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Saturday August 30, 2014
eBay Ads on Listing Page Grosses Out Seller
Dear Ina, I am not listing much on eBay anymore these days. I once had a nice business going, but ...

Thursday August 28, 2014
Seller Says eBay Should Change Minimum BIN on Auctions
Dear Ina, Ever since eBay changed the minimum BIN (Buy It Now) on an auction from 10% to 30% I have ...

Tuesday August 26, 2014
Seller Exposes Costly Problem with FedEx Labels on eBay
Dear Ina, If you choose to publish this, please do not include any part of my name or email address. ...

Monday August 25, 2014
eBay's New Policy from One Seller's Perspective
Dear Ina, I saw one of my fellow eBay sellers mentioning that they had sent you a message to provide ...

Sunday August 24, 2014
eBay Global Shipping Program Unpopular with Some Buyers
Dear Ina, I thought you and your subscribers might find this note I received today from a custom ...

Thursday August 21, 2014
eBay Seller Stumped by Defect Report
Dear Ina, I just read my Seller Dashboard on the first day of the new agenda. It said I had a 1.5% D ...

Tuesday August 19, 2014
Reader Says eBay Ignores Report of Art Forger
Dear Ina, I know eBay doesn't give a flip about stopping shill bidders, but,... A constant shill bi ...

Seller Warns of the 'Defects Of Seller Mass Destruction'
Dear Ina, At 12:00:01 AM 8/20 the "Defects Of Seller Mass Destruction" begins...the trigger will be ...

Monday August 18, 2014
Seller Plots Vengeance Against Bad eBay Buyers
Dear Ina, Had an interesting scenario play out in my head after dealing with eBay when a customer op ...

Saturday August 16, 2014
Fashion Brands Exempt from Feedback on eBay
Dear Ina, First, thank you for the great service you do. It's kind of a place to vent. Today I was ...

Friday August 15, 2014
eBay Seller Honeville Gets Defects even with Hassle Free Returns
Dear Ina, A few years ago you did a story about my departure from eBay . With this latest fall sell ...

Tuesday August 12, 2014
Easier to Get Defects Removed after eBay Fall Seller Release?
Dear Ina, After the release of the Fall Seller Update - and the defect removal policy - I decided to ...

Monday August 11, 2014
eBay Advises Seller Not to Accommodate His Buyer
Dear Ina, I thought I would just pass along the communications that I had with a buyer today. Long s ...

Saturday August 9, 2014
eBay Rep Tells Seller the Post Office Is Her Employee
Hello, Ina, Thank you for holding up a light to eBay's flawed "defect" system. I want to share wit ...

Thursday August 7, 2014
eBay Management Team Fails to Turn Around Sales Decline
Dear Ina, I have been a part time eBay seller for over 10 years and have been extremely disappointed ...

Wednesday August 6, 2014
Bad Buyer Uses Mail-Forwarding Feature to Scam eBay, Etsy Seller
Dear Ina, A new scam we have seen twice this week with our packages at eBay and Etsy. What we are ...

What Happens to eBay Sellers Who Exceed the New Defect Rate?
Dear Ina, There is a real problem that is looming for eBay users. It is related to the new standards ...

Monday August 4, 2014
eBay Takes Credit for Providing USPS Shipping Discount?
Dear Ina, I have been selling on eBay since 1998. I have been selling, essentially, the same product ...

Saturday August 2, 2014
eBay Sellers Protest Cancellation Defects
eBay is discouraging sellers from cancelling orders - since it leads to disappointed buyers - by co ...

Friday August 1, 2014
Seller Reacts to eBay Psychologist's Study of Buyer Behavior
Dear Ina, Re: eBay Psychologist Works on Human Aspects of Ecommerce I think if you were to open ...