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Postage Label not generating error - It was not possible to generate the label. Something is wrong.

When I click the "Get Postage Label" to generate a label or QR code the below red box error shows;"It was not possible to generate the label. Something is wrong. Please try again later."This is happening on each of the 3 items I have sold and it happ...

Unable to print simple delivery label on ebay

Has anyone encountered the below and if so how did they get round it.I sold something at 8.25 yesterday evening so had time to go in and book a collection from royal mail to collect today as I am housebound. For some strange reason you only have till...

Get rid of Simple Delivery and all pre paid Royal Mail labels

Ebay will no longer give me the full address to send my items as they want to force me into their so called simple delivery option. I wish they would get rid of it. 1 - I want to go to the post office and ensure they receive their commissions for ite...

Simple Delivery - no small parcel options

Just spent 30mins trying to explain to ebay that Simple Delivery - which all private sellers are going to be forced to use - isn't fit for purpose. I regularly sell shoebox size parcels, via Royal Mail, i.e. Royal Mail Small Parcel (45 x 35 x 16cm) S...

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Resolved! Simple Delivery compensation

Just to say that I only used once, so far so good. However, some items I sell are more than £200, and I don't I feel comfortable using just Royal Mail 24 or 28.After double checking with eBay's CS, I was told that:*Royal Mail Special Delivery isn't p...

Resolved! How do i cancel a Simple Delivery label I created before a buyer messaged to cancel an order

How do I cancel a Simple Delivery label I created minutes before a buyer messaged me to cancel the order.I tried via the 'Postage Labels' tab as I have done previously, but it says that I cannot cancel the label. If I cancel the order that means I am...

Royal Mail did not collect

Yesterday, I suffered my first 'simple' delivery. I clicked the RH box of get prepaid lable webpage to book a RM collection, set the day and safeplace and booked ( supposedly) Had no confirmation emails . Postman came today with no knowledge of the c...

Postage for addiitonal quantities of the same item

If a Buy it Now listing with quantity more than 1 available is listed with 'simple' delivery now, there no longer an option to set a postage rate for each additional item. Just confirmed with ebay chat that it is not possible to set postage cost for ...

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