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NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.

Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

Resolved! Option to send invoices disappeared

Option on sold listings to ‘send payment details’ has disappeared and I’m unable to send people invoices for combined orders like I normally do. I did a live chat with customer service, but I don’t really think they knew what I was talking about. I h...

Simple Delivery, just a couple of questions. lol

Hi,Reluctantly, I will be ending my listings by the end of the week, but will probably be dragged kicking and screaming into simple delivery. Having created my first simple delivery listing as a test, just a couple of questions. I have thankfully exc...

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Accepted offer from buyer but status is showing "We couldn't process this payment". Why is this?

Underneath it saying "We couldn't process this payment", it then says "We let the buyer know and asked them to update their payment method before the time expires".So how long has the buyer got to pay for the item before the time expires?And what hap...

Resolved! Proof of Delivery vs Click and Collect collection

Hi. Sorry I haven't read through all of the many posts regarding the new funds released only after delivery of goods policy but I am concerned that the measure being used should be postage tracking to Click and Collect shop and not whether the buyer ...

Seller not receving postage paid by the buyer

I have just sold an item to the winning bidder who bid £7. They have paid £10.70 which is £7 + £1 buyer protection fee + £2.70 for postage . EBay have paid me just £7, deducting the fee AND the postage. I have informed them. Anyone else have this iss...

When to cancel current listings

Fun and games when from 7th April, eBay will rewrite existing listings. Are they capable of separating those less than 100g weight and envelope sized items that will be exempt from the Special Delivery fiasco ??I don’t intend accepting eBays new ruli...

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Coming soon to eBay Mandatory Simple Delivery

Someone found the dates yesterday and posted them. Just thought it made sense to make it easier to find.It's in the Help Section under Opt out Simple Delivery will be the only listing option as of 15th April and they will start adjusting current list...

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Shipping item on behalf of teenage son

My teenage son has just sold an item, but is panicking because he is abroad until Sunday night and obviously cannot ship the item within the two days ebay expects. I've offered to step in and handle things on his behalf, but cannot access his ebay ac...

Resolved! Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING

OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...

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