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Prepaid labels

How do you get your prepaid labels and can I take them to the post office I have sold item &.can't get prepaid label thanks

Stopping sellers using Evri

I am sure there will be many like me who are bemused how Evri are still in business. I have had delivery after delivery fail or arrive late and nothing gets done because sellers keep using them.I just did a Trust pilot search on Evri UK their one sta...

Error when making an offer

I’m trying to make an offer on a car, I enter the amount and then comes up in the next screen. You can pay the seller of this item by completing the following steps. But won’t allow me to make an offer. Any one else had this?

Wrong Items Sent & Slow Response To Messages

Hello, I've had a few cases recently where the seller has sent me the wrong item! There doesn't seem to be an option anymore to report 'wrong item sent', the only alternative seems to be 'Item not received', and even that's not always available. Anyw...

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Buyer protection fees

I am a collector of small value items, post cards, cigarette cards, tea cards and over 15 years I have spent thousands of pounds on ebay on my hobby. Most purchases are well under £5.00.I will not pay an extra 75p plus 4% to purchase these low value ...

Buyer protection

I just wondered why buyers are having to pay a buyers fee? Surely it’s the sellers responsibility to ensure goods are as described etc. Why should I have to pay more to ensure it arrives as described etc - just doesn't make sense?

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Bought pc part

5 days ago only to get a message today saying it got damaged and they cancelled the order another 3-5 days for the money to come back. They said it was posted and gave tracking for it day after payment yet they have relisted it today. peed off with t...

Resolved! Is Evri killing Ebay?

There are plenty threads with people complaining about Evri, many have replys from happy customers saying " I havn't had a problem with Evri" but if you did then you would find out just what a joke they are.The measure of a company is how they deal w...

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Watch List - March 2025 failures!

What's going on with the Watch List functions... yet again. 1. The top banner has been removed on item pages, so now you have this stupid 'heart' symbol, that fails to tell you on which list the item is saved to; a complete retrograde step in user fu...

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Collection Advice

I bought an item recently which is local to me and the seller said collection in a week in the listing. The seller is now messaging me and wanting me to collect it immediately rather than within a week as they are going on holiday but I cannot collec...

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Uk buyers now not allowed to buy from America!

Has any other UK buyer had this problem? I'm absolutely disgusted with eBay for ever implementing it. It's so discriminating and weird. Basically if you're in the UK, you are now no longer allowed to buy from any seller in America, no matter how hard...

"Buyer protection fee"? I don't think so. What a scam!

Was just about to purchase an item when I noticed a ~£3 "buyer protection fee". What an absolute scam. As a buyer, I absolutely refuse to pay eBay for the privilege of bare minimum customer service. Foisting hidden fees and extra charges onto buyers ...