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Want an item on gumtree that seller has agreed to send by post. Should be ok?
I know gumtree is no protection. Caveat emptor and all but I have boycotted ebay on principle that they heavily weight in favour of buyers even if they are scammers. So as protest I stopped using them having been scammed as a seller. Now to stay consistent to my principles I should be willing to buy with no protection. I…
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E-Bay -How to register a payment for an item being collected in person on computer rather mobile app
I have now sold a lawnmower and the buyer has paid in advance through Ebay. He has not yet collected from my house. I have received an instruction from Ebay that says 'When your buyer arrives, you'll need to use the eBay app to document that the item was collected...Just open the eBay app, navigate to the order details for…
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EBay e-Mail notifications
Is anyone else stopped receiving e-mails for your auctions? I listed a number of things last weekend for auction, and normally when the first bid on an item comes in I get an e-mail but I think I only got one. The items have finished and I sold about ten, I’ve had one e-mail telling me an item is sold and one telling me an…
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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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Shipping white goods?
I have quite a number of second hand white goods to sell, fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, etc. These are large bulky things While i know it is normal for things like this to be sold as collection only, i have had some luck in the past with shipping, i once sold a bed and paid a private contractor £80 to ship it. He…
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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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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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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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How did your courier do? evri emails
everytime i buy from a seller that uses Evri i get the "How did your courier do?" email after a couple of days is there anywhere i can turn this off? there is nothing in the email itself with an unsubscribe option thanks
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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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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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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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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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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?…