Avoiding Simple Delivery

[amazonharvey]

Hello people some one has found the opt out for SD on listing page go down to eBay new Sd click advanced settings and there will be a pop up. Click custom postage another pop up click on then all are couriers will be there as they were before this all started 

[amazonharvey]

It’s so sad but annoying that we will be paying £1.17 every listing to eBay
and nothing we can do about it .we do not mind a few pence profit but
shameful how much they are making on there SD

[incredible_how]

but they are not making £1.17, if you select only RM (no evri drop off near me) then on large letter it is 2p more than Royal Mail, because it is tracked.

And you can via SD get free RM collection with label, which is useful to me. 

[amazonharvey]

Thank you

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[saltneyshoerepairs]

Hi I have ended my listing and then gone to re-list. I then charged the category. When I then move to the postage if I change to letter, I have the option not to have sample postage.

[jckl1957]

It probably says this somewhere in this thread already, but business sellers don't have to use Simple Delivery.

Private accounts are for sellers selling their own personal possessions, not members selling huge quantities of brand new items.  (1,986 of the first item I looked at.)

[thriftyfe_mail]

Thank you for your response that I raised purely from my own experience. 

I concur with most of what you say and trying to work around the "business decisions" eBay introduced whilst selling my private goods and like yourself reduced prices in the hope of generating more interest. 

There is no denying there has been a significant drop in interest on this site and a mass exodus in light of the changes. In MHO Buyers Protection Fee is clearly an additional  'fee' levied to the buyer and previous to the changes made,  lost/damaged parcels were always covered in the cost of the postage rate should this arise with extra cover should you need it,  depending on which postal system or courier you chose to send your items out to the buyer. 

It is not all doom and gloom with SD  but I see little difference when it comes to the postage rate why private sellers, (like business sellers)  should not be able to retain the wider choice of postal service used or opt out of SD if they wish.

Instead  the charge levied is predetermined by eBAY on the goods to be posted and in many cases it certainly doesn't  reflect the true cost that can be significantly lower to both the buyer/seller.     

No doubt while eBay continue to tinkle with the works there will be other changes afoot!

  The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing  ( Socrates - Greek Philosopher)  

[incredible_how]

p4. my father sent a parcel SD (GSP) and it got lost, eBay dealt with it all. I think there wasn't a message from the buyer until it was all done and dusted. That is definitely easier than having to refund and claim from RM.

[incredible_how]

With Simple Delivery if buyer says item not delivered eBay do it all and refund the buyer, nothing for seller to do, that definitely is better than having to sort it out yourself. My father had an item get lost and basically because buyer had clicked "I didn't receive this", there was no contact between him and buyer until it was all sorted and they'd had their refund. It was very easy...

And the changing postage costs: I wrote a message on my listings during the change over saying that if the postage changed (went up) it was because of Simple Delivery