UK Seller News: April 2025
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Global Shipping Programme - weight and size declarations disappeared off listings.
I have been investigating why my GSP sales have stopped in the last couple of weeks. When creating a sell similar from a previous listing which was set up for GSP there was no section to include the size and weight. Checking my existing listings whic...
letterbox sized Item delivered, photo and gps scan. Buyer messages, no case yet
I have a usual sequence of messages I run through, the polite please check photo is your front door, check GPS coordinates are your location etc. Buyer hasn't responded to the questions, just tells me this happens to him everyone is a scammer. lookin...
VAT charged on the Buyer Protection Fee
Having just made a purchase from a private seller that will be connected with my business the price I paid is inclusive of the new eBay buyer protection fee which included £0.72 VAT. As a VAT registered business I would like to reclaim this VAT payme...
Resolved! Buyer asking for refund claiming product is fake?
Hi all,Got a message yesterday through eBay from a sale 27 days ago:“Hello, these screws are of very low quality and have sheared in half in multiple locations on a build I’ve done. I’ve put a huge amount of work into my build and the fact that these...
Pseudo Private Sellers. Is it fraud?
If I buy an item from a seller who is registered as "Private Seller" I now pay 10% additional fee to eBay and the seller pays no selling fee. What if that seller is clearly a "Business" and not a "Private" seller? I am paying an addition amount due t...
Posting to Northern Ireland after 31st March
Regarding the changes to postage for goods going to Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK from 31st March, I am a bit confused about what information I will need to give when sending a parcel. Do I need to supply a EORI number to Royal Mail when p...
Resolved! Confused which month JANUARY OR APRIL and which year 2023 or 2024 or 2025 to report
Someone enlightens me please as ebay keeps mentioning January as start of financial year whilst UK starts with 5/6 April. And which year is ebay talking about 2023, 2024 or 2025? I have no idea and you phoned them up, they used AI to save money and k...
Sale glitching out?
Hi all, I started a sale yesterday to run until Saturday to get things moving after a slow week, yesterday was great but today has dropped off a cliff. I just had a look at my listings in incognito mode on my phone and it seems that maybe only one in...
Ebay posts my home address on every listing as public knowledge. Any way to stop this?
As I'm technically a business seller but not an actual business so the only address I have is my home address. As a business seller I have to legally have my business address as public knowledge on every listing to anyone who views any of my listings...
Time to leave
Hello All any ideas on where i can sell since the new rules my private seller account had a massive drop in sales to top that since switching account types the amount has all most tripled what they would take under the guise of a buyer protection fee...
Sold Email Notification
Just sold an item to the USA.Email notification declares it’s expected tomorrow! How?dave@ebay Jo
Good bye, and good luck........
It's been an interesting few years, but i have had enough as the people on here i have spoken to already know. Remember one thing, ebay and online sales isn't everything in life, spend more time away from the PC, look out of the window, there is a wh...
How are private sellers still able to list 1,000+ items when they're only meant to have 300?
Hi I'm slightly puzzled as despite the HRC changes and the 300 listing limit I'm still seeing business masquerading as private accounts with 1,000s of items listed. Yesterday I saw one with 1,900+ items and another with 2,400+ items. The later was ge...
" inch sign in size variations - another glitch ?
Hi,I recently checked and all my listings with variations which showing the size in inches are now showing some weird looking characters.I also checked the other sellers listings and the entire ebay site seam to be affected.Anybody noticed something ...
Frustrating RM fail?
So today I received back a tiny 1930s dollshouse metal fridge that was deemed unsafe for air travel. Was it scanned,,,I don’t know. There was no batteries, electrical wires or gas bottles. And probably not since it measures only 3 inches high.!!! I m...
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