Fed up

[siadzad_khtk9o]

We use our national insurance number to sell on ebay. It's wrong. We wait two weeks for our money if we don't send it tracked. Honestly is this all worth it. I only do it to help make a few ends meet. It's just getting harder. I have ebay saying my selling average has gone down they are monitoring my account. Seriously I wonder why? Going back to your ni number. That was just for work. Employer, tax office, yourself. What's next ebay pension? I really do hope ebay crash. I quit

[edwardian-dreams]

You’d think eBay would have a prompt to the buyer after the estimated delivery date to tick if received 

I suppose they prefer to hang in to the money 

some people say they earn interest on it, others say no

its an awfully long time to wait , especially as eBay paid you instantly before

theyre too controlling nowadays

[gjalp]

Indeed, its the lack of autonomy that bugs me. Whatever happened to ebay being ‘just a platform’?  Its interesting to see that over the years, ebay has had a hand in more and more and yet their reports are down. Now they are just plain grabbing. Shareholders must be doing some grumbling

[kath3735_wxmjn]

The NI number is a government (HMRC) requirement, E Bay have no option but to ask you for it.  About the only think i do not blame e bay for in this disaster of a year!

[superchallenge]

You don't "use your National Insurance number to sell on eBay." You give eBay your National Insurance number so they can fulfil their legally required duty to report sales to (partially) prevent tax dodging. Your NI number isn't "just for work."

On a separate note, maybe eBay would take notice of all the sellers who I'm repeatedly told are "leaving the platform in droves" if they actually did. 

2 days after you've declared that you've quit, you have 535 items listed.

[jon18uk]

I've not used a "tracked" service and still get my payments two days after delivery confirmation. Standard Royal Mail large letter and small parcel show when they are delivered on eBay and that triggers the payment just fine.

[epic_enterprises_2014]

Its not a government Requirement its the new 'European Digital sales reporting law'....bit strange though as we are not supposed to be in Europe anymore ....remember brexit ?  We all know it didn't really happen Right ??

[jonatjonatjonat]

It is a government requirement as the UK has signed up to the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms.

This is nothing to do with the EU. USA, Australia, Chile - all members of the OECD forum.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

To be precise it is an OECD requirement, which our government are part of and agreed to, therefore it is a government requirement.  It is also not a European organisation, it is made up of many countries around the world.   Maybe before picking on my comment you could check out the facts first.  Nothing to do with Brexit.

[epic_enterprises_2014]

Thanks for the further info and wasn't attempting to pick on your post at all but do apologize if it came across that way ! 👍

[gjalp]

We are still in Europe. It’s the EU we left with Brexit.