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VAT on a private UK seller?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266624938553?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=v6BxPY-KRz6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=IFrXHt-hTpC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Why is a private UK seller listing showing on the listing in bidding on as being sub...

Ebay now want a phone number with my address

Can anyone tell me why ebay are now insisting on a phone number being added to my address every time I purchase an item? I can see the point for a courier who may well be delivering a bulky item to somewhere new, but surely it is scarcely necessary f...

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Shipping Malpractice

EBay has a rule for sellers that they have to ship within a reasonable time frame. Great But! So, sellers are smart allicks, at least a few of them are, so to get around this rule, they create a shipping lable. Then they do not ship for another LONG ...

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Buying on ebay

When i BUY on ebay, i sometimes have the item sent to Argos click/collect or an alternative address. This is for privacy. I dont want everyone knowing i am buying a sex toy for my husband. Now even though i have the item sent to an argos or other add...

Aquiline Delivery scam again!

This "company" has been discussed before here on EBay. I had another purchase recently where the seller advised me after purchase that Aquiline was the "courier" being used and provided an untrackable tracking number. The item was delivered by Amazon...

Old hidden orders reappearing - Part 2

As in the title, I had a problem with loads of past orders appearing in my purchase list that I had hidden as the transaction had completed. This was last Autumn. I cleared the backlog, and managed to re-hide them. Now, they are back with a vegeance ...

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How are eBay Commerce and PayPal linked?

How are eBay Commerce U.K. Ltd and PayPal linked? I bought an item on eBay and I was debited by eBay Commerce U.K. Ltd . never recovered acknowledgement of the order. The item does not appear in my purchase history?

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30 items

Hello this might have allready been covered Regarding the new rules the 30 items and £1,000 selling limit as a private seller If I sold 30 items but it only totalled say £400 is that still allowed or it will be flagged up Apoligies if this has allrea...

Returning fakes

Bought 3 ecig batteries which are clearly fake and tried to return them as "not as described"However it seems I've missed the 30 day return window so ebay have closed the case and it says it can't be reopenedIn fairness I couldn't have sent them back...

Evri.....the blacklist exposed

Evri made another daft mistake last week.They finally delivered a parcel the seller went to town on them about.They left the original label on it , and covered it up with a new one.Their claim that the address was wrong was of course daft, because th...

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