eBay

pzjuls · ‎12-04-2025

I've been using eBay as a private seller for over 23 years. This new Simple Delivery policy is the final straw. It strips away the flexibility and control we've always had, forces us to use services that often don't work for our area, and ties up payments until delivery is confirmed — even when we’ve done everything right.

I currently have over 50 active listings, and I will now be moving them to Vinted. I never thought I’d leave eBay after all these years, but this policy is anti-seller, especially for long-term, reliable users like me.

eBay: Please reconsider this change. At the very least, give private sellers the choice to use their own postage methods.

parsley2003 · ‎12-04-2025

Yes me too have it all as unsold waiting in hope but i doubt i will be relisting 21 years for me. I can cope with waiting for money and do offers to allow for bpf but the postage problem and not being able to combine invoices is the last straw

auctionmike1 · ‎12-04-2025

26 years for me, and I'm no longer adding any new duplicate or unwanted collectables to eBay, just knocking it on the head altogether. Too many disadvantageous changes.

millcottage · ‎12-04-2025

I have been a member since October 2000 and selling since 2001.

100% positive feedback and never a negative left.

Numerous comments from buyers on quality of packaging that my dear wife does.

I sold my autograph collection and coin collection over last two years on eBay.

They got commission for sales mainly on the 70% off weekends.

Also sold numerous gold coins on eBay.

ebay have now created conditions where it is near impossible to stay as a private seller.

I have started to sell via Facebook groups and last week sold £235 worth of collectible coins. No commission charges, paid at point of sale and I chose the best postage option for size of parcel including secure packing.

I have some other items to sell this weekend and will be posting on Facebook groups also.

Also have some gold coins to sell that I will now sell via bullion dealers who offer very good prices with little spread. With eBay dictating when I get paid and how they are posted the risk factor is now simply too high.

The items I have left listed on eBay I will just leave to wither on the vine. If I do make a sale and eBay postage method don’t match our needs the I will simply cancel the sale and inform buyer why.

What a way for a platform to treat loyal long term customers.

millcottage · ‎12-04-2025

That’s interesting.

Posting a parcel for an item I sold on a Facebook Group and was chatting to postman who collected.

He said ‘not collected from you for a few weeks now. Is this an eBay sale?’

Told him it isn’t and about the eBay change , simply delivery etc.

His comment was ‘Ah that explains it. I did wonder why I wasn’t collecting hardly any eBay sales parcels for last few weeks. Some people were sending parcels everyday and now nothing’.

sheeramazement · ‎12-04-2025

Quitting here too.

devale12 · ‎14-05-2025

I'm leaving too. I'm a private seller who had quite a lot of items up for sale that I've whittled down to just 4 now since simple delivery came into force in April. Once the last 4 run their course I won't be using eBay again either as a seller or a buyer.

The dictator rules have pushed me out. Simple delivery was the last straw.

People vote with their feet and I'm stepping away.

Unless they change things back to giving private sellers more freedom in which to post their items I won't be returning.

I've been a good seller, conscientious, always took pride in my customer service, items always posted on time and packaged well. Great feedback.

EBay your not listening to your users feedback. Do you actually care? It seems not.

I'm sad to be leaving, but I can't and won't stay in a company that wants to call the shots all the time. EBay if your reading this then take note as I'm not the only one who feels this way. Just read some of the comments on the community group!

At this rate I doubt you will have a business left to run soon.

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neverthrowsanythingawayjnr · ‎08-07-2025

Im leaving too been on here since 2009 on my other site this is my sons site which I help him with we both work very hard with it and take pride. Ive loved selling on here but dont like Simple Delivery. Up till last week I could choose then this week I cant with no notification! Also theyve put discounts on my items without asking me too, I dont like to see my items with a discount voucher attached looks like they are on sale due to them not being able to sell? Why are we not being notified and asked first. I've asked Ebay customer services to remove the discount they said they would but they havnt. It doesnt make sense why charge people for buyer protection, then offer customers a discount ?????? I've told many customer services whom first words are always "thanks for being a great Ebayer", well not any more I'm leaving I would of carried it on when I ever get to retire really sad and fed up and have loads of stock left, gonna try a local toy fair instead as I dont think Vintage is much better. Ebay stood out from the crowd as the best site to sell on why are they copying Vintage why dont they want to carry on being No. 1??? They are having to advertise more on TV and Radio now too so that shows as till recently never saw Ebay advertise! Im only selling an odd item now in December & January I was selling loads but started to die from February, bye Ebay

kyle_p85 · ‎08-07-2025

I'm definitely not a veteran of eBay like a lot of the people I've seen commenting, and have used it in the past to sell my unwanted Warhammer projects.

Coming back this month to do one last clear out and seeing all these changes was frustrating, and I have to echo what others are saying... Simple Delivery seems like such a backwards step, to the point it feels overwhelmingly scammy (and scummy) on eBay's part.

Once these listing are done with, I'll be done with the platform too. I'll find other avenues like FB marketplace.

Such a shame really.

tonynibbles · ‎08-07-2025

I don't understand any of it.

I just tried to sell some kids bikes and I can't post them. It defaults to a royal mail medium parcel every time - much smaller than the size of parcel I need. Even after I disabled Royal Mail and chose Evri (a company I avoid at all costs due to poor previous experience), it still set itself to Royal Mail. I would normally use Parcelforce and add the tracking number on the site but I cant even do that now.

I cant understand how a selling platform expects to function by removing the ability to set postage costs for items or attach tracking numbers to orders.

I'm not really a business user, I just sell on things that we don't need but god knows how actual businesses are supposed to function.

lucy_farmer · ‎08-07-2025

'...but god knows how actual businesses are supposed to function.'

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Actual businesses don't have to deal with Simple Delivery.

Some people think that eventually ebay will roll it out to business accounts as well as private, but if they do, it really couldn't be mandatory, surely... (can you imagine the really big boys, like World of Books or MusicMagpie, putting up with this sort of carp?)

'...after I disabled Royal Mail and chose Evri (a company I avoid at all costs due to poor previous experience), it still set itself to Royal Mail'

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This may have something to do with where you are in the country? (Evri doesn't cover all corners and Islands for the same price, the way R.M. do)

If, on the other hand, you live right in the middle of the UK, I've no idea why it should revert to R.M !

xyz307xyz · ‎09-07-2025

"I dont like to see my items with a discount voucher attached looks like they are on sale due to them not being able to sell?"

It's up to you, but I would think most buyers don't draw that conclusion and are more likely to buy your items with a bit of a discount (which also doesn't affect what you receive).