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Revised estimated delivery dates

qualitycardsandgifts — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:21:10 GMT

Have eBay finally acknowledged that there is an issue with Royal Mail. Items sold yesterday with despatch within 24 hours are showing an EDD of 28th March to 4 th April

Is everyone seeing this ?

Re: Revised estimated delivery dates

typo_lee — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:25:42 GMT

Ours are showing delivery 28th March to 1st April sent 2nd class letter

Re: Revised estimated delivery dates

darth_baggins — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:50:14 GMT

Given that April 3rd is Good Friday, I think that's still a low EDD.

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mus-755617 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:21:20 GMT

Yes, a few sellers have been seeing this. eBay’s estimated delivery dates can sometimes stretch out like that when their system factors in current Royal Mail delays or reduced delivery schedules.

There have been ongoing issues with Royal Mail performance and delays in some areas recently, which can lead eBay to show longer delivery windows than usual. It doesn’t always reflect actual delivery time, just a more cautious estimate.

So if you’re seeing longer EDDs, it’s likely a system adjustment rather than anything you’ve done wrong.

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into-healthsupplements — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:23:56 GMT

Mine is showing delivery as "2-3 day delivery" Friday 27th-Saturday 28th on 2nd class.

Except the "2-3 day delivery" is not accounting for my same day cut off (which was hours ago) and nor is it even accounting for the fact that we are past last post on Wednesday 25th.

This happens consistently on my listings and gives me no end of problems.

As I can't possibly post until Thursday 26th, buyers should be seeing Saturday 28th-Monday 30th for the 2-3 day delivery estimate - then again as loads of stuff is taking 7-14 days I guess it makes zero difference.

Re: Revised estimated delivery dates

jlovie — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:12:23 GMT

I wonder if cutoff times are using US time.

eBay seems to be confused about which timezone to use - in tracking I often see despatch times quoted that are several hours before I purchased a label, but courier scans use what looks like the correct timezone.

e.g. I purchase an RM label at 3pm but despatch time in tracking shows as 8am.