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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...
Global Shipping Programme woes (GSP)
Dear fellow sellers, I am writing this message in the hopes that other sellers have also experienced a similar problem with the GSP. I have items enrolled in the GSP, offered and managed by eBay and it is third-party logistics. Unfortunately, it seem...
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...
eBay Marketing Programme
Can anyone shed any light on the recent marketing programme comms https://pages.ebay.co.uk/promote-your-listings/terms/b2c/ it looked to go live 19th March which has co-incided with an obvious sustained drop in sales is there something new that all s...
Royal Mail tracked labels now have proof of postage -unable to use label printer
hi fellow sellers, this morning my labels have a proof of postage attached to most labels which stops me using my label printer, im having to resort to a4 and tape, is there any way of removing the proof of postage and return to just the label to use...
Royal Mail 2nd Class Large Letter
Good morning I am new to selling on ebay. I sent a vest top via the above but I've noticed this doesn't include tracking (£2.10) So how am I to know if the buyer received their item? I just wanted to save the buyer postage . I have now set all my sma...
Account restricted for no apparent reason - please help
Hi everyone, I got my account restricted and I don't have access to my founds. I got generic, vague mail that some customers may not received their orders. I guess it's due to problem with tracking of 2 parcels sent from European Union to Australia. ...
Identity verification failed - funds on hold
I'm a private seller with over 5 years of selling items on eBay. I've recenty moved to a new address. After updating my details under accounts -> addresses my seller's account became restricted for some reason. There's a notification in red 'Your pay...
Need - Help regarding a buyer
Hi Everyone, I hope you can help me. I sold an item to a buyer 3 Weeks ago, I posted it at my post office which cost me £5 more to send at almost £10, lately I haven't had much time in order to get the true postage so I thought id get on with it. So ...
Why is the Evri next day label disappearing ?
This is not the first time this problem has happened when a buyer chooses evri next day delivery. I simply don’t have a label in my account to buy, but there is a simple standard evri 3-4 day, I noticed this is not the first time, and with some order...
It's 2024 and buyers are still getting away with not paying for items!
It's 2024 and buyers are still going unpunished for not paying for items. I thought eBay were introducing measures to curb this? When I make an offer for something it immediately asks me what payment option i'd like to use but this doesn't seem to be...
Resolved! Question regarding selling stamps
Can someone please tell me (please note that I have just created this account as a posting ID, it's not my "real" account) if it is legal to sell stamps on Ebay and also if I would look like a scammer selling fakes. I ask this because of the followin...
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...
Royal Mail price increases April 2024
Our prices (valid from 2 April 2024) (royalmail.com) This is NOT for online prices. Just in case anyone's not seen it.
Buying from US - taxes and import duties?
I accepted an offer to purchase a posted from the US at $110 plus postage. When going to pay there is a tax of $22 - 20%. I asked the seller about it and he says it's an eBay added tax... so I assume this is VAT..? Does this mean I won't get charged ...
No Sales For Over a Week
I have quite a few items for sale and always used to get the "80% Off FVF" promotion up until about a few weeks back, when the "100% Off FVF" was offered to Private Sellers. I didn't sell a great deal before the "100% Off" promo started (maybe 2-3 it...
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