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 Policy Violation: counterfeit item policy
I get so frustrated with eBay these days as there is nobody to talk to on the phone, although, from past experience, customer service is not much use anyway.I have had a listing suspended due to an apparent policy violation of the counterfeit items p...
Sold an item worth almost £1100
I sold a mobile phone today for approx. £1100, had no option but to choose Simple Delivery. Other recent sales suggest it will be sent via Tracked 48 delivery, but I know that only covers the item up to £150. I can't use other suggested methods (send...
Lets Talk About Simple Delivery - (Suggestions for Improvements)
Ok so this is a less ranty post Since eBay is going to be making us use this, what is peoples experience like of it? Do they take full control of it if there is any issues with shipping, in transit or lost or stolen? How much is Simple Delivery insur...
Is anyone else having issues with ALL couriers during the summer?
I'm really getting concerned about my business over the summer. I ship approx 25 parcels a day (more on a Monday) and i'm having so many issues with the couriers. Royal Mail are taking so long to deliver items including tracked. RM 48 Tracked should ...
Opened - never used? What is that supposed to mean?
What is 'Opened - never used' supposed to mean? I'm asking this of sellers because I would assume that they have some idea what they are thinking when this description is used. I just bought an item which was listed as 'Opened - never used' but it di...
6th August Listings Ungraded To Simple Delivery. It is A Disaster!!
Last week I got this message from eBay that "from 6 Aug, any eligible live listings that aren’t yet using Simple Delivery will switch to this delivery option" It is a disaster! Magazines and other listings are now coming up as Evri at £2.94 when they...
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.
Sealed vinyl arrived in Australia warped and unplayable - best way of issuing refund?
I sold a sealed 12" vinyl record sent through the Global Shipping hub which arrived in Australia 10 days after being posted. Unfortunately, there is a bad warp which means that for the first few minutes of each side, there is skipping - in essence, t...
Can't send invoice reminder any more?
Oh great, yet more fun with "Not remotely simple delivery". So now I can't send an invoice reminder because "Invoices cannot be sent for items where eBay manages all or part of the postage. These items are excluded from this invoice." The buyer wasn'...
Resolved! Evri is the worst of the worst delivery company i nearly lost my business on other selling platform
Evri have a bad reputation previously aswell with the name of Hermes and now they trading as Evri to hide the bad service my question is why Ebay allowing them to operate here its a bad news for ebay and the sellers im broke cause of them im starting...
Is there a problem this evening with the app and listing items?
Can’t seem to get past the pricing page. As soon as I press continue I get the flashing grey block page and nothing happens. I tried saving to drafts and then finishing but same thing. Is it just me tonight? Might have to try again in the morning.
Be Aware! Offer prices INCLUDE the Buyer Protection Fee
I made a sale on my personal account this morning for a set of headphones that I had listed at £59.95 with it set to auto accept offers over £50.00. A buyer made an offer 10% below asking price, so £54.00 and as I have it set to auto-accept above £50...
Resolved! Can we no longer offer a discounted postage for multiple purchases?
Hiya everyoneI have listings with the "simple delivery" method against them. This morning I have come across a complete glitch in this. I have a number of items which are "matching" but I list them separately. Someone has won both items and has reach...
One of the happiest days of my life ......
This morning I sold my last item of stock on ebay. After 21 years and over 12,000 feedbacks I'm done with it.In the early days I was grateful for the exposure it gave for me but over the years my views have turned to despising their business model. A...
How does combined postage work with Simple Delivery
Some bright spark in CS told me that to combine postage, all you have to do is use one simple delivery label and the buyer will be credited for unused labels after 30 days or so.I really cannot believe the stupidity of some of the answers CS give.If ...
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