Simple Delivery

[shaykola]

I know this is supposedly the 'easy' way forward.  Just listed an item and there is no option for custom postage no matter how hard I looked.  Investigated and apparently the opt-out option is only available on certain items, useful, no consistency. The problem I see when selecting my preferred courier RM is that the default postage rate set by ebay is at least 50p cheaper than how much it will actually cost me to send.   Anyone else coming across this?  If sellers can't control postage then every time an item is posted it will leave us out of pocket.  It says postage rates from (insert price here) but I can't see what those rates will be.

[jckl1957 · Accepted solution]

You don't understand how Simple Delivery works.

You can't be out of pocket for the postage because you don't pay it.

The buyer pays Ebay.

Ebay send you a label or a QR code and you send the item.  You don't pay but use the QR code or the label.

The postage transaction is between the buyer and Ebay.  You get paid for your item but Ebay keeps the payment for postage and provides you with the means to send the item.