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US tariffs reminder and Royal Mail shipping changes

We understand that ongoing changes regarding US tariffs may have brought uncertainty, especially for those of you who frequently sell into the US market. We’re committed to supporting you through these changes. What’s happening? The US de minimis exe...

Ebay's simply parcel services is confusing me. just cant get my head around it

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...

Simple delivery postage.

Simple delivery is coming up with large letter postage for a single banknote, how do I change this to second class letter, please.

Royal Mail - Letter Option

Hi, i have a major problem this morning. I am a business seller and all my BIN listings are Free Postage with payable upgrades i.e. - 48 HOUR TRACKED - certain of my items I send out as a LETTER - £0.87 - But from this morning that option is no longe...

BE WARNED: Royal Mail is not an integrated service with eBay

I was flashed this message this evening after adding Tracking to the item I posted this evening. We have to track Royal Mail items on the RM website. What this means for Item Not Received claims I know not.

Unable to access QR/postage label Something went wrong, no services available

Hi all, I want to post an item my buyer has paid for. They have paid for it and their postage. When I click on GET PREPAID LABEL it says SOMWTHING WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGAIN and underneath postage services it says NO SERVICES AVAILABLE with the but...

Resolved! Royal mail postage

Hi All, Do Royal Mail now scan an track standard 2nd class letters and parcels if they are sent by click an drop, thanks.

GPSR - Soooo I sold an item by accident to Europe (Bus Seller) and it arrived no problems

Right then, a couple of weeks ago something happened to one of my postage policies which reset my country exclusions and before I knew it, I had sold an item to Italy. I once again updated my exclusions to include NI and EU but chanced sending the it...

Simple Delivery

This is the reply I got from customer services Hello Eileen,Thank you for contacting eBay Customer Service. My name is Bhoomika, and I will be supporting you today.Eileen, I can certainly understand your point here, as you wish to get custom postage....

Simple delivery is rubbish

I am not a frequent (business) user but need to set post for a 90 cms long parcel, only way is via parcelforce £13, but only option is Royal Mail £6 which do not offer service, and as for Evri would not touch with a barge poll as they have lost too m...

Custom delivery in the age of simple delivery - a thread to share info and tips, ask questions etc

Too many people are confused, frustrated, don’t know about this, can’t get it , etc etcI thought might be helpful to add everyone’s knowledge base, questions etc here as it’s all over the shop and things have to be repeated all the time I’ll start wi...

Resolved! Postage

I am trying to list an item and cannot find Royal Mail 2nd Class postage Option in the "Simple Delivery" system that EBay are only offering, effective today. I could use it with the Advanced Option but that has gone. I also need to use Royal Mail col...

Buyer chose Royal Mail even though this is not an option I allowes

Sold a couple of things recently and although I turned the option of Royal Mail off. Buyers seem to have chosen Royal Mail I have 2 issuesFirstly is that both items when packed are over 2.5cm thickI also have a problem actually getting to a post offi...

Postage labels not able to be generated

I’ve got 3 sold listing and have tried to get my postage labels and it say “ something is wrong please try again later” is this a eBay issue?

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...

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Ebay's simply parcel services is confusing me. just cant get my head around it

Simple Delivery - no small parcel options

Simple delivery postage.

Royal Mail - Letter Option

BE WARNED: Royal Mail is not an integrated service with eBay

Unable to access QR/postage label Something went wrong, no services available

Resolved! Royal mail postage

GPSR - Soooo I sold an item by accident to Europe (Bus Seller) and it arrived no problems

Simple Delivery

Simple delivery is rubbish

Custom delivery in the age of simple delivery - a thread to share info and tips, ask questions etc

Resolved! Postage

Buyer chose Royal Mail even though this is not an option I allowes

Postage labels not able to be generated

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

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