Seller News: July 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
eBay Simple Delivery Labels Invalid When Scanned At The Post Office 02/08/2025
Today was a nightmare. I went to the Post Office as usual to send of my eBay item only to be told the label could not be be scanned as the system says it is invalid. I have never had this problem before. I assume this must be a mistake so I head off ...
Simple Delivery
I am writing to express my frustration and seek your assistance regarding a recent issue I encountered with a shipment that was sent using the ebay QR code provided.I followed instructions precisely and used the QR code to ship my headphones to the b...
Simple Delivery Labels Not Scanning At Post Office
Just taken some parcels to the Post Office, posted with simple delivery and they wouldn’t scan. Post Office staff got the message “2D barcode not recognised, not valid for tracked 48”Has anyone else had this? Thanks
Royal Mail simple delivery qr codes invalid!
Hi, I have just been to post all item's that I have sold in the last 24 hours at my post office. 4 of my items were Royal mail 48 Tracked /simple delivery, all 4 QR codes are invalid and will not scan! How am I supposed to send my items to my custome...
Post office rejected my letter?
I post Pokemon cards. Anything over £10 goes tracked 48 (2.70). Anything under does 2nd class untracked (0.87). I sent two untracked and one tracked. The untracked scanned fine. The tracker however threw up an error for the lady and said it’s not ‘el...
Simple delivery label not accepted at the Post Office
I just tried to drop off a simple delivery package at two different Post Offices but they would not accept it. They said i must have put wrong weight/size but I haven't, it is the correct weight/size. has something gone wrong? Thanks
Simple Delivery again
I just need to clarify this before I turn off my ebay store.My items weigh less than 100g, and fit into a large letter, which Royal Mail costs £1.55, I always take it to the post office to get scanned so its tracked.From 6th August, it seems the only...
Simple Delivery - how to avoid/opt out?
want the option to post my item myself instead of simply delivery, there is no option of opt out, so i can post myself ! if there is any ebay representives out there can you please tell us how do we opt out of simply delivery as i tried for hours wit...
oversized parcels - NO delivery service with Simple Delivery
Ebay forgot abut sellers with oversized parcels! i can't select any other service than Royal Mail and Evri but both are not taken oversized parcels at their shops! so how do i can book any other courier through ebay or how do i can setup Custom posta...
Resolved! Ebay / RM and Sender despatching item results in failure to post items
Tried to post some RM / simple delivery books today and they were all rejected, the code was invalid. Looking on the tracking it has SENDER DESPATCHING ITEM which suggests that the system has auto updated to include this for all my entries so now I c...
Multiple oil drums shipping problem
I sold two 5 gallon drums of oil to a buyer in the USA. Combined they weight more than the maximum shipping weight. How can I get around this? If I could use my own courier that would solve the problem, but it looks like that can't be done as the shi...
Defective item returned at my cost as I don't have a printer
I bought an item which is defective. The seller issued a return label online but I have no printer and there was no QR code to take to a post office. As the label was provided by another party , Royal Mail let me arrange a collection ( which suited m...
SIMPLE DELI VERY SYSTEM
Simple Delivery system is anything but. It's made things much more complicated as a private seller and a buyer. I've seen many changes of system over the 15 years I've been an Ebayer but this latest "hit" against private sellers and the whole revampe...
Unable to post eBay packages with Tracked 48 printed label
At the Post Office counter when Tracked 48 eBay printed labels are scanned it comes up with text including 'barcode not recognised'. I see that others here are having similar problems, does anyone know who to enquire to about this issue. Thanks
another simple delivery refund question
Hi everyone, A quick question...I sold an item today, customer paid and delivery was with simple delivery. Free to buyer so i paid for the label.. Ebay issued a royal mail label costing £5.55 which is ok so far... Now several messages later between m...
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