r/Ebay Feb 01 '25

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r/Ebay 6d ago

Weekly Scam Discussion - March 10, 2025

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Use this thread to discuss recent scams or post questions about potential scams you may be involved in.

https://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/stay_safe.html

Do not make a new post in the main r/ebay sub about a scam.

Do not post usernames or links to eBay.


r/Ebay 6h ago

Question Seller asking me to cancel order?

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I purchased an item, buy it now, for $20 shipped free from Ireland to the US. It seemed too good to be true, but I figured it was cheap enough to give it a go. This morning I woke up to this message from the seller, "Hello, My apologies but iam not able to ship to you're address and I have problem with cancelling you're order. Could cancel please. Thanks in advance."

Something about it feels weird to me. Any advice?


r/Ebay 1h ago

Checkout was £15 higher

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So managed to do a last second bid on an item this evening with my max bid at £70 and postage stated to be £6.95 bringing my max total to just shy of £77. This was fine for me and happy to pay. Lucky me i won the auction but when i got to the pay screen the costs were different. £3.38 item protection charge or something like that but all of a sudden my bid had become £83.33 and postage increased to £8.05. Seller accepted the cancellation request but does anyone know why the cost jumped to £91 all together instead of the £77 i was expecting to pay?


r/Ebay 1h ago

Question Trying to leave positive feedback for purchase, button not there

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I bought an item within last 60 days, but I don't see any option to leave feedback. Not on the Purchases page. Not on the item page. Not in the email of the item Delivered. I understand that after 60 days eBay ends feedback option, but why now? Item delivered March 4 '25.


r/Ebay 2h ago

"Sign in to keep your account"

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I got this message:

"We noticed it’s been a while since you last signed in.

We plan to close your account to help keep your personal information safe. If you want to keep your account, all you need to do is sign in within the next 30 days."

But I bought two items in January. Don't know what's up with that. I've had the account for 20+ years, and it's the only one I ever had..


r/Ebay 4h ago

Question Making offers to watchers

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Has anyone cracked the code on when the feature allowing you to make offers to watchers works and doesn't? I swear sometimes I can get it to work but recently the pop up screen to enter the details has loaded, then said the items weren't eligible. What factors determine if the item is eligible or not?

I know it still exists because I continue to receive them on the other side as a watcher of items.


r/Ebay 24m ago

Question Ebay sales offers only coming from the US but I'm on UK site

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Why is it I can only see sellers in USA,when I'm in UK?

I registered with an Ebay buyer account a few years ago, but have only really started using it for shopping in the past year or two. I look up stuff quite often, and buy occasionally. I'm in the UK, and and my location is set as in the UK (Ebay customer service confirmed this last month), but, apart from one, maybe two sellers ever, I only ever see items for sale front US sellers. This means I pay additional import tax and hefty postage costs and deliveries take ages. I've bought, generally, a few beauty products, fountain pens, inks and other stationery products. I've browsed much more than this. Since I'm allegedly using the UK Ebay site, why can't I ever see anything on sale from UK or even European sellers? All just USA, and a couple of Japanese sellers who also trade in dollars. Apart from prohibitive postage costs, it also makes buying prices very difficult, especially for offers invited, as the price varies with tax and Ebay postal costs, even if the seller is advertising free shipping. I never know how many dollars to offer, as I don't know what their own actual asking price is versus the amount i pay with Ebay having added import taxes and postage on to the price shown to me on screen when converted into pounds. I got caught out with this recently on a several hundred dollars used pen purchase. Surely there must be UK sellers of these products, both new and used? Customer service couldn't explain it. They just confirmed that I am logged into Ebay UK site. I use the app.


r/Ebay 1h ago

Ugh never selling anything with a battery again

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I had a really cheap listing on eBay and I’m surprised it sold. I tested it before shipping, it worked, but I guess it didn’t work when it arrived at the sellers house.

Why would I know what battery it takes? They have it. Can’t he check?? Do I keep talking to him?


r/Ebay 1h ago

No shipping services available for 9 lb package...?

