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I find the buyer behaviour very rude
I sold 2 mouth gels for £11 and as I had a spare one was not going to use. I offered it to the buyer for an extra £4 leaving a note in the parcel either to pay by PayPal or give the money to charity.She has received the items but did not bother to say thank you or leave feedback. Not bothered about the £4 as the spare…
I didn't cancel my order
A weird one...I bid on an item on ebay and won it last night.Today I went to pay and it was marked: Except I didn't ask to cancel it.
Need some postage advise as have not sold on ebay for a while
I am currently listing some 4k blu rays for sale & was hoping someone might already know which is the cheapest way to send these with tracking ? from selling a long time ago (i.e. when DVDs were still items people bought) I seem to recall that the weight of the DVD in a jiffy was usually over 100g but can occasionally be…
FREE LISTING email alerts - no chat
The purpose of this thread is to set up an alert when there is a free listing weekend. Let's keep it free from chat as far as possible to avoid too many false alerts Please scroll to the top of the page and click 'Thread tools' on the right. There you will get an option to 'Add subscription', Then when anyone at all gets…
Sellers, Will You PLEASE .....
...... read your messages. In 3 weeks i've asked for specific details where none have been provided, small, individuals and not large business sellers. 7 sellers asked and just 3 bothered to reply - why use the platform if you're not going to monitor it fully/properly ? I don't want the hassle of returning items, and, some…
Online store not accepting returns for damaged/wrong items
Hello all, I need assistance with the following. I've ordered a bunch of single trading cards from an online store. In total it came up to £85. I have received the cards today, and 1 of the cards (The most expensive one at £30) is creased/damaghed and one of the cards is not even the card I ordered. Instead they sent me…
Tracked 48 prices from October ?
Trying to work out postage prices for Ebay listings from October, does anyone have a link/know the Tracked 48 prices from October ?
What are my options after being blacklisted from eBay?
This discussion was created from comments split from: Used to sell on ebay 1000+ feedback. But not for almost 10 years. Newbie Tutorial?.
Help: Ebay seller made small claims court summons
I purchased a beach bag from eBay in July for total £91.45. Found on measurements when it arrived, to be significantly larger than advertised. Sent seller pics. Seller told me I had photographed it in a way it would never be used so refused return, but it was an unstructured fabric bag so that was exactly how it looked…
Non delivery case help please
Item (toy) sold on 2nd Sept, dispatched on 3rd Sept with estimated delivery 6th -7th Sept. No communication from buyer since note with purchase asking to "wrap securely for a safe delivery" Case for non delivery opened on 12th September - I have until 15th (ie tomorrow) to sort. I can see from tracking that parcel was due…
ROCKIN' ELVIS CASSETTE BOOTLEG ?
I have a ROCKIN' ELVIS THE SIXTIES 20 Great Tracks CASSETTE . I cannot find it anywhere only vinyl ones of the same title. The number is PK 89132 and made in West Germany is it a bootleg cassette and I will be unable to sell it.
Bot issue
I can't sign into eBay, it's telling me I'm too fast and they think I am a bot. Anyone else had this? Nothing to tell me how to get in.....
FB Marketplace buyer wants to pay by bank transfer
Hello, I am trying to sell a few pieces of furniture on FB marketplace, as we are reorganising one of the rooms. Got a few messages where a prospective buyer wants to pay by PayPal and send a courier to collect. This made me wary of a potential scam and I've refused these offers. However, someone else has now offered to…
Sale through GSP stuck in customs
So this happened first time with me and I thought to share in case others would come across such a situation in the future. I sold an item through GSP that was going to China. Packed my item, posted and it reached the eBay warehouse from where it got sent further towards buyer. Few days later buyer has messaged me saying…
Tracked 24/48 postage option to drop off at PO not showing via eBay labels?
Hi all. This morning I'm seeing tracked 24/48 without the option to drop off at a PO (t48 being 3.29 for a small parcel, not £3.45. So I'm guessing you buy the T48 for 3.29, take to PO and they won't accept it? I can't really do RM collection and don't have a delivery office within walking distance so there isn't a way…
Royal Mail “Signed for” ebay item not redelivered / collected by buyer & now being sent back to me
Hi, got my stress head on right now, advice welcome. So, I sold an item on ebay on 30th August for £58 plus £4.50 for Royal Mail “Signed for” 2nd class postage, and posted it on Friday 1st September and marked it as despatched on ebay. ebay released the funds and it appeared in my bank account. On 9th September a message…
Royal Mail October 2023 Price Changes
Royal Mail has announced it will increase the price of first class stamps by 15p to £1.25 from 2 October 2023. Details of this and other price changes are at https://www.royalmail.com/prices2023
Used to sell on ebay 1000+ feedback. But not for almost 10 years. Newbie Tutorial?
I've logged in to my ebay selling account and it's so different. is there a really simple tutorial that goes through ebay selling as it is today? i.e fee's / postage commitments / how we get paid etc etc? it used to be list with a photo, set a delivery charge and get paid normally by paypal. thank you.
Buyer has admitted to wrong address - how to deal with it?
Sold 2 items listed during the offer period. Buyer both items. Before packing I checked address on Royal mail website. Noticed it is wrong - wrong postcode. It is like student halls so I am worried about that as well. Messaged buyer about the address and he just said "yes it is the wrong address!" Do I send it to the…
Royal Mail Shipping via ebay. Benefits and how to pay? + tracking question.
hi. using tracked 48 as an example. it's the same cost (£3.29+16p to take to post office) if purchased via ebay or directly from RM. is there an actual benefit of buying through ebay? i assume the tracking auto populates rather than having to manually input the details? my main reason for this point is that it appears the…

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