and after watching an auction programme online, has asked us if we could see if it might be worth anything. I don’t know where to start but I don’t really want to fork out lots of money on valuations when it could be completely worthless.…
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Listed on gumtree. which is safer- bank transfer or paypal?
I have listed an item on gumtree. Someone wants to buy it. Which would be safer form of payment - paypal or bank transfer? Talking about £25. I know this has been discussed quite often and everyone advised that gumtree should be face to face selling. I do want to sell it as I cannot list it on Ebay.