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I'm trying to make a purchase on a new account, never bought anything on Ebay before, however anytime I try and place a bid I get a message that my account has a restriction placed on it. Looking at help articles I double check everything to make sur...

User avatar by Von Enthusiast
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Missing Postage.

Ebay has a HUGE problem when it comes to postage with new sellers. I buy a good chunk on stuff on eBay and in the past 2 days ive received 9 packages with postage due. I've had to reject them cause I don't want to pay another $100+ for items I alread...

Small package from Orange Connex

I may have found out what the scam is with orange connex sending an empty envelope. I was supposed to get two light fixtures, were shipped from China but I'm not sure that is relevant, but what was recieved was just an empty envelop by usps that day....

User avatar by Von Rising Star
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Auto Pay ???

Everything on Ebay can be bought cheaper and shipped faster on Amazon, My last be least is Ebay auction, I win items cheap and send to my kids and grandbabys, With new auto pay I do get up in middle of night and pay so auto-pay ships to me, Improveme...

Refund needed- loyal eBay customer

Purchased some Italian sneakers, and they arrived in good order at the beginning of May, as I was poised to leave for Europe myself. The return date was one month later. Shortly after I left, Ebay posted a 2-week return date contrary to the original ...

Bring back seller IDs in search and browse!!

This may be the most idiotic eBay change in years. It may be account-specific, but there are numerous people complaining about this, so it's not just me: I've checked several eBay accounts on different browsers and computers, after clearing cache and...

Auto payment now mandatory for AUCTIONS? ! ?

Tonight I went to bid on an item and I noticed a new message in the "Place you bid" popup. It states: "By selecting Place bid, you authorize eBay to bid up to your max bid and, if you win, charge your bid amount and related costs to your PayPal accou...

User avatar by Von Adventurer
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eBay is being flooded with dangerous counterfeit OTC drugs - the weight loss drug Alli in particular

I recently tried to buy a bottle of the weight loss drug Alli, an enzyme inhibitor which inactivates the enzymes that digest fat. I searched for "Alli 170" to find the most economical size and bought a bottle. When it arrived, I discovered that there...

Ripoffs abound

I would like to pose a question to EBay personnel to find out how they are getting ripped off by fake sellers and seemingly are not doing anything about it. I fell for one the other day for over $200 and had Ebay refund me for this non-existent item ...

User avatar by Von Pathfinder
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Never got my package

I have photos from fedex showing my package was delivered to the wrong address, the seller gave me the wrong tracking number .when I contacted frdex they said it was delivered to the address connected to the tracking number only problem is that’s not...

User avatar by Von Explorer
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Resolved! Customer responser answered misconstruing my question

I requested seller update address of me because I odered to old address. But seller deny my request saying it is not ebay's polocy. And the item did not come to me and It is in USPS. And I writte my request is not only refund. And I writte I just wan...

User avatar by Von Enthusiast
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Feedback

Sick of people not leaving feedback I have 695 positive feedback and I should have almost double that by now. Some people just suck

User avatar by Von Adventurer
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