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Monday March 31, 2014
eBay Displays Unrealistic Delivery Times to Detriment of Sellers
Dear Ina, eBay tricks buyers in shipping time when seller clearly marks Economy Shipping (1-10 busin ...

Saturday March 29, 2014
eBay Won't Fix Errors Made in Handing Out MC999 Violations
Dear Ina, I am writing in regards to all of the talk about eBay prohibited/ restricted items lately. ...

Thursday March 27, 2014
eBay Buyer Requests Combined Shipping: What Would You Do?
Dear Ina, I would love to hear how your readers would respond to a question I got from a potential b ...

Wednesday March 26, 2014
eBay Seller: USPS Tracking Leaves Much to Be Desired
Dear Ina, Just got off the phone with postmaster here on tracking. My complaint was that I put i ...

Monday March 24, 2014
eBay's New Return Policy Not Compatible with Fashion Items
Dear Ina, Re: eBay's extended returns for expensive, seasonal or valuable items and USPS tracking ...

Saturday March 22, 2014
Building Marketplace Feedback System from Scratch
Dear Ina, Your blogs and forums have been extremely valuable, not only to myself as a tech start ...

Wednesday March 19, 2014
eBay Seller Wonders If It's as Difficult to Buy as It Is to Sell
Dear Ina, First of all, I had 100s of items that had to be revised, and/or re-listed due to age, eve ...

Tuesday March 18, 2014
eBay Overrides Seller's Return Policy
Dear Ina, I'm writing in regards to the latest change by eBay on seller listings. Sellers are requir ...

Monday March 17, 2014
eBay Seller Bemoans Poor Descriptions in Apparel Category
Dear Ina, Ya know, eBay really needs to crack down on a lot of sellers and make it MANDATORY in thei ...

Friday March 14, 2014
Sellers Still Smarting over eBay CEO's 'Noise' Remark
Dear Ina, I found this article in my Google news and it made me wonder (" EBay CEO sees Icahn gett ...

Thursday March 13, 2014
Merchant Complaints about Delays in USPS Acceptance Scan Dates
Dear Ina, A few weeks ago I noticed that my local USPS was "processing" packages 5 to 7 days after ...

Wednesday March 12, 2014
eBay UK Seller Pleads with Buyers over Package Tracking
Dear Ina, Would it be possible to explain to World members of eBay that when buying low priced items ...

Monday March 10, 2014
eBay Sellers Question Priority Mail Envelope Restrictions
Dear Ina, Apparently there is controversy once again over Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelopes (not t ...

Sunday March 9, 2014
Reader Warns, Beware of Spoof PayPal Emails
Dear Ina, I have just received a spoof email. They tried to gain access to my PayPal account. Pleas ...

Thursday March 6, 2014
PayPal Not Logging Buyers out after eBay Transactions
Dear Ina, When purchasing on eBay, linking one's eBay and PayPal accounts is allowed. I don't have a ...

Wednesday March 5, 2014
eBay Fails to Remove Obscene Picture
Dear Ina, I have contacted eBay's Trust & Safety Department twice within a week (February 26th s ...

Monday March 3, 2014
Google Pays No Commission for Ad on eBay Listing Page
Dear Ina, I thought it was interesting, and disturbing, that an AdChoice ad for Chromecast on an eBa ...

Sunday March 2, 2014
Etsy Test of New Layout Flawed
Dear Ina, I've been Etsy seller since 2008. Etsy periodically tests new features on the site to asse ...