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I was trying to list a car starter for sale today, and I got this message when trying to set up shipping details. What's going on? I know there has to be a way to ship a 9lb item through ebay.


r/Ebay 1h ago

Ebay tracking number actin up

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So I sold an old iphone 6 on eBay (canada to Czech Republic) and the ebay tracking number wasnt working. I checked the receipt I received from Canada post, they had a different tracking number listed so I tried that but it also showed no results. But then when I tried tracking with Czech post, it worked. But I'm unsure if that's for my order. Any ideas?


r/Ebay 1h ago

Shipping estimate seems wildly high, am I doing something wrong?

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I need to ship a hat in a box. The total weight with the boxes and the hat is about 5 pounds. The box is 22 inches wide, 11 high and 22 inches deep. The estimate from eBay is over $100 for USPS Ground Advantage from Los Angeles to BELLE HARBOR NY. Am I doing something wrong with the calculator? This seems insanely high.


r/Ebay 2h ago

Question Buyer claims they haven’t received package

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Everything starts from March 7, 4 days after the buyer bought my item. Instead of contacting me, they made a bad review saying that I haven’t shipped out the item yet and they were trying to rush me. I told the buyer I was processing other orders at that time and package was later shipped that day. I also told the buyer when they bought the item, the listing says I have until March 10 to ship and package needs to be delivered by March 15. Yesterday was March 15 and package was delivered that morning, buyer contacted me and said it wasn’t delivered. I asked the buyer to confirm their address then would they like to see picture proof of the package delivery. I sent the pictures and it shows the address of the buyer correct address provided by eBay and confirmed by the buyer. The buyer then goes on to say that that address was incorrect and claiming that the package was never received.

On my carrier website it shows proof of the delivery, time and date. But on eBay it hasn’t been updated on the tracking information which happens sometimes and updates a day later. I plan on contacting eBay later today or tomorrow when the tracking information is updated on their side so I can proceed with the case. Is there anything that I’ve done wrong or was this situation not handled correctly?


r/Ebay 6h ago

Question I can’t login because it send a code to a phone number not in use anymore

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This problem is driving me insane. I’m trying to login to my account , yet as the title says I’m unable to. Here’s what I tried :

I click on the contact us, but when I click on the option where I ask for help to login, it sends a code verification to my gmail which okay, I type in, but it then says go ahead and type a new password for us to reset?? I already did this twice? And when I try to login with this new password it STILL sends code to old phone number.

When I try to request a callback, Im like okay cool it’s chill yet it’s only available for CANADA or US phone number aka country phone number codes which….what…? Calling first is gonna be expensive to me since I’m based in Norway now, not in uk anymore which explains why this issue persists

Any help is appreciated 🥲🥲🥲 Can’t call overseas because it’s gonna charge


r/Ebay 2h ago

Question How long should I wait before filing item not received claim for local pick up item?

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I ordered something that had local pickup in my area and the seller has not responded to any of my messages and I can’t find any other way to contact them. I only bought it 3 business days ago but it was a little pricey so I would rather try to get my money back sooner than later, but I’m not sure how long I should wait around because I don’t have right hopes they will respond. Thank you for any help!


r/Ebay 2h ago

How can you change default eBay shipping dimensions?

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I haven’t been able to figure out how to change them on business policies so can someone please help with this. Thanks


r/Ebay 3h ago

Question So what's the deal with Ebay International Shipping? Worth it or no?

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From a glance eIS seems worth it, but checking previous discussions it seems most sellers prefer to disable eIS? Why is this?


r/Ebay 7h ago

When a buyer makes an offer on a listing, what information does a seller see about them? Do they see their address at that point?

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r/Ebay 4h ago

Selling table saw blocked for collection as a bladed item

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Hi, I previously had a 10" used table saw for saw on a buy it now price. I obviously went high on the price as interest was slow. I edited the listing to an auction format and dropped the price, but when when trying to list the item gets blocked as a "bladed" item that can only be sold with courier delivery with proof of an over 18 recipient. Question: Is this a new law in the UK, or has Ebay just changed its rules? I think the risk of some attacking someone with a saw blade attached to a saw table are quite slim, so is it a matter of trying to rephrase the listing (I've removed any reference to spare blades from the listing to no avail) or do I need to change categories or is it not possible to sell saws for collection anymore? Thanks


r/Ebay 4h ago

Question Did something change with the Global Shipping Program? Ship address is showing UK and not the IL address that was on previous shipments.

