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Monday May 31, 2021
eBay Calculated Shipping Quotes Are Scaring Buyers Away
Aloha, Ina. A buyer messaged me through eBay asking "is $50.80 an accurate shipping quote to Calif ...

Migration to Seller Hub Is Painful for eBay Seller
Dear Ina, eBay recently (a few weeks ago) banned the "classic view" selling page for sellers, whic ...

Friday May 28, 2021
eBay Sidelines 15-year Top Rated Seller with 1-Month's Notice
Dear Ina, eBay gives adult sellers one month notice to the end of "everything else->mature." ...

Thursday May 27, 2021
Seller Reports Problem with Shopping Cart Limits
Dear Ina, Our company is a high-volume seller on eBay. We average about 300 items sold each day of ...

Monday May 24, 2021
I May Have Griped over the Years but I Remained Loyal
Dear Ina, If you use this letter please do not include my name or identifiable information. Th ...

Thursday May 20, 2021
eBay Holds over $50K of Seller's Managed Payments Payout
Dear Ina, Millions in sales, and out of now where eBay blocked me from getting paid, but said I ca ...

Monday May 17, 2021
Mystery Charge Pops up on eBay Invoice
Dear Ina,  I received the following from eBay that they are charging my account $1X.XX but th ...

Saturday May 15, 2021
After Months of Work, It's Back to Square One for eBay Seller
Dear Ina, Just recently, eBay have changed 'soon to be required' item specifics across most cate ...

Friday May 14, 2021
The eBay Matrix? What Strange Order Patterns Have You Seen?
Dear Ina, A little levity to brighten our day; I was reviewing Wednesday evening orders and notice ...

Wednesday May 12, 2021
Ancient Greeks Appear Next to Hummels and Lladros on eBay
Dear Ina, eBay have done it again! First we had the vinyl records category comprehensively trashed ...

Monday May 10, 2021
No Way to Avoid Surprise Fee for This Type of eBay Buyer
Dear Ina, If Sellers can block sales to Foreign countries when placing items up on eBay, then why ...

Saturday May 8, 2021
Seller: eBay Ads Result in Higher Costs with No Sales Bump
Dear Ina, Has eBay quietly done away with Top Rated Seller benefits, specifically, the 10% credit ...

Thursday May 6, 2021
eBay Stops Seller from Blocking Bidder Who Retracted Bid
Dear Ina, Just found out at eBay if a Buyer bids your item and then retracts the bid, meaning they ...

Tuesday May 4, 2021
Golfer Teed Off over Inscrutable eBay Fees
Dear Ina, I am a casual buyer/seller on eBay. On since '07 with 750 transactions, mostly golf equi ...

Saturday May 1, 2021
The Naked Truth About eBay Issues
Dear Ina, I noticed a couple of months ago that eBay was mistakenly labelling many of my items as ...