https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Business-Policies-for-Private-Sellers-and-Simple-Delivery/m-p/7902690#M749061 <P>That's eBay's summary, unfortunately - I don't know how they worked that out. I made the screen grab the day I posted it, the 15th July, so if it was purchased on the 15th before midnight, I could have booked a collection on the 16th for delivery the next day, the 17th. A 48h delivery would have been the 18th. Suffice to say, I did not have any input into that wording.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The services I selected were Other 48h Courier and Other 24h Courier - it's just an option that I included to save anybody having to message me asking if I could send an item quicker and if somebody chose it, as only one person has (if I remember correctly, several years ago), I would send it by Royal Mail Tracked 24. However, on that occasion, it wasn't delivered for 48 hours and I voluntarily refunded the postage charge.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>There are also international options which somebody in the UK wouldn't see but this listing was only made to test the compatibility of Simple Delivery with the shipping policies that I am used to. I don't expect to sell the item but I'm just waiting to see what happens next month (is it the 8th?). I anticipate that I will be taking it down and never using eBay to sell again despite having a pile of items that I want to sell.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>By the way, I finished rewatching Yes Minister and Prime Minister yesterday. Apart from the sums of money and other potential anachronisms, it could have been written very recently.</P> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:58:17 GMT gnosemalf 2025-07-31T16:58:17Z