So I was messaged this question about a card I have for sale. To me it screams red flag to claim INAD refund. I have 6 well taken (card without any sleeve, in a photo box) photos of the card surfaces and all 4 corners. Am I completely off or was this person trying to get me to say how the card is in great condition only to claim something else if they bought it? I did block the buyer from being able to purchase from me.
UPDATE: According to Ai
Yes, used items are exempt from the new FCC ID display requirement for online marketplaces like eBay.
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) new rules, which took effect on October 13, 2026, specifically exempt listings for used devices from the mandate to display a valid FCC ID at the online point of sale. This exemption applies regardless of whether the marketplace fulfills the listing or if it is a third-party seller.
Key details regarding the exemption and new rules include:
Sellers of new electronic equipment on eBay should prepare for these compliance deadlines, but listings for used electronics remain unaffected by the new display mandate.
ORIGINAL :
We’re contacting you because you offer radiofrequency (RF) devices to buyers in the US that require an FCC ID.
Starting October 13, 2026, you’ll need to provide a valid FCC ID for applicable listings, or your listings will be hidden from buyers. FCC rules state that unauthorized radiofrequency devices cannot be offered for sale in the US.
What is an FCC ID?
An FCC ID is a unique identifier assigned to a radiofrequency device that has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). You can usually find it on the product label, packaging, user manual, in the device settings under sections such as Legal or Regulatory, or in documentation provided by the manufacturer. You may also find the FCC ID when you look up your device online.
Examples of devices that may require an FCC ID include mobile phones, tablets, devices with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or cellular connectivity, and certain radio and remote control devices.
If you’re not sure whether your product is FCC-authorized or requires an FCC ID, check with the manufacturer or supplier.
Learn more about which devices need an FCC ID.
What you need to do
To help you provide this information and comply with the FCC requirement, we’ve added an FCC ID field for applicable listings. Here’s what you need to do:
If you use a third-party provider or API to create or manage your listings, check with your provider to make sure they support the FCC ID field and will send this information to eBay. You may need to update your integration or listing process to provide the FCC ID for applicable listings.
For more information, visit our Seller Center page.
Thank you for selling on eBay.
Like the title says, I sold an item on September 28. eBay had a “ship by” time of October 1. The item was dropped off September 30 and was delivered October 2nd.
He also claimed the shipping was too high for how long it took when the item he bought was a golf club so it’s an expensive item to ship.
Can I dispute this??
Long story short, I sold a high ticket TCG item in August to a customer, who opened a return for the item under an INAD, despite my authenticity guarantee. After a bit of back and forth, I decided to approve the return and send a label, and waited the allotted time for him to ship it back.
Only for him not to. And so, the return automatically closed, the money was taken out of limbo, and I went about my business completely casually.
That is, until yesterday, when that same customer escalated the case to support, a grand two months after the initial attempt to run a fast one. Despite the fact that I've called eBay customer service and they've assured me "I had to do nothing and they'd handle the case since it's past the allotted time," the buyer WON the case, and I'm now a negative balance of a little over $1000.
Is this how it has to be? Customers can just rip sellers off, and eBay's lousy service reps make false promises about how the issue can be solved? I opened an appeal, but I'm not confident in their ability to do anything about it.
For weeks, my account's Recently Viewed and Recent Searches lists have been showing activity I didn't generate — mostly a sustained browsing session around vintage/collectible cell phones (StarTAC, Nokia N-Gage, old Samsung flip phones), plus a handful of unrelated items and a couple of Spanish-language search terms (I don't speak Spanish). No purchases, no payment method or address changes, no linked third-party apps or social logins, and no possibility of household/physical device access (I live alone and don't hand my phone to anyone) — so I've ruled out the usual mundane explanations.
On 9/8 I changed to a random 64-character password and switched 2FA from SMS/email to Authy TOTP. That did not end it - there has been continued unexplained “Recently Searched” activity, including after manually clearing history.
What I suspect, and what I'd like someone who actually knows eBay's backend to confirm or rule out: that a password change invalidates future password-based logins but doesn't revoke already-issued session tokens. If that's accurate, anyone with a live session before 9/8 would simply still be in, unaffected by the reset, which would explain the timeline above exactly.
What support told me (paraphrasing, not verbatim): that revoking active session tokens would also disable account breach-notification emails, and that keeping an unknown session alive was described to me as "an extra layer of security." That doesn't match how session tokens work anywhere else I'm aware of, and support wasn't able to explain the mechanism further or route me to anyone who could.
Has anyone else run into this? Specifically:
Does eBay's password-reset flow revoke existing session tokens, or only block new logins?
Is there a way, as a user, to force-expire all sessions short of what I've already tried (password change, 2FA change, manually removing all other devices from account settings)?
Is there an actual escalation path to someone technical, or is phone support the ceiling?
Happy to share more detail (I have a fairly complete timeline and the two support call transcripts) if it's useful to anyone digging into this.