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💬 Welcome to the general eBay Q&A session on 14/12/22 at 2:00 PM
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crazymum911
·3 years agoIncorrect remaining time
For almost 1 year now I’ve had the problem of a remaining time being displayed incorrectly; sometimes the remaining time is off by over 1 minute, so it still says 1 min 50 seconds, and in reality it ends after 50 seconds
Today it was really bizarre: during an auction the remaining time counted up instead of down, so 15, 16, 17, 18 seconds.
I do place my bid, am also the highest bidder, get outbid and can’t bid anymore because the time has run out (even though it was still showing at least 1 minute remaining for me)
My browser settings are up to date, I use different PCs (at the office, at relatives’, on my phone or at my home PC), I have the problem everywhere.
Strange, right?
miriam@ebay
Hello @crazymum911 and thanks for joining in our Q&A today to report the behavior you've experienced. If there is a delay in the internet connection or in the local network, bids may possibly be transmitted too late. As a tip, I can suggest refreshing the page again before placing your final bid.
We need more information from you in order to investigate the behavior more closely. We cannot request this via the public Community. Please contact our customer service now to share your observation.
Thank you for your support and kind regards
Miriam
steffi@ebay
Hello and a warm welcome, today Miriam is responsible for eBay questions and I’m again in charge of community questions.
perfect-sally
·3 years ago · EditedHello you two 🙂
For a few days now, when the Seller Cockpit Pro is suggested to you, you can no longer dismiss or close it with the button: “Not now”! Why??? You can get around it indirectly, but until a few days ago you could simply click the button mentioned and it was gone. Opera browser, latest version, pure shopping account.
miriam@ebay
Hello @perfect-sally! We’re already looking into this with the technical team - I know you love Opera, but maybe you could try it via Chrome?
Best wishes
Miriam
perfect-sally
·3 years agoSorry, no. Chrome isn't going on my PCs. Then I'd rather keep it as it is and go there the long way to where I want to go.
miriam@ebay
Thanks again for the heads-up, @perfect-sally. The described behavior is already being thoroughly checked in the background - we’re taking care of it 👍.
Best regards
Miriam
gern-at-home
·3 years agoHello,
the sales form is extremely risky for commercial sellers who are operating as tax-status "small business" owners -
such information must not be published at all by a small business owner in their listings (PAngV):
the inclusion of "incl. VAT" can also get expensive for a small business owner -
there is no way anywhere to hide this -
not even if the relevant status details have been entered in the commercial account.
The small business owner may not state/show VAT either as a percentage or as an amount:
"No VAT shown, as small business owner pursuant to Section 19 of the German VAT Act."
Only additional text (such as the above wording) can be inserted in the free-text field for the "Legal information" - but the input fields (see graphic) cannot be hidden to prevent "expensive posts".
Solution from eBay?
miriam@ebay
Thanks for your critical note, @gern-at-home - we're looking into this internally and I'll get back here if I can write more about it.
In general, however, all sellers are responsible for complying with their legal obligations and for obtaining appropriate information from qualified sources.
Addendum 3:15 pm: Small business owners only need to leave the "VAT" field blank, and then the note "Incl. VAT" will not be displayed in the listing 🙂. Otherwise, we see no need to change anything about the current display.
Best regards
Miriam