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oreve49 · 2026-05-25T05:26:20.351000Z

Good morning,Has anyone else had the problem that I presently face with eBay.I went to list a couple of vintage newspapers with a starting bid of .99p. They can achieve a final price of up to £5 it all depends.When I went to the enter postal charges section to enter the postal charge, which should be about £3 - £3.50 I was unable to enter this manually and was faced with a message informing me that ordinary Post was not available for this category and that I had to send it by Evri at a minimum cost of £18. No way to override this to enter the price manually.This item or similar items will never attract purchasers at those prices and where is the benefit for either the Seller or the Purchaser ? My family has been using eBay for many years and the ordinary Postal system generally works if the packaging is done properly.I can see nowhere on the listing form the option to revert to ordinary post. Surely Evri should be an option for Buyers and/or Sellers and not dictated by eBay.Has anyone else encountered this problem?Thanks in advance.Regards.

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