eBay problems, resolutions, shenanigans, questions and info (not bike finds)

sorry for posting this on a bike forum but i've tried ebay about a million times and they're useless - plus from what i read lots of you buy/sell on there. basically whenever i try to list anything i get this stupid error message (see below) - i've never sold anything fake and my feedback is 700 so i'm hardly a newbie, anyone had the same problem? would be very grateful of any help/advice :-)

Attention Seller:
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So, verify your PayPal account. Sounds like you are trying to sell internationally. Go to paypal.com and search for Verifying account.
They will call your home phone or something to verify you have entered the correct details. Can't remember, didn't do it for mine.

its been verified for 3 years this is what i don't understand. everything its telling me to do i already have.

i think they make 2 small deposits in to your account, then you have to check your bank balance to find out what it is and enter it through the paypal verification system...perhaps.

done all the shizz years ago

tell me your paypal user name and password and i'll sort everything out for you

hahaha

Sounds like phishing to me.

Was it addressed to yo by name or username?

I always ignore these things.

I had this after years of selling on Ebay too. I solved it by doing lots of random things.

Def. make sure your ebay account is listed in your paypal auctions prefs but I know there was something else I did that made it all suddenly work (took about 2 days of frustration).

You can also phone paypal and have them re-send information, which some folks says works too.

cheers pip - if you remember what else you did let me know.

sorry gotta share this!!

Brilliant...

"NICE tombstone—will kill myself after work so I can start using it immediatey.A+"

LMAO!

genius!!

wow, what a legend. I wish my feedback was like that.

Brilliant, firm stools indeed!

The contempt and abuse just gets me hot. Just wish the Tube map was accurate.

Hi all,

I bought a bike recently from ebay.

It cost me a massive £10.50, with £20.00 shipping, which I paid the moment that I got the email telling me that I had won it.

The seller has now emailed me (twice) saying that they want me to collect it, and the second email said that the cheapest that they could do would be £90 to ship it.

So therefore they would like another £70 to ship the bike, on top of what I have already paid.

Now I have never shipped a bike, so do not know- can the fgss community put me right on the cost of shipping please?

Triumph Sprint, from Telford to London.

maybe didn't expect it to go for so cheap, so the sellers is bumping up the shipping, cos £90 is ridiculous. Should cost £30-£40 for a bike, and thats with a tracking number.

Shouldn't really matter how much is the shipping turns out to be. You bought the item with 20 pound shipping specified and it is a seller's problem if he underestimated it massively ( doubt that).
I guess that the price the auction ended with was low so seller tries to screw you with shipping to get some more dough back.
Just my opinion. 20 pounds is reasonable if you look at the completed listings.

Shouldn't cost anymore than £25. You could organize a courier company to collect it if they won't send it. Just ask them to box it up. Parcelforce wouldn't cost them too much to use. They're taking the piss.

cheapest is around 18, try google it

Shouldn't cost anymore than £25. You could organize a courier company to collect it if they won't send it. Just ask them to box it up. Parcelforce wouldn't cost them too much to use. They're taking the piss.

true, although if the seller is trying to screw you, who's to say he won't be out the day the courier arrives (on your dollar?)

i would get quotes (ideally for £18), then email the seller tell him to sort it out (and keep the £2). Then report him if he doesn't arrange it. Make sure you use paypal so if he feks around you can get your money back....

Here is the new purchase in all it's glory, I thought £10.50 was a good price...

I agree that they are trying to claw back some cash as it went for a little less than they wanted it too- always thought that was what the "reserve" was for myself.

I have googled bike delivery, but does anyone have a recommendation for a company that they have used?

Here is the new purchase in all it's glory, I thought £10.50 was a good price...

I agree that they are trying to claw back some cash as it went for a little less than they wanted it too- always thought that was what the "reserve" was for myself.

I have googled bike delivery, but does anyone have a recommendation for a company that they have used?

Not very generous of you is it ?

It is not easy to dismantle a rod brake set up and..... surprise surprise even harder to put it back together again. You could find yourself with a large heap of bicycle parts delivered to your door !!!

The poor guy has probably got his quotes back and just realised that it is the size of the carton that is the problem and the prices quoted to him are frightening.

Heres a suggestion ............... ask if he would mind breaking it down to 2 cartons, each as small as he can manage.
He can get the cartons for free from his local Halfords if he asks nicely.
One for the stripped down frame and the other for the wheels, brakes calipers and rods, Handle bars, seat and post, both mudguards and pedals.
Then to find a cheap reseller on ebay and get each shipped for around £10 per carton

Be sure to ask him to photograph the bike in detail and email the pics to you, to help with assembling it ..........................

And remember this .... he can always pull out of the transaction ....... it would not really be fair for you to neg him really would it ????