UK Seller News: April 2025
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Freepost & HMRC
I’ve seen many posts regarding HMRC reporting etc which to be honest doesn’t effect me at the moment however I will be selling items that cost more to post than the items are worth.One thing I have noticed is the number of sellers going away from fre...
Combined postage with Simple Delivery ?
In the Simple Delivery FAQ I see no mention of combining postage when selling several items to the same buyer.Is that now gone ?! If so it will have a HUGE impact on many sellers of low value items.As a buyer I also always check sellers other items a...
Simple Delivery - Royal Mail
Does anyone know if the incoming Simple Delivery will include Royal Mail as an option? I ask because eBay seems to be going down the Vinted route and Vinted doesn't allow RM. As a seller of antique and vintage glass and ceramics my experience of Evri...
First use of Simple Delivery
Ok so having read loads of posts on these boards, I wanted to try the new SD that lots of people were up in arms against, so I listed an item to see for myself. (Only used RM48 previously taken to PO).My local PO accepts Evri parcels so no difference...
Simple Delivery - no small parcel options
Just spent 30mins trying to explain to ebay that Simple Delivery - which all private sellers are going to be forced to use - isn't fit for purpose. I regularly sell shoebox size parcels, via Royal Mail, i.e. Royal Mail Small Parcel (45 x 35 x 16cm) S...
EVRi admits it will lose 22,000 parcels every day
Dubbed Britain's 'worst' courier, delivery company Evri has promptly admitted that it will lose eight million packages this year, despite only being two months in. Of initially missing parcels, some will eventually make their way to their rightful ow...
Resolved! Simple Delivery rip-off
Simple Delivery is now the default setting but it is possible to opt out of Simple Delivery by selecting "Switch to Advance Options". Why is Ebay pushing this? Simple, Ebay gets a discount on the postage and creams off some of the cost the buyer pays...
POSTAGE
I have been told by an EBAY AGENT this morning that as of APRIL 7th the buyer will only pay what eBay determine the shipping cost and the buyer has to add mailing costs etc to the price of the item listed. This on top of the so called buyer protectio...
Item refunded without my consent
Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. I sold an item on the 12th March 2025, it was sent through the global shipping program and arrived at the hub on the 16th of March, 3 weeks later there was still no update on tracking and the buyer...
Congratulation to Ebay for screwing up big time. oldest fraud in town
With the new SD postal system you have opened the door to the old and biggest fraud of all time.The item that never was. So a buyer buys a lovely gold chain weighing 30 gms for £200 and the seller sends him an empty 10gm envelope, but because the SD ...
In this case do I have to provide a returns address label to the buyer and if so HOW do I do this ?
Very recently we received a buyer return request from a buyer who created their account only 2 weeks ago and ordered a high value item from us. After the buyer received the item tracked, initial communications from the buyer didn’t quite make sense r...
simple shipping
Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing most items. It’s designed to reduce the effort that shipping takes and offers 20% off postage costs, on average*.Does this mean that a...
Private seller Isle of Man Simple Delivery
Been selling on ebay for more than 10 years - being forced to use simple delivery - IM post codes (sellers) can only get parcelforce service as an option. My sales are majority small/large letter 0-250g and value of less than £5. Any suggestions.
Paying extra on top of prepaid label at post ofice
Not sure if anyone has also had to do the same, but I basically sold an item whilst I was on holiday and told my buyer I would post when I returned. All good, and they purchased the prepaid label via Royal Mail with simple delivery. My mistake, but I...
Ebay prices for Royal Mail are WRONG
I have selected posting of small items via Royal Mail based the option ebay offer (based in supplying the correct size and weight) and multiple Royal Mail post offices are rejecting them as 'UNDERPAID'. For other items they did accept, Royal Mail sen...
