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'Simple Delivery' failed, now a test case - worried

Private Seller here, I sold a gold sovereign for £590 on ebay and was forced to use "Simple Delivery" as you all know. Both ebay and RM tracking show it as delivered, RM say they left it in a safe place and uploaded a photo. Seller says package has g...

"Simple Delivery"

The new system is useless. I have been selling on ebay for over 20 years but will have to stop if they insist on using this useless method. I have sold many valuable items (£100+) and always use Royal Mail special delivery as this guarantees next day...

Posting

Have been charged for postage label by eBay despite sending the item earlier by different method and NOT wanting a label.

Six digit code

My buyer made an offer on an item which I accepted. He paid through eBay. Due to bulk I had specified in the listing the item was collection only and the buyer confirmed he would do so. We had an email exchange through Ebay to arrange collection and ...

Buyer can't find the return label

A buyer wants to return an item,but he can't find the return label sent through ebay.

Resolved! OK. Simple delivery will override your domestic postage policy. It's here

Just tried to list an item. Can't put free postage option. It's simple delivery or nothing. They're just making this even more complicated now.

Items removed by ebay

I have two items that were removed because they contravened eBay policy. They are in my ‘ended’ list but I cannot do anything with them. I would like to relist them or if not possible for them to be deleted. They are – Estee Lauder - Perfume block - ...

Resolved! Ebay asking for my Nat Ins Number

I have had a e mail for E Bay asking for my national Insurance number so i can contiunue to sell on e bay I am a registered business and have been for over 20 years I am VAT registered and have been for over 15 years with my VAT number oin my e bay a...

reviews for multi-item purchase

With stamp purchases, one often buy multiple stamp items from a seller who combines the items into one package. Often there may be 20+ items. eBay does not seem to have a good mechanism for reviewing these items easily, but wants a buyer to fill in a...

A 'Petition'

In one particular thread about 'Simple Delivery' which I've been active in over the past few days, the suggestion has been made that someone - ie., me, an eBay member of 25 years - should start a petition.With seemingly thousands of posts in numerous...

Coming soon to eBay Mandatory Simple Delivery

Someone found the dates yesterday and posted them. Just thought it made sense to make it easier to find.It's in the Help Section under Opt out Simple Delivery will be the only listing option as of 15th April and they will start adjusting current list...

Multi items with separate QR codes

HiI have sold 3 separate items to the same buyer and packaged all togetherThey all had separate QR codes. However only one QR code was scanned as they were in the same package.This has resulted in only one item showing as delivered and the other two ...

Item delivered to a safe place - buyer says they can't find it

I sent an item to a buyer via Yodel. Tracking shows as delivered and the Yodel courier left it in a "safe place" which was among some plants in the garden. I found a photo taken by the courier and sent it to the buyer but they say it isn't their gard...

Has Custom Postage Now Gone ?

Please can someone offer some advice.I've read that we can opt out of the Simple Delivery and still use Custom postage but I cant see the Custom Postage option anymore when adding a listing ?I've tried this on new listings, revising a listing, listin...

App on iPad not displaying description etc correctly

Since the latest update my app is not displaying information correctly. On a browser or classic site it’s ok but this is time consuming . I’ve added a couple of screenshots to show the issue.Any suggestions?This is on the iPad appOn a browser /classi...

NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.

unable to bid

Tried to bid £75 on a laptop this afternoon but when I went to "Review Bid" it errored and suggested contacting eBay developer. Meanwhile the auction ended and the laptop sold for £51 ! I am well p!ssed off. I am hoping to bid on another later but ha...

Fed up

We use our national insurance number to sell on ebay. It's wrong. We wait two weeks for our money if we don't send it tracked. Honestly is this all worth it. I only do it to help make a few ends meet. It's just getting harder. I have ebay saying my s...

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The GOOD old days

Does anybody remember the good old days, when we found an auction of interest, CLICKED on the bids made, taking us to the BIDDING HISTORY of that auction, where you would find that ebay had encrypted the bidders user names, and you COULD have clicked...

Payment payout due today, funds still stuck on pending.

Two days after confirmed delivery for three items, each says funds pending, available for payout today - 15th March.All payments still stuck on pending.Previously funds were all cleared for payout during the early hours of the morning.Has the timing ...

New “simpler” postage rules are not flexible.

Hello all, Do we all feel the same?I wanted to share some concerns about the new “simpler” postage rules recently introduced by eBay. While I understand the intent to streamline the process, the new system feels too restrictive for both sellers and b...

Where you REALLY stand on shipping using Simple Delivery including links to sources......

So, there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about whether under Simple Delivery you're buying the service directly from E-Bay or whether E-Bay is acting as an agent, this is a critically important fact to have absolute certainty about as it would...

Entering your own tracking number for non Simple Delivery items where compensation cover needed

Members should read this post first to understand that Simple Delivery, in many cases, will not give you any compensation coverage. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Where-you-REALLY-stand-on-shipping-using-Simple-Delivery/m-p/7860490 So...

How can anyone trust E-Bays numbers, when errors like this happen all the time.....

I made a post about this a while back, but wasn't 100% certain then. Now I am 100% certain. In the 'Active Listing' page, you have a field that lets you know how many views an item has had, it's a useful indicator of activity of a listing, especially...

How to contact ebay? Seller says it delivers to Portugal. Ebay at checkout does not allow it.

Reviewing bank account

I have been selling on eBay for about 4 months and have made a good amount of money.Firstly there was no issues with withdrawing me money out of my ebay account until it said eBay will be reviewing my account bank details and that my payouts would be...

Promoted Listings Changes - You Must Be Joking, eBay

Email from eBay this morning. If I read it correctly, from 24th June, if you use promoted listings and ANYBODY clicks on the ad one time...if the item then sells to ANYBODY ELSE within the next 30 days, you get charged as if the first guy bought it.T...

Age verification to send a teacup! Label systems has glitch; customer services unhelpful.

After 23 years selling on eBay, I really am questioning how good eBay is anymore, because...I sold a pair of teacups (for £5). I had set the postage as Royal Mail 48-hour tracked, small package, with a post cost of £3.45.After the sale, I tried to ge...

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