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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...
Buyer returned wrong item from outside UK
Olympus camera 166409204997 Returns case 5327661781I sold a camera (listed uk buyers only) with a stated serial number, on 31st Oct '23, but it was bought by a buyer in Georgia, Eastern Europe, with a delivery address in Finchley, London. This was of...
eBay Taking 20% Import Tax
My account is registered in Ukraine, as that is where I am from. But I have now moved to the UK and started selling on eBay. Despite me updating all of my details to show that I reside in the UK, eBay charges 20% import tax on everything that I sell....
Sales drop in May
Hwe have been selling in ebay for nearly 10 years now. We are not too small making around 25-30K a month. We got more than 2K listings in each european ebay sites as well as US listed locally. We sell car parts (this is my personal account) we have n...
Customer never read my description properly and has left me neutral feedback
I've been an eBay buyer for over 15 years and have been selling items for a few months. So far I have over 100 sales and have a 100% rating, which naturally is very important to me. However, a customer recently bought an item from me. I mentioned qui...
The decline of eBay ?
System error Fault on eBay platform results in sellers parting with items but then having payment cancelled by eBay, leaving sellers without items or payment. eBay stalling on refunding sellers despite knowing they are at fault.
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...
Entered wrong amount cancellation needs regulation
Bidders canceling bids entered wrong amount to game the bidding processis unfair tiresome time consuming frustrating Ebay We need some better and effective bidder restrictions to counter this epidemic
Vanishing Ebay Sales!
Has anyone else noticed a drastic reduction in sales this April? I normally sell around 3 to 4 items a day, and we've sold a total of 2 items in 2 weeks! We've tried promotions, sales and all haven't worked. We're getting rather desperate, I've tried...
What will happen to sellers that fail to provide their National Insurance number?
Due to the fact that ebay will now be asking you for NI if you make over £1,770 or 30 sales in 1 year, what will happen to those that fail to provide their NI?
My account for a permanently restricted. I cannot withdraw my funds, help!
My account got restricted today and i cannot withdraw my funds of nearly £2000. i uploaded a bracelet for sale, one person was interested ,sent me a offer, i accept , he can’t pay so i had to cancel. The same thing happened again. Once i finally sold...
Feedback and Removal
Feedback is becoming a joke now, customers can literally leave you a thumbs down or even a flavour review and in some cases when you follow the ebay policy when they have to verify the order and the customer request for it to be cancelled they can le...
Royal mail delayed/lost
I sold an item 13/11/23 and posted same day first class. Buyer messaged to say it still hasn't arrived (20/11/23). Tracking is still stuck on when the parcel was accepted at the post office I used to send it, no further updates. When i go on royal ma...
Why I'm quitting ebay for good
A couple of months ago, I sold a hifi item on here for over £100. I had been warned beforehand about scammers buying electronic goods, and "harvesting" the internal components to repair their own faulty items. Luckily, I took the warnings seriously. ...
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...
How to see my seller Fees for active listings?
Hello, my question is: How to see my seller Fees for active listings? I want to be able to view this in my ebay account. I know that Third-party Fee calculators exist but this is not what I want to do. I need to be able to see the potential fee for e...
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