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Sunday October 30, 2011
eBay Shopper Says He Can't Communicate with Sellers
Dear Ina, I am writing really steamed about an eBay buyer-seller policy that is costing sellers sale ...

Thursday October 27, 2011
eBay Sellers Should Test New Shopping Cart
Dear Ina, You might want to encourage your readers to try out the new shopping cart. You can switch ...

Wednesday October 26, 2011
eBay Changes Process for Printing Shipping Labels
A reader sent an email recently asking about eBay's process for printing shipping labels. "Just trie ...

Tuesday October 25, 2011
Impossible to Gain Top-Rated Status on eBay
Dear Ina, I've been on eBay since 1997. All of the ups, downs, ins and outs have become part and pa ...

Monday October 24, 2011
Sellers Look for eBay Alternatives
Hi Ina & Dave, I constantly read posts from small sellers looking for an alternative to eBay and ...

Friday October 21, 2011
eBay Should Use Its $8 Billion to Make Site Fun Again
Dear Ina, I have read through the items on today's Ecommerce Bytes News Flash very carefully today ...

Thursday October 20, 2011
If It Ain't Reported Broke, We Don't Have to Fix It
Dear Ina, A buyer and I today agreed to cancel a transaction, and I received a message from eBay sta ...

Tuesday October 18, 2011
eBay Bulk-Editor Glitch Results in Black Mark for Seller
Hi Ina, I wanted to write to you about a recent eBay suspension/restriction that I received. Eb ...

Monday October 17, 2011
eBay Tests New Search Results Page
To The Editor, Recent experiences with eBay search results should have sellers screaming for refund ...

Sunday October 16, 2011
Is USPS Package Delivery Slowing Down?
Dear Ina, Just wondering if anyone else has had their post office inform them that as of today, Satu ...

Friday October 14, 2011
PayPal-Only eBay Shopping Cart - Read the Fine Print
Dear Ina, You would be doing many sellers a huge service if you were to get the word out regarding w ...

Thursday October 13, 2011
What Tools Are eBay Sellers Using to Manage Inventory?
Dear Ina, This week I was on eBay and went to the selling tools page and noted that there was an add ...

Wednesday October 12, 2011
eBay Overcharging Seller for Printing Shipping Labels
Dear Ina, I don't know if I missed this issue, but since I have been printing labels through eBay I ...

Tuesday October 11, 2011
Disappearing Mailboxes Make It Hard to Snail-Mail
Ms Steiner, On the story you wrote concerning missing your post office; I have a different slant for ...

Monday October 10, 2011
How Many Best Match Boosts Can eBay Give?
Hi Ina, Just received from eBay. Something interesting.. Does anyone know how many "boosts" in sea ...

Saturday October 8, 2011
Seller Fees Pay for eBay's 'Excessive' Executive Compensation
Hi Ina, Sellers wonder why eBay finds it necessary to increase fees year after year after year..... ...

Auction Seller Has Laundry List of Complaints about eBay
Dear Ina, John Donahoe's "BEST MATCH" drops the floor out from under his auction sellers. Some thoug ...

Thursday October 6, 2011
eBay Counts Unpaid Transactions as Sales
Dear Ina, This topic may have been covered before, but I have not read about it. I'm writing about u ...

Monday October 3, 2011
eBay Blocks Seller from Increasing Prices
To The Editor, eBay continues to break the promise made to sellers that changes to policy would be ...

Sunday October 2, 2011
Could eBay's Software Be Causing Inadvertent Policy Violations?
Dear Ina, I think I've uncovered a major glitch with the new eBay "no eMail" policy. Can't say for s ...