Did you know that you can only reply once to questions submitted about eBay listings through their message system?

I learned this yesterday when a potential bidder contacted me to see if I would offer Media Mail as a shipping option. I replied that I would be happy to. Later when I modified the listing to include that particular shipping option, I tried to reply to the same question again in order to let the bidder know. I was greeted by a screen on eBay’s site that stated the question had already been replied to.

I was only able to hope that the buyer would notice that the change had been actually been made and bid. (That person never did place a bid.)

So the lesson here is you only get one shot to answer a question on eBay these days – make sure the answer is complete!