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Friday March 31, 2017
Beware Spoof Messages Targeting Amazon Sellers
Dear Ina,  Just a heads up: I've received two emails in two days spoofing Amazon Services cla ...

Thursday March 30, 2017
eBay Practices Weight Discrimination
Dear Ina, This has been festering in me for years! Seller "A" sells a coin for $50 with $3 shi ...

Monday March 27, 2017
Etsy's New Shopping Cart Is Vexing to Buyers
Dear Ina, Etsy has yet again gone and made changes that they swear they run tests proving that the ...

Saturday March 25, 2017
The Consequences of Rising eBay Cancellations
Dear Ina, As this is starting to happen to me more often, I thought I'd run it by you and the post ...

Thursday March 23, 2017
eBay Holds Seller Funds when Buyer Requests Return
Dear Ina, Today I received my first return request as a "no-returns" seller. I took returns for ma ...

Tuesday March 21, 2017
eBay Poaches on Seller's Store with Ads for Rivals
Dear Ina, I found out something VERY disturbing about eBay this past weekend while working hard on ...

Reader Reports Fake Amazon Selling Accounts
Dear Ina, Not sure if anyone has reported this but Amazon is being flooded with fake accounts sell ...

Saturday March 18, 2017
eBay Motors Gives OEM Parts a Red Flag
Dear Ina, Since you have a solid contact at eBay, can you ask them 2 things for me. 1) I sel ...

Thursday March 16, 2017
eBay Seller Concerned about Shipping Metrics
Dear Ina, I am guessing eBay almost certainly will ding TRS sellers who needed to mail packages on ...

Monday March 13, 2017
The True Cost of eBay Promoted Listings
Dear Ina, Although sellers already pay listing fees and store fees with a reasonable expectation t ...

Friday March 10, 2017
The New Cost of Selling Books on Amazon versus eBay
Dear Ina, I know you have probably have written articles about this but I don't really pay much at ...

Wednesday March 8, 2017
Tracking Upload Problems Lead to Defects from eBay
Dear Ina, Has any seller mentioned to you the frustration of uploading tracking numbers to eBay? ...

Tuesday March 7, 2017
Does eBay Reward Sellers Who Lower Prices?
Dear Ina, Holy smokes. I see one of MY items in an ad on Yahoo mail. So now I am happy. Then I cli ...

Friday March 3, 2017
Warning for Sellers Using eBay Calculated Shipping
Dear Ina, URGENT: For the last two weeks or longer, sellers who use calculated shipping are losing ...

Wednesday March 1, 2017
eBay Glitch Is Costing This Seller Money and Goodwill
Dear Ina, I've contacted eBay 10 times, to no avail. My handling fees are not being added to my ...