UK Seller News: April 2025
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Simple delivery no small parcel option. over priced combined shipping
I sell small model cars that with packaging weighing less than 125g in the past I have always used Royal mail tracked 48 small parcel ( I would not use EVRI if you paid me ) being able to combine upto 2KG of models for the buyer at the same postage c...
Simple Delivery Weigh Bands
What madness has resulted in no weight bands between 2kg and 15kg? I have a pair of average vintage plates for sale. Nice enough but nothing special and not likely to get more than £3 for the pair. Unfortunately they weigh 900g each and are 28cm diam...
Simple Delivery and Selling Internationally
Simple Delivery is for UK postage only, but I am happy to post my toys worldwide. Once SD is mandatory after 7th April, will private sellers still be able to offer worldwide postage if we're not enrolled in Global Shipping? After a lengthy chat with ...
New Royal Mail online prices April 2025
The usual slight increases and decreases here and there but no biggies unless you're using First Class. (2nd class large letter up to 250g has gone down a little, 2nd Class small packet up by around 10p. UK large letter maximum weight is now 1kg but ...
Royal Mail collections with Simple Delivery
Hi all, apologies if this has already been mentioned but have noticed a few posts from people worried if they can still organise a parcel collection via Royal Mail. It looks like its fine once you have a postage label and just have to fill in a track...
Simple Delivery - max 3 day turnaround.
Hello fellow battered and bruised private ebay sellers. I'm sure I am getting to be a nuisance to eBay staff as I currently have three escalations to eBay specialist services over the nightmare that is called Simple Delivery. I had questions that cou...
Global shipping programme
I had an item listed for sale, it had the global shipping on but no option to enter postage cost. if this something I would be charged for if item sold or do eBay charge the buyer. My shipping is set to free for UK. someone in Italy wanted to purchas...
Royal Mail 48 Hour Tracked to Guernsey
I wanted to purchase a label for 2nd Class Royal Mail Tracked 48 Hour Drop Off service through eBay to go to the buyer in Guernsey. I chose the correct size and weight for the item but eBay wasn’t showing the mentioned service - just standard 2nd Cla...
That's it... Finished! This supposed "Simple Posting" means I will NEVER list anything on E-bay!
Finished with e-bay!!! No more selling on here... This "simple posting" nonsense is the final straw.. e-bay telling us monster sized porkie pies again! and ripping us off for even more money than they do already. So Bye Bye E-bay! Trying to tell us t...
simple delivery
hello every one I have read the new postage simple delivery for small private sellers like me and I am very concerned its going to be ebay who decides what courier they think I should use, and even more concerned the buyer will choose .this is hermes...
simple delivery
just had a good look at a new listing with simple delivery as the option selected. Royal mail large letter under 100 gr is no longer an option with ebay's new simple delivery systems.it is now up to 750gr with a cost of £2.74 whether your package is ...
URGENT ebay Simple Delivery is missing the 'small parcel' size, the most used size for clothing
I truly hope eBay look at these posts and can fix this very basic and I believe major problem. The simple delivery size and weight options are missing the size of Royal Mail small packet which is the most used size of packet clothing and small goods....
Simple delivery migration of existing free postage listings - very worrying info from ebay staff!!
I know a lot of private sellers are concerned about this enforced use of simple delivery. Most of my listings are buy it now & postage free. The delivery method is down as Royal Mail 2nd class although I have been sending things as 48 hours tracked s...
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...
Resolved! Simple Delivery - so no more free P&P?
Am I understanding this correctly? After years and years of ebay strongholding all sellers into selling items with free P&P, they will now make it mandatory for all new listings (for private sellers) to have a tracked postage fee which the buyer can ...
