09-06-2025 4:30 PM
g on Ebay due restrictive Simple Delivery
Ebays new system is forcing me to overcharge buyers for postage. I refuse to do this and lose autonomy over how I charge postage.
The system is all geared in Ebays favour so I doubt they will ever change it back to how it was. After 20yrs selling I've never known such a cynical system so I'm quitting
09-06-2025 4:41 PM
Well.... you and many others, but many others are staying.
True it's not for everyone, go over to the Discussion Boards and read the threads from disgruntled peeps, but it's been around for a few weeks now, and for some ( it's a s l o w rollout !) it's working.
Is it worth you giving it a go?
I've stopped selling, as I cannot bring myself to take my meagre offerings to my very hard working family who run the little PO I use for them to earn 3p per item. If my sales were of a healthy output, it might still be worth it for them, and for me.
Also, being in the dinosaur league, I do not own and do not need , an iPhone. The brick Nokia, much to my family and friends continuing dismay, works perfectly well for me! 🤗
Others have different reasons for stopping, some saying they will , but I can see they're still here, and for some, as said , they 're not complaining, it works for them.
It's a change a big one, it's the human way, not to like changes, especially when the ' old' way was working perfectly, but we are not at the business end of eBay, so someone somewhere worked out, deciding this is a good business move for the Company, and therefore, it's here to stay!
09-06-2025 7:35 PM - edited 09-06-2025 7:36 PM
@tressygirl wrote:I've stopped selling, as I cannot bring myself to take my meagre offerings to my very hard working family who run the little PO I use for them to earn 3p per item.
According to this National Federation of Subpostmasters presentation a branch will get renumerated 35p for accepting a Tracked 48 parcel (61p if purchased in branch) and 46p for Evri Standard (same 46p if purchased in branch).
I can only think that 3p is a reference to the branch profit after apportioning the cost of running the branch eg paying rent, staff, etc. So while ebay supplying prepaid labels will cause the branch to get paid less on RM labels if they don't get the business at all the opportunity cost is at least 35p as they have the cost of the building and staff to pay anyway.