Seller News: June 2025
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When selling an item above £10, is eBay's postage label mandatory?
Having just learned that items above £10 disqualify Custom Postage, I was intending to post my item using postage stamps instead of eBay's postage label, because the label is minimum £2.70 while the item only costs £1.55 to post (and I have quite a f...
Why has my postage charge changed on its own?
Why has my postage charge changed on its own? I currently have a sewing machine for sale which weighs 18Kg including packaging.When I listed it I was forced to use Simple Delivery which offered two couriers Evri and Royal Mail.I decided to exclude Ro...
How to sell a poster as no such “simple” delivery option exists
Evri allows parcel “tubes” which they request are triangular to be posted up to 120cm, and Royal Mail also allow tubes to be posted upto 90cm. However, eBay’s so called “simple” delivery service only allows buyers to select from either company upto 6...
Ebay adding mystery amounts to custom postage now...
As if "Simple postage" wasn't enough to try and derail sellers...As from today, they seem to be adding buyer protection or some other UNANNOUNCED fee onto custom postage!I put in "3.70" Tracked 48 parcel. Ebay lists postage on the item as "4.42"I put...
Resolved! Ebay Postage and Tacked 48 Signed for
Just had the misfortune of selling an item, then the fun started, i have always used Royal Mail Tracked 48 and signed for, now there is NO option to get the item signed for by the buyer, therefore if the item goes missing or the buyer says he;s not r...
16 years on ebay, and SIMPLE DELIVERY is the final straw. IM CLOSING MY ACCOUNT DOWN :(
I have been on ebay for 16 years now. 2800 feedback at 100%, I have a system that works, that I have perfected, that I have invested in. Ebay now steam roll their way into my postage system/strategy and dictate how I have to post my items. I have bee...
Global shipping program
Has the global shipping program ceased to function properly i understand according to some online information that shipping to the usa due to uncertainty regarding tariffs etc has been suspended but have now had a customer unable to checkout in the N...
Ebay Simple Delivery Weight Question
Hi, I just dropped off an item I sold on eBay at the post office using eBay’s Simple Delivery with Royal Mail. Since I don’t have a printer, I used the QR code option at the counter to get the label printed. I noticed the printed label says the weigh...
Complaints about Evri, please stop using them, they may be cheap but they don't deliver
There are highs and lows for many delivery companies. Sometimes, we, as a business find one is ok for a period and then we have to move to another. Staff seems to be the key, rather unsurprisingly but we keep our options open and on many days use mul...
Simple Delivery
I have been fairly inactive on eBay for over a year and have recently returned to selling again and sold an item Saturday 14th June 2025 which was the first since January 2025 I ignored "Simple Delivery" and arranged for a collection from Royal Mail ...
Ebay international shipping
Purchased item from seller in US but looks like was not charged for international shipping at checkout only shipping from seller to their local hub not to UK. Worried. How do I pay for shipping to UK now? Seller used Ebay international shipping metho...
Is it still possible to change an order to personal delivery/collection and refund the postage?
Hi, a customer has ordered two books from me and paid for them separately with postage on each one. As the customer lives less than half a mile from me it would be easier and cheaper for me to hand deliver the books and refund whatever they have paid...
Where is the 2-10kg option???
This is the eBay support page for the postage weights and prices for Simple Delivery: Note the 2-10kg option at £5.21 which is great for me as it matches the Yodel price I paid for my 2-5kg parcels and improves on the prices I paid for 5-10kg parcels...
postal charged to ebay
i sold 3 items reasontly that said on the breakdown that the postage cost went to ebay, so the money paid to me for the item was just the sale value and not the postage, leaving me to cover the cost of the postage from my sale price, which on one che...
postage
hi I have sold 2 items to the same buyer I used prepaid label but put them both in the same parcel my problem is 1 is showing as posted the other is not and there is no option to mark as sent my concern is will ebay class this one as not posted and t...
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