Seller News: July 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
eBay Simple Delivery Labels Invalid When Scanned At The Post Office 02/08/2025
Today was a nightmare. I went to the Post Office as usual to send of my eBay item only to be told the label could not be be scanned as the system says it is invalid. I have never had this problem before. I assume this must be a mistake so I head off ...
UNABLE TO POST ITEMS VIA SIMPLE DELIVERY DUE TO TRACKING NUMBERS STARTING WITH LETTERS YA
Is Ebay correcting the postage problem or are the Post Office ?At present I have 5 items wrapped with YA tracking numbers on andthe Post Office won't acce
Simple Delivery Labels Not Scanning At Post Office
Just taken some parcels to the Post Office, posted with simple delivery and they wouldn’t scan. Post Office staff got the message “2D barcode not recognised, not valid for tracked 48”Has anyone else had this? Thanks
Royal Mail simple delivery qr codes invalid!
Hi, I have just been to post all item's that I have sold in the last 24 hours at my post office. 4 of my items were Royal mail 48 Tracked /simple delivery, all 4 QR codes are invalid and will not scan! How am I supposed to send my items to my custome...
I just found this online
Royal Mail Tracking Snafu Snarls Shipments For UK Marketplace Sellers Comments Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Copy link Online sellers in the UK are at a loss as Royal Mail tracking changes prevent dropping off s...
Resolved! Simple Delivery rip-off
Simple Delivery is now the default setting but it is possible to opt out of Simple Delivery by selecting "Switch to Advance Options". Why is Ebay pushing this? Simple, Ebay gets a discount on the postage and creams off some of the cost the buyer pays...
Post Office Postage receipts.
I was told this morning at my Cheshire Post Office that since Saturday the Horizon Certificate of Posting for SD post labels are not showing the tracking number , no problems with non Ebay postage labels. They gave me a separate receipt with the bar ...
Postage on older listings keep changing to small parcel and including Evri...
I keep finding when I view or go into my listings that the postage keeps changing. Medium parcels keep reverting to small parcels and Evri (which i exclude) keeps getting re-instated. The whole Simple Delivery system is a mess. Today I sold a medium ...
Simple Delivery again
I just need to clarify this before I turn off my ebay store.My items weigh less than 100g, and fit into a large letter, which Royal Mail costs £1.55, I always take it to the post office to get scanned so its tracked.From 6th August, it seems the only...
Unable to generate a label for an item i sold
I’ve sold about 8-9 items to different sellers and i’m unable to generate a label for any of them coming up with this error tried refreshing the page a few times or trying on laptop and phone but it’s not making a difference. Currently it’s one label...
Simple Delivery Postage problem
Hi I've just began a new listing and noticed the addition of something called "simple delivery" for my postage option. However, I am now unable to locate 'custom postage.' What's going on? The vast majority of my items are listed with Royal Mail 48 T...
Paying extra on top of prepaid label at post ofice
Not sure if anyone has also had to do the same, but I basically sold an item whilst I was on holiday and told my buyer I would post when I returned. All good, and they purchased the prepaid label via Royal Mail with simple delivery. My mistake, but I...
Simple Delivery is Bad for Sellers and Bad for Buyers
Just gone to post an item bought and paid for yesterday. Post Office can't scan Tracked 48 parcels - I knew there was an issue as it has been publicised. Before Simple Delivery I would have used a different Service at no extar cost to the buyer and m...
simple delivery stating tracking number is wrong
ebay told me this morning that there were issues with post offices not accepting simple delivery labels because the tracking number did not match the size of the parcel even though all the correct information had been given and they were unable to up...
is anyone still excepting orders on there ebay shops?because the ya label dont work
is anyone still excepting orders on their ebay shop?because the labels dont work.
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