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Managing Buying and Watch Lists with My eBay

You can view and manage all of your eBay buying activities from a central location — the My eBay Buying page. For example, you can:

Managing items you’re watching

The Watching section allows you to track up to 100 items that interest you. You can add any active listing on eBay to your Watching list. To add an item to your watch list, click the Watch this item link on the item page.

To manage items you're watching:
  1. Go to My eBay. You might be asked to sign in.

  2. Click the Watch link in the left column. You can then do any of the following:

  • See groups of items – select All, Active, or Ended from the View drop-down menu at the top of the list.

  • Delete an item from your Watching section - select the check box next to the item title, then click the Remove button.

  • Add a note to an item on your list – select the check box for the item, and then click the Add Note button. Type your note, and then click the Save button.

Managing items you’re bidding on

In the Bidding section you can view all items you're currently bidding on, whether or not you are the current high bidder.

To manage items you're bidding on:
  1. Go to My eBay. You might be asked to sign in.

  2. Click the Active link in the left column.

You can filter this list to see only the items you're bidding on, winning or not winning by using the View drop-down menu in at the top of this section.

Note: After a listing ends, it automatically moves to the Won or Didn't Win sections. You can’t delete an active item that you’ve been outbid on until the listing ends.

Creating custom lists of items

You can create a custom list from items in different sections of My eBay. Then, you can name the list whatever you'd like. For example, you could add items from your Watching, Bidding, and Won sections into a list and name it "Birthday Gifts for Mom." 

To create or edit a list, click the Add to list link in the Take action menu of any item. You also can add saved searches and sellers to a list.

Managing your Best Offers and Second Chance Offers

The Best Offer option allows you to make an offer to purchase Buy it Now items at a price that you choose. The Second Chance Offer option allows sellers to offer an item to any buyer who bid on the listing. Sellers can use Second Chance Offers if the winning bidder does not pay the seller, if the seller has duplicate items, or if the reserve price is not met in a Reserve Price Auction.

eBay will add a note to an item to let you know if you receive a Best Offer or a Second Chance Offer. You can also add your own note to an item. To do so, select the check box for the item, then click the Add Note link at the bottom of the section, add your note, then click the Save button.

The lower of the two amounts in the Price column is the highest bid the seller received. The higher amount is the amount of the offer. Buyers can accept, decline, or take other action on the offer.

Sellers will receive an email each time they receive an offer on an item. Once signed into My eBay sellers will access the Offer Management page where all offers on an item level basis can be reviewed, accepted or rejected.

Click "respond to offers" under the action column in the "items I'm selling" section. Sellers can customise a personal message to buyers if declining a single offer.

Sellers can also bulk decline multiple offers. Sellers can select the offers per page and then click the bulk decline button. This is all managed in My eBay

Managing items you’ve won

In the Won section of the My eBay Buying page, you can view all of your recent eBay purchases and check to see if you've paid for the items and left Feedback for the seller.

To manage items you’ve won:
  1. Go to My eBay. You might be asked to sign in.

  2. Click the Won link in the left column and then do any of the following:

  • Use the links in the Take Action menu to complete your purchases.

  • Use the Period drop-down menu to choose the time period for the items you want to view. For example, you can view all the items you've won in the last 31 days.

You can also tell if you have paid for an item, left the seller Feedback, or received Feedback from the seller by looking at the icons:
If this icon is blue, you've paid for the item. If not, it will look like this:
If this icon is blue, you've left Feedback for the seller of the item. If not it will look like this:
If the star in this icon is blue, you've received Feedback from this seller. If not, it will look like this: 

You can sort the list to see the items awaiting payment or feedback by clicking the appropriate icon at the top of the list. For example, to see all the items you still need to pay for, click the  icon at the top of the list. All the items awaiting payment will move to the top.

Tracking items you didn’t win

The Didn't Win section of My eBay shows items you bid on that ended, but were won by another member.

To track items you didn't win:
  1. Go to My eBay. You might be asked to sign in.

  2. Click the Didn't Win link in the left navigation menu and then do any of the following in any item's Take Action menu:

    • Add this item to one of your lists.

    • View items in this seller's eBay Store

    • View similar items from other sellers

    • View other items offered by this seller

    • Send a message to this seller

Also, if the seller relists the item, you'll see a note letting you know.

Deleting and undeleting items

You can delete items from each section on your Buying page. You might want to do this if, for example, you were watching several items in a category and then bought one of them. Later, if you change your mind, you can restore any or all of your deleted items to the section. Information is available for 60 days.

To delete an item:
From any section on your Buying page select the check box to the left of the items you want to delete, then click the Remove or Delete button at the bottom of the section.

To restore an item:
Click the Delete link under Buying in the left navigation menu to view the items you've deleted. From the list of items, select the check box to the left of the items you want to restore, then click the Undelete button at the bottom of the Deleted section.

Note: Once an item is deleted from the Watching section it cannot be restored.

You can also sort your deleted items by selecting an option from the Sort drop-down menu at the top of the section. This is particularly useful when you've deleted many items and now you want to find and restore one or more of them.

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