Seller News: August 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...
Simple Delivery now optional for items under £20 including Large Letter
New email just received says: We’ve listened to your feedback and made Simple Delivery optional for more items priced £20 or less. This includes items in categories like Trading cards, Coins and Stamps, which are typically letter or large letter-size...
eBAYS POSITION ON POSTAGE IS STILL UNREASONABLE ON SO MANY LEVELS
Yes, eBay have today (5 September) made a concession on SD being optional on Large Letter posting up to to £20 providing weight is less than 100g.This concession is of no use whatsoever to those sellers listing items that are OKAY in size for Large L...
Resolved! how do you list anything bigger than 61cm?
Ebay is now forcing me into SD with no custom delivery option The largest postage offered under SD is 61cm There seems to be no way to list anything over 61cm and get the correct postage, even if you declare the dimensions in the listing height, widt...
eBay doesn't love me anymore
Hello everyone I post here with the hope that someone can offer some sort of reconciliation or even just empathy towards the injustice that is eBay customer service. Here is my situation I have been an honest business seller on eBay for 21 years with...
NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY
AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.
Parcel delivered but saying item isn’t in there.
Hi, I sold my phone on eBay for a good amount - eBay choose the postage and I sent it right away. It sat at the post office for 2 days and then 2 days later it’s been delivered however the phone is missing. I sent this phone in the box then bubble wr...
Suspected Return Scam – Items Marked as Delivered But Never Received
Hi everyone, I’m reaching out for advice and support as I believe I’ve been the victim of a sophisticated return scam involving two separate eBay accounts.The Situation:Two buyers (suspected to be the same person using different accounts) purchased p...
Resolved! Simple Delivery
Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage
A 'Petition'
In one particular thread about 'Simple Delivery' which I've been active in over the past few days, the suggestion has been made that someone - ie., me, an eBay member of 25 years - should start a petition.With seemingly thousands of posts in numerous...
Sellers think it alright to offer second class only or.....
In the context of small items that are typically disc based movies, just what kind of sellers think it acceptable to offer R-M 2Nd class even when I make it clear that I wish to pay the exyta for R-M 48 hour tracked? I live about an hour south of Bir...
Resolved! How can I log out on the app
I always use my computer for Ebay, but am going away and wanted to keep check on things , so loaded the app. I logged in with no problem but I can't find away to log out. The help section says there should be a log out button at the bottom of the pag...
Resolved! Simple Delivery more expensive for letters & large letters
With custom postage being rolled out and eventually the only option, I am a little confused and trying to clarify something please. If I am posting something of large letter size, less than 100 grams and low value - a DVD in it's case for example, I ...
Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning
Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...
Title: eBay Is an Absolute Embarrassment — Run by Greedy, Out-of-Touch Dinosaurs
eBay is hands down the worst selling platform on the internet today. It’s a bloated, broken system run by corporate parasites who haven’t evolved in over a decade. They don’t give a single damn about sellers — especially resellers — the very people w...
Postage Policy and Special Delivery
I had a couple of live listings on my private account when SD was introduced, Got the memo saying dont worry, all will be overided, SD will now be the way, Had a few sales, all good So i've just gone to list new listings and Ive still got a Postage P...
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