Seller News: July 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...
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.
Sellers Unite Against Simple Delivery
WE MUST FORCE THEM TO ABANDON THIS STUPID, DANGEROUS, RIDICULOUS SYSTEM! I REFUSE TO SELL UNTIL THEY REMOVE IT. THEY ARE DOING IT TO FORCE US INTO MAKING A BUSINESS ACCOUNT! THEY ARE IN THE GOVERNMENTS POCKET! FROM THEIR OWN SUPPORT!
6th August
So 6th August is when everything is supposed to switch to Simple Delivery, even existing listings. Not sure how that will work because I don't have dimensions or weights listed for any of my items. It will also be the day I take down my listings if i...
Some thoughts about the new 'promoted listings' scam, and what you can do about it.
This is a long one with some important advice (in my opinion) towards the bottom. It's worth reading because this is by far the biggest change in eBay fees in history, and seems to have largely gone unnoticed next to eBay's other acts of self harm la...
Simple Delivery package size not large enough - Ebay changed an old listing
The problems with Simple Delivery, seem to be never ending. When I listed a large painting, I was able choose ParcelForce. Just accessed my listing now to reduce the price and see that eBay have changed it to 'Simple'. Not even the largest size liste...
What is the point of reporting a listing if being ignored !
On Saturday i reported a listing both online form and by chatting to Ebay CS. Not impressed as the listing for 2 live chow chow dogs is still up and running days later! IF Ebay do not remove this listing immediately then no point in reporting others ...
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! Post Office Issue with accepting parcel with Simple Delivery label
Went to the post office this morning to drop off parcel which had a QR code for simple delivery. When the cashier scanned the QR code but it flagged an issue which meant they were unable to enter parcel onto their system or give a receipt of postage....
Ebay simple delivery opt out
So ebay have decided to force private sellers to use simple delivery for all listings.Previously you could select advanced options in postage and select your preferred postage method as before.Did ebay announce this to private sellers - did they .......
Simple delivery nonsense
1. a large letter size envelope now cost 2.94 even know it is under 200g and i have no option to choose 2nd class letter for under 2 quids. nonsense.2. i want to send with evri as it is a 2 minutes walk to shop and not a 25 minute drive like royal ma...
INTERNATIONAL SALES WERE CAN I FIND THE RULES & RETRICTIONS IN EUROPIAN COUNTRIES
INTERNATIONAL SALES WERE CAN I FIND RULES AND RESTICTIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES NOW IAM SENDING POST DIRECTLY BY ROYAL MAIL
Found 1 Positive Feature of Not-So-Simple-Delivery
Another poster mentioned a buyer can choose a faster delivery - which is apparently now offered on private sellers listings. I don't have anything listed at the mo so can't check (am waiting until the some of the Not-So-Simple-Delivery glitches are r...
Resolved! Simple Delivery forced on a revision to a lot that complied with the size/value exceptions
Have had a particular listing up for several years which has escaped Simple Delivery to date because of the low value/size which falls within ebay's exceptions published earlier in the year. I updated it the other day - just changed the number of ite...
Global Shipping delay meant buyer opened a case & got refunded
I’m just a personal seller so don’t deal with lots of selling and very rare overseas so don’t know how the process works. I sold an item through the Global Shipping Programme and sent to their centre via Royal Mail. I had no indication of any problem...
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...
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