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So few private seller items on ebay now

I have been so disappointed lately by the lack of private seller listings on ebay - but I can't pretend to be surprised. After all, when you add together "buyer protection" and the stasi-like forced use of the diabolical Evri for delivery what else c...

Royal mail saying item delivered but I haven't received it

Royal mail / eBay are saying the item was delivered, 2nd class no signature required, but I've never received the item, I've raised this with the seller and eBay and now after a review both of them are refusing to help or offer a refund, so now as th...

Buyer Protection Fees who pays them?

I know there are lots of discussions about the new Buyer Protection Fees and no selling fees for private sellers. I am a private seller, so am happy to sell with no fees. But, BIG BUT! I am having the buyer protection Fee removed from my sale!. So I ...

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Resolved! Purchased Item, now seller not honoring sale?

An Amiga game appeared and I bought it within 10mins at 4.30PM, lots of good pictures. Seemed legit. Then around 7.30pm I get a message "Hi i am really sorry but I am going to afto refund you as this has been put on by mistake I really am sorry". I d...

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Seller is in China

I wanted to buy an item that I needed quickly, so I chose UK Only. The listing showed the seller to be in Manchester. I received email comfirmation of the order, which showed that the seller is actually in China. I could have bought the item from Ali...

buyer protection fees

I just came across this in the press .....so sellers lose out eBay recently changed their fee structure, so it’s now free for private sellers to sell. As part of this change, eBay are now launching Buyer Protection to give buyers more confidence and ...

VAT added to my invoice

I have just spoken to an Ebay agent having noticed VAT was added to my last 2 purchases. The amounts were small but increased the price of relatively small items. She explained it was to do with SIMPLY POSTAGE which is added to a seller's listing and...

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Click and Collect

Anyone know why ebay is still offering Jet petrol stations on Click and Collect? They don't accept parcels anymore. Always used argos previously without any problems. Jet refused to accept delivery so evri dumped parcel at house next door to petrol s...

A weird thing happened on the way to the checkout...

I haven't got a great memory but I suspect this has happened 2-3 times in the last few months? I bookmark / favourite an item which I may consider buying at some point in future.Some weeks later I notice that item is out of stock.I search on the same...

VAT charged on purchase price?

I've just purchased a second hand loft ladder, from a private seller in a town near me (so collecting it personally) in the same country (England), and I've been charged 20% VAT. My assumption is this is an error as VAT was not mentioned in the listi...

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Resolved! Is Evri killing Ebay?

There are plenty threads with people complaining about Evri, many have replys from happy customers saying " I havn't had a problem with Evri" but if you did then you would find out just what a joke they are.The measure of a company is how they deal w...

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