All of a sudden Royal Mail 2nd class online post is 'tracking' delivery; giving me late defects | Business Seller Board

strangestash · 2026-04-10T20:26:59.154000Z

Suddenly been happening the last week or so; items posted un-tracked with 2nd class online postage are 'tracking' delivery (the QR codes have basic tracking internally at Royal Mail, I get that). Obviously this is fine, except it doesn't track when I post the items, since they're placed into a post box. Are eBay suddenly tracking these 2nd class items without warning us? Are they now expecting us to 'scan' all of these basic 2nd class items at the counter as proof of delivery? Haven't had any communication about this, obviously a massive change to my postage operation if I'm now needing proof of delivery for 20-30 items a day rather than popping them in the post box. Here's an example from an order where I posted the items on Mar29 and RM didn't scan the item until delivery on the same day way later. 'Sending it tracked' isn't an option in this case; as the item is £0.99-£2.99

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