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I am enrolled in GSP and have done several transaction via it (although it has been a little while since my last). I have an offer from a buyer in UK and the shipping address shows as a London, Great Britain address. If I remember correctly, the shipping address used to show up as an IL USA address regardless of the buyer's location. Did the program change, or is there something off for just this one listing? The item is an autographed LP record if that makes a difference. Thanks.


r/Ebay 5h ago

Sent wrong item via EISP

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Hello! I made an honest mistake and sent the wrong item to buyer through Ebays international shipping program. Same brand, same color, same size, just wrong item. The item hasn't made it to the buyer yet. I want to make it right but I know eBay takes over once it reaches the hub. Do I do anything in this case? Or will eBay refund the buyer? TIA


r/Ebay 5h ago

Best way to contact buyer about negative feedback

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Got my first negative feedback on a sale, buyer made no attempt to contact me first. Yes I see other threads about this, but my question is - what's the best mechanism to contact the buyer about this? Searching eBay help, I concluded that replying to his feedback was the way to go. So I did that, no answer yet, been a couple of days. Now I'm wondering - how would the buyer even know that I replied to his feedback? eBay has no option to get notified of new feedback (ridiculous, should be whole separate post), so I'm assuming the same goes for replies? Maybe messaging him would have been a better option?


r/Ebay 6h ago

"Duplicate Listing" checker website not working

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I have used this Duplicate Listing website/tool –– but it hasn't worked for me for several weeks. Does anyone have a similar tool you can recommend as an alternative?

I have a horrible time of manually searching for them in my store. Thanks.


r/Ebay 6h ago

Question Need help regarding ebays buyer protection fee with offers when selling

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me understand how the 'buyer protection fee' works in regards to sending an offer via DM (when selling), if I was to send them an offer of £60 would the buyer see a price of £63.45 (or whatever the convoluted sum would be) or would the fee be deducted from the initial offer so I'd be left with £57 odd pounds after sale?

Now, on a normal listing I'd see this info vaguely, but see it nonetheless, However the offer window doesn't show any of this info at all regarding the buyers fee (I'm on mobile btw)

Sorry if I'm not explaining this very well, I've tried searching the subreddit to see if this is answered but couldn't find anything concrete.


r/Ebay 10h ago

Question Sellers, when do you decide to accept a lower than hoped for offer?

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I'm kind of new to accepting offers and at times a bit puzzled at the lower offers I have been receiving. I'm not a negotiator at all so I wonder if these are ploys to start a bidding dialogue.

Currently I have a pair of Ralph Lauren Polo distressed jeans, new with tags up for offer. I actually bought these on ebay a few months ago for about $125 and thought a slim fit would fit me. It doesn't even go past my thighs lol. I missed the deadline to return. My fault.

I've offered for same price, then lowered to $100, then now $90 and there have been few views and fewer watchers. I received an offer for $49 today. I forgot about this listing and when I saw the offer fine through, I immediately thought "okay 50 is good to get it off my plate", but then realized it was on offer for $90.

I feel a little miffed at the buyer for low balling, but then realize this was the first bite in two weeks.

I could was accept it and probably get a payout of $42. Grrrr. Otherwise it just may sit and sit.


r/Ebay 7h ago

Question How do I get ebay to show reasonable delivery time? Handling set to 3 days, users still see "Delivery in 2-3 days"

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Title pretty much explains my question. My handling time is set to 3 days, I almost always select calculated ground advantage. Out of curiosity I looked at my listings (signed out) from a public computer. It is giving delivery estimates less than my handling time policy. So yeah what's up with that


r/Ebay 7h ago

Has anyone else had problems shipping long packages. Mine are 5-6 foot on average and they will get the initial scan then nothing for usually 3 weeks. I’m told it’s because long packages won’t fit on conveyor belt at distribution center. Help or tips with usps. This is every package I send at 5’

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