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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...
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. ...
Resolved! Got a ps5 to sell and buyer only made ebay acc today
So he or she say they will sort out fund with ebay once I accept the offer so say I post it out then they try to pull a fast one I'm not lost my ps5 that I'm trying to sell any idea from people that sold on here for a while my 1st time and don't want...
Resolved! Questions about Turnover & £1k Tax-free allowance ?
Hello all since Januray 2024 i have been trying to understand the meaning of ' turnover ' in tax so for an example let's say i listed & sold an item for £10 (that being the sold price before a payout is sent out) and as for the payout i get about £8....
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 ...
If EU buyer pays via bank transfer what happens with IOSS / VAT?
If an EU buyer wins an auction for an item under £100 and pays via ebay then usually the buyer's local VAT % is added to the payment and the IOSS number added to the order. What happens if the buyer instead pays via bank transfer? Am I right in think...
Funds on hold item sent How long before I get paid?
Hi again all, I've been selling on eBay for around 4 months now. I've sold a decent amount of items, have great feedback and dispatch items same day. I posted on here last week after my funds got placed on hold. It's happened again but this time as t...
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free to list, will ebay still take 10% off postage ?
Customer demanding partial refund, I don't do partial refunds...
Hi. I sold an item on Ebay the other day. It was a model kit of an aircraft and in the listing I stated that I could not guarantee the decals would be useable due to the age of the kit. The buyer contacted me on the day it arrived to say that he wasn...
When do I have to declare for tax?
I've recently been gifted a load of items to sell..I'm donating 10% of each sale to a charity..However, these items have been selling unexpectedly well and in a few weeks I've made a profit of just under £500. I'm a bit worried that soon I'll have to...
EBAY IS A SCAM - DO NOT SELL FROM HERE
Do not sell your items here.I am having to post this on my partners account as conveniently eBay has indefinitely suspended my account. Please if you was like me an honest customer that had a hobby/ passion for selling luxurious items as a little sid...
BEWARE!! Buyer opens Return Case 4 MONTHS after delivery!
IS EBAY ALLOWING SELLERS TO BE SCAMMED, NO PROTECTION FOR US!?A buyer made a false claim against me 4 MONTHS after delivery...I sold a NEW battery for a cordless drill. It was delivered on 5th December, but now 4 months later in April I get an eBay c...
Buyer did not receive item so payment frozen by ebay. Item now received, how do I get payment?
As above, item I sent to buyer did not arrive. They reported this to ebay who froze the payment monies to me. Buyer has now received the item and happy with it but how do I get my payment unfrozen? Do I need to do something or does the buyer?
Payout Schedule
Looking for some thoughts on this...eBay has the option to specify a payout schedule... daily, weekly, monthly etc It also has the option to turn scheduled payments off. I selected this so that I can request payouts when I want them. However the payo...
ebay Payments - BACS or Faster Payments
Hi everyone, I am new to selling on ebay, well six months. Pretty much all my payouts have been processed by Faster Payments, the largest of which was for just under £800. However on Thursday last week, I received a regular notice of a payout c£350 a...
Is the buyer offering on my items legit?
Hi there I have an old band shirt up for sale that is slowly gaining interest. I initially got an offer of a Martin who lived in Thailand but the delivery address was in Portsmouth. After searching the address it's a storage unit in Portsmouth. They ...
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