UK Seller News: April 2025
Stay ahead of the curve with our latest updates.
Forum Posts
Coming soon to eBay Mandatory Simple Delivery
Someone found the dates yesterday and posted them. Just thought it made sense to make it easier to find.It's in the Help Section under Opt out Simple Delivery will be the only listing option as of 15th April and they will start adjusting current list...
Discriminated against for not having a printer or smartphone ?
This is outrageous ! 'Simple delivery' discriminates ?
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.
Can I still use Royal Mail Special Delivery?
So I've just had an email saying that from 15th April you can only use simple delivery for selling. Does this mean I can't go to the post office and send by Special Delivery as I normally do? I always use SD for peace of mind and won't use anything e...
BUYER COLLECTS
1. What is the situation if you sell an item that has already had ebays postage costs added to the item Then the buyer decides to collect the item?? How do you then get the postage costs that are charged by Ebay refunded?2. What is the situation if y...
MESSAGE TO EBAY: YOU GIVE WITH ONE HAND AND TAKE MORE AWAY WITH THE OTHER!
MESSAGE TO EBAY YOU GIVE WITH ONE HAND AND TAKE MORE AWAY WITH THE OTHER! Your new rules are both unfair and highly prejudicial to private sellers for the following reasons:Buyer Protection Fee means that if a seller lists an item for £18.51you will ...
Running both business and private accounts for retirement selling
Is it possible to run both business and private accounts in the same household?We are now retired and try to sell most of the things we don't use and downsize for moving house this year. We are thinking of selling small and cheap items under £10 unde...
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
Resolved! Ebay have sent your funds to you
Be aware - your 'available funds' have been automatically sent to you today. So your ebay balance will be £0.00 !! But wherever your funds are sent to is where they will be. Ebay didnt think to tell us in advance about this.....
What are the changes for Private Sellers as of Apr 15th?
I cannot find any communication regarding private sellers being forced to use ebay labels making the use of postage stamps void? Can someone please point me to the notice?
Buyer Protection Fee Woes
I see the Buyer Protection Fee has been added to our items for sale (not for the toys category yet). I know that if someone opens a not-received case for an item and then rings Ebay, that Ebay will often refund them out of their own pocket. Thus enco...
Resolved! Buyer left negative "item not arrived" feedback before the estimated delivery date
Like the title says, a buyer has given negative feedback stating item hasn't arrived (which is true), but it's still within the estimated delivery window. Would this be removed if I requested feedback revision or would it be a waste of 1 of my 5 annu...
Ebay confirms when Simple Delivery will be Mandatory
Someone else posted this as a reply to an existing thread but thought I would post it separately. It appears to be taken from one of ebay's terms and conditions pages but I do not have a link.
EBay it’s the end for private sellers.
Well finally after changing the format of their selling platform it seems every couple of weeks you have come up with the ultimate level of stupidity with this latest total ridiculous set of changes. Nobody is going to wait what could be weeks to be ...
jBQw8yPVRi!~~60_7.JPG "lucy_farmer"){kind=avatar}
