Seller News: June 2025
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Parcel too large for simple postage
Hi, I am trying to list a new item on eBay and this new simple postage option is causing some problems. The parcel will be slightly too large for the largest option available to me and there's other options.Royal Mail are very strict with size and we...
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.
Resolved! Preparing to issue a refund - EBay simple delivery
I’m foreshadowing an issue that’s going to arise & want to know how to proceed once it does. I sold an item via EBay’s simple delivery (EVRI was used). Dropped the parcel off at the shop, slip received, tracking shows it scanned in, then send to sort...
Resolved! HMRC tax on £1000 sales
Does the £1000 p.a. sales figure include postage? I sell low value items & the postage is usually higher than the value of the item. On £1000 sales i'd be lucky to make £200 profit. Seems the end of Ebay for sellers like me.
Year to date total before having to pay tax.
Hi, I'm a private seller and I sell used items from my attic on eBay.I've sold over 30 items this year.eBay sent me a message and a banner in April I believe it was saying I've reached the threshold (30 items or a total of £1740) so therefore I neede...
New postage policy seems a bit dodgy...
Anyone else find the ‘new’ postage process for sellers frustrating and a bit suspicious? Specifically: Ebay now require sellers to select the postage service during the listing and only allow them to use that postage service once the item has sold. T...
Add your tax information to your account to get compliant with UK digital sales reporting?
Information visible on my private seller's accout: "Add your tax information to your account to get compliant with UK digital sales reporting legislation, and to avoid upcoming restrictions". - UPDATE ACCOUNT DETAILS. I am a private collector buying ...
Buyer opened a request a month after the item was posted claiming that he has not received it
Hi all, Anyone could share some advice? I sold an item a month ago, and then the buyer opened a request claiming he has not received it. Given Royal Mail 2nd class was used and not tracked therefore I dont have any evidence that the item was actually...
New upload layout won’t allow shipping options
Anyone else had the issue with the new listings layout? It lets me upload photos put in description ect but when it gets to dispatch the screen just goes blank and stays blankits so frustrating. Why do eBay have to keep doing this rubbish. JUST LEAVE...
SIMPLE DELIVERY AND BUYERS PROTECTION FEE WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTABLE TO SELLERS & BUYERS
Simple delivery will never be acceptable to sellers and buyers. Inflated postage prices created by eBay just to make them more money.What was wrong with sellers deciding for themselves how THEY wanted their items to be despatched … what service to us...
Ebay's new buyer protection scam
So I have been a seller on and off her since June 2001, Over the years I have sent items recorded delivery that either never turn up , or arrive with no notification of delivery. Now someone wants to charge a buyer a fee for safe delivery, when they ...
'Simple Delivery' failed, now a test case - worried
Private Seller here, I sold a gold sovereign for £590 on ebay and was forced to use "Simple Delivery" as you all know. Both ebay and RM tracking show it as delivered, RM say they left it in a safe place and uploaded a photo. Seller says package has g...
eBay listing images/Hotlinked question
Hello! I have a question regarding listing images, all of my listings were uploaded via csv via the reports page, I have about 14k unique active listings, I would like to put a watermark over all of my listing images, the images were hosted in a goog...
Vanishing Views
What is going on with viewing totals on ebay? The other day I had something like 12 views for an item I listed under a week ago, then those views suddenly disappeared and it now says 2. I have had other items that have lost views as well. Sometimes y...
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