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Very slow delivery times since the changes on Feb 4th.

Anyone else noticing this?...before the changes were brought in i'd order something and it would be on my doorstep within 2-5 days max...now seem to be waiting well over a week for pretty much everything. Are sellers thinking "soddit,if i've got to w...

Resolved! False advertising

Seller ripped me off  and gave me wrong item with false advertising.

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Fake watch

Buyers be ware EBay authenticity scheme is a scam they let fake watches go through and then when you get it checked by the manufacturer they still say it’s genuine!!!!!unbelievable in the extreme!!!do not think this is a one off be careful what you b...

Getting a bit sick of this over charged postage.

The last few months I've been buying from ebay quite frequenty. On some small items I've bought the postage has been set on the listing at £3.20 (Second Class Small Parcel). When the items arrive they have been sent as a Large Letter for £0.96p. I do...

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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...

Packing / invoice slips ???

Hi - New Simple delivery - ok so where is the packing slip gone?I see the invoice slip - but no packing slip - i now have to message the buyer with the comments i used to have set up on my packing slips - why has this been take away on simple deliver...

Item Not Received

I just had a bad ‘Item Not Received' experience and welcome any advice. So, I purchased an item from a private seller on eBay: a jacket, value c. £40.00 (so not a fortune in the scale of life) - order placed 27th June 2025. Evri were the nominated po...

Simple Delivery and letters - clarification needed please

Is an £4.85 item today going to cost £7.61 soon?An item that is for sale today at £4 + 85p P&P, next week will cost me an additional 91p (or is the % charged on P&P as well?) for buyer fees from the 4th.I’ve heard that Simple Delivery is going to bec...

Faulty item!?

I purchased some gardening furniture in April, after no more than half a dozen uses one of the support cross struts on one side of where you sit, bent. Initial they questioned how it was damaged, did I put something heavy on it! Not sure I could lift...

POINTLESS 'MAKE OFFER' OPTION BY SELLERS

Don't know if any other post has coveted this subject but why do some sellers bother to list the Make Offer option on a listing when they have no intention of accepting any? Example: I offered just 6% less than the asking price for an item but got re...

What has RUINED eBay for you and how would you improve it?

I believe that eBay has been RUINED by the current management/Developers, I have been on eBay for over twenty years, I used to buy every month but now the risk just seems too high. The first thing that MUST be fixed is to respect customers choices in...

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