UK Seller News: April 2025
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NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY
AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.
Tracking number
I have just sold an item. So I go to the item on the app (iPhone) only to find the buyers address is nowhere to be found just a message saying the address will be on the postage lable I don't use postage through eBay because the amount is always wron...
Removing Auto Relisting on eBay Option Seems to be Missing
I cannot see the option to remove Auto relisting for an Auction on the current version of Ebay (Private Seller). Here is a screen grab of what I see on the desktop version. The option doesn't seem to appear or am I looking in the wrong place. Also, i...
Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning
Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...
£10.00 limit for simple delivery opt out
Bit confused here, I’ve looked at various postings but still not sure of the cut off limits for mandatory Simple Delivery. I’ve read it’s £10.00 and 100 grams mentioned. Is this £10.00 and exempt for SDor is it 100 grams and exempt for SDor is it a c...
Simple Delivery and Royal Mail Collections
I’ve seen this question asked over and over this weekend, will I be able to get a Royal Mail collection with Simple Delivery?According to the FAQ you can… “Collection is available for items sent through Simple Delivery with Royal Mail labels only. Yo...
What right do Ebay have to hold payments for two days or more?
Ebay recently changed their policy guidelines for all private sellers after saying it’s free to sell on Ebay again (another Lie shifted that to the buyer as Buyer protection) So you sell an item on ebay, Ebay will now in the New world hold your payme...
Simple Delivery and Combined Postage
I had my first experience today of a buyer winning more than one item under the Simple Delivery regime, and it is not great. It is all a bit opaque, but each item individually was a large letter under 1kg, which I think means buyer pays ebay £2.25. T...
International Sales Through Ebay's Mandatory Simple Delivery System 15/04/2025
As most of us here now know that Unfortunately from tomorrow (Ebay Simple Delivery System) shall be completely Mandatory to all Private Sellers, but there is one particular area which I have noticed is not really getting the intention it needs, as UK...
Is Simple Delivery now mandatory?
Well its the 16th of April and I am still being given the (very welcome) option of custom delivery. I'd like to think it is because ebay have seen sense and decided to let sellers choose. More likely they have run into problems rolling it out and kic...
Winning Bidders Who Won't Pay
If a person bids on an item in an auction and wins but then refuses to pay without good reason, why isn't there a sanction that prevents them from bidding on other items until they have paid the seller or at least some compensation if they don't want...
Resolved! Got the dreaded letter from HMRC
Have received a letter from HMRC about online selling and money earned and they’ve asked me to contact them to disclose my earnings . The thing is my whole family use my EBay account , daughter sells her unwanted clothes , my son his toys , I sell my...
The Payment Protection Fee is like a 'Death Knell' for my account.
This Buyer Protection Fee is like a 'death knell' for my account. My sales have dropped from 5 - 7 per week down to 1 every alternate week. My old DVD collection that I used to sell is no longer worth anything because of this fee. EBay are going to l...
SENIOR MANAGEMENT ACTION LONG OVERDUE
Looking at its history on eBay, feedback response continues to be on a decline. One can assume that buyers and sellers fail to leave feedback because they no longer see any value in it and are simply not bothered with its value. Even eBay fail to pro...
eBay as confused as us about Simple Delivery?
eBay help says this about Simple Delivery postage rates for items under £100: which I was pleased to see had a 2-10kg option at a price that was close to Yodel’s £5.21 that I use a lot. BUT… there is no option for this weight range when you select Si...
