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Royal Mail: updated delivery restrictions & packaging requirements for bladed items
Royal Mail has added delivery restrictions and packaging requirements to bladed items and sharp or pointed objects which will be in force from 7 May 2024. If you are posting bladed items such as cutlery knives that you have sold on eBay via Royal Mai...
'Item not received' claim for delivered item :)
I've received the most nonsense claim today for item not received: "Although the item was delivered to my address, the delivery person left if downstairs by the lift and did not ring the bell. By the time I checked my emails for delivery status and w...
1000000000 monthly limit. Private sellers. £1,017,774,560.66 monthly limit. Why?
Ebay have removed the selling limit from my account: But, you can still list or sell up to 999999925 items more to reach your 1000000000 monthly limit. Or you can list or sell up to £1,017,762,021.81 more to reach your £1,017,774,560.66 monthly limit...
Vinted have updated their T & C's with regard to HMRC
Sent under cover of an email 22nd April: "2.8.3.To report your earnings and taxpayer informationIf you reach a certain amount of sales or earnings, we are obliged to collect and report your earnings and taxpayer information to HM Revenue & Customs (H...
Resolved! A Question about PAT Testing !
As part of my research of becoming a business seller one day here i have been searching about different topics , rules and laws with one of them being about PAT Testing. currently the research i did says they are no laws regrading (i guess) sellers t...
Collection only with paypal payment not showing as being paid
I am selling an item Collection only. The paypal payment is not showing as being paid should I wait for comfirmation of payment before giving my address to buyer ?
Resolved! My ebay account name is different from my bank account name. Can't correct that when listing!
I have always used pseudonyms wherever possible online for privacy/security reasons, my ebay account (created in 2018) has been functioning perfectly as a buyer with my pseudonym Boris. Never had an issue, and have 100% positive feedback. Now I have ...
What is the logic behind eBay charging fees on postage charges
If you offer free postage then thats obvious re the charges as it's a single transaction as such, but if you offer seperate postage fees why do eBay charge on the postage charge?I get why in days of old you would spot the seller whose item cost a cou...
Resolved! Sending Large letter Items that may pierce envelope
Morning everyone,I brought something with the intention to split it up and sell as individual items as it turned out cheaper to buy as a group however, I can now see a potential issue which could result in INR.One of the items has like a thick dull e...
Resolved! I've reached 29 items so far this year
Alas, I've reached my limit before HMRC come knocking. It's been fun. I will be back on 1 January 2025. Enjoy.
newbie
hi I'm new to Ebay in that I've never sold anything before. Bit worried because one thing I've got on here has sold, the money's come into Ebay & I'm to dispatch it by 24th April. This is impossibly too quick for me as am disabled. I want to message ...
Resolved! Buyer claims item faulty after 30 days from delivery
Hi A buyer has claimed a Smartwatch I sold on my primary account has become faulty after 30 days from delivery. They had previously left me positive feedback. I have asked for the item back so I can send off for repair. Are my obligations for the buy...
If I Close My Shop Down Will I Be Able To Keep My Feedback
Hi,I have had a basic shop for some time now but I have only been making enough money to pay for the fees each month. I still want to sell under the same Ebay user ID but as I am a registered business seller but I am not selling very much I feel that...
Resolved! Postage Payments
How can I change the payments from PayPal to taking it directly from registered bank account? I'm trying to ditch PayPal & pay directly through the ebay postage page
Cash on collection - what if buyer pays via eBay (and/or requests courier) before collecting?
Hi, I'm preparing to list a couple of vinyl record job lots for collection only. I haven't done a 'collection in person' listing before, and feel rather nervous about how things could go (assuming a sale, of course). It seems a bit 'Wild West', with ...
Coincidence?
I sold an item, in pristine condition just after Christmas. The buyer requested a refund through EBay stating numerous faults. He returned it and surprise surprise it was perfect. I was a bit annoyed as all he had to do was message me saying he didn'...
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