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I was Sold stolen goods on eBay can I get a refund advice needed?
I wonder if any one can help me a few days ago I brought a smart speaker off eBay. It was advertised as fully working, like new. Speaker arrived yesterday and it doesn't work. I have today come to find after contacting Manufacturer to see if I was doing something wrong that speak was reported stolen and there for…
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Paypal Friends and family payment - how to claim this back
I (well a family member) paid £44 for something which was a scam, no goods received. The payment was made via Paypal F&F. I claimed the money back through my bank who initially credited it back to me but now say they intend to re debit it "We're sorry we can't recover your disputed payment". Just wondering what the best…
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What's the lowest you can do?
For a BIN listing with best offer. How do you deal with this question? I find it counterintuitive to state, 'lowest I will go is.......'
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leaving feedback that will stick
just a quick one as feedback can get removed for allsorts of reasons i am wanting to leave feedback as the postage my item was double what it should have been i expected it to come special delivery cost me £9 to post and seller actual cost was £5 to me thats just not right, so i want to leave feedback that the seller…
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Royal Mail Tracked 48 not deilvered after 10 days
sold an item on ebay worth £175 on 27th, sent it tracked48 on Monday 29th, it has progresses to the buyers local hub on the 30th and been scanned twice but nothing since there buyer opened a case yesterday and my funds are on hold, says I've got till the 12th to resolve it... first I heard of it was yesterday when they…
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eBay now leaving their own feedback for transactions.
I am sure all sellers get little feedback these days compared to the number of items that they sell so I was suprised to see feedback for transactions where the buyer had not left feedback being left automaticaly by eBay saying "This seller successfully completed an order" by eBay automated Feedback, has anyone else…
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Parcelforce additional charge
I am looking for advice I recently booked a very large parcel through parcels2go. On their app I specifically put in all the dimensions (184x94x13 +29kg). It recommended Parcelforce as the courier. I duly bought the service and packed up my parcel. Yesterday I received an email saying my parcel exceeded the limits and…
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Another Warning + Ebay Bid Cancellation Notice
Can someone tell me what's going on at ebay because I received these 3 emails. 1. Activity on your account isn’t following policy: Abusive buyer policy. 2. Ebay Bid Cancellation Notice. 3. Ebay Bid Cancellation Notice. On the 27th of April I bought an item then on the 29th I get an email from ebay saying that my parcel is…
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Has anyone actually sold anything on Facebook Marketplace?
I have been trying to sell a lawnmower and I thought I would sell it easily when my phone started pinging with messages. How wrong I was! Endless 'is it still available?', silly offers, and vague queries. I am not prepared to give out my address unless to someone who stated a specific time they will visit, but no-one…
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Cannock Fire
I was due a delivery from L'Or of some coffee pods. They are using Amazon for the delivery, and I have just had an email that it can’t be delivered. Is that likely to be the big fire in Cannock?
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Special delivery might be lost
Hello sent a item on special delivery Thinking it may be lost collect by postman and not updated on travking just stuck on collected by DO If it is lost how long does the Royal mail claim take to payout
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eBay buyer asked refund+keep item on false claims. Can ebay forcefully take money back?
As per title... I added all the pictures and video proving how well everything was packaged and that everything worked as advertised. I haven't used e(vil)Bay much so didn't really know these, and without telling the story and giving ideas to the wrong people, this buyer pulled one over on me and ended up keeping the item…
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Logging into EBay app
Not expecting an answer as such, just wanted a moan really ! I use EBay app on my IPhone regularly for keeping track of stuff but tend to do listings via desktop site, more out of habit than anything. Anyway, when I open the app it shows my items selling or buying, messages , feedback etc so it knows it’s me and is on my…
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Ebay only charging 30p per sale
I sold 2 items yesterday and when I checked the order details I had only been charged the usual 30p fee, no FVF as such. I have sold 2 more items today on a different account and it's the same. One item was over £100 so even with the 80% offer it should have been £3.50 ish. Yesterdays sales have already been paid into my…
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Selling coffee machine
I recently bought a coffee machine. It cost £80, including 200 coffee pods. It's a month old, and we've used up most of the pods, so I want to sell the machine without any pods. It works well enough, but I just want to go back to the Aeropress. It's this machine:…
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Editing listing after purchase - PDF
I purchased a text book from a seller on ebay over the weekend and have just received a (working) link to a PDF of the book. I was sure that I was purchasing a physical copy - but looking back at the listing it says 'PDF' in the description. Could the listing have been edited after my purchase to add 'PDF' post pucrhase?…
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Has Ebay, Gumtree & FB Marketplace had it's day?
I've been selling unwanted stuff on Ebay for almost 25 years and got feedback of well over 1,500. Gumtree the same, if it's heavy or more suited to a local market, it worked well. FB Marketplace I'm only a recent user. What I found common to all though is nobody is buying any more. I've had stuff listed at good prices and…
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Confused. ebay search, Worldwide to UK. Poor results.
Iv'e just done a bit of "testing" as i was sure more overseas sellers must sell to the UK, especially from the US. logged in to ebay UK and search "the stuff i want" clicking from "worldwide" and i get really poor results. log in to ebay US and search "the stuff i want" and there's 100's if not 1000's of results and a lot…
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Buyer wants to return item .. pattern is upside down
I sold an item a few days ago and have just received a message stating that the fabric pattern is upside down. I never noticed this but have to agree, it is upside down. however, i photographed the item and the person bought it .. i guess also not noticing the fabric. The buyer added that it fitted perfectly, but has asked…
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I would like to buy on gumtree sent buy post, worth a punt for low cost items?
I refuse to use ebay any more. Gumtree I was happy to read there is no protection for buyer or seller. Why you say? because that is the exact reason I left ebay due to their unfair siding with scamming buyers. Being a man of principle I prefer NO protection than unfair protection for buyers. I wouldn't buy something over…