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...
Lets Talk About Simple Delivery - (Suggestions for Improvements)
Ok so this is a less ranty post Since eBay is going to be making us use this, what is peoples experience like of it? Do they take full control of it if there is any issues with shipping, in transit or lost or stolen? How much is Simple Delivery insur...
Does this mean I don't have to use Pack link or Simple Delivery?
The last three items I sold (about eight months ago) were all flagged by Packlink as being over the declared weight. After the first incident, I started photographing the parcels on the scales. This meant I was able to appeal the second and third cla...
Opened - never used? What is that supposed to mean?
What is 'Opened - never used' supposed to mean? I'm asking this of sellers because I would assume that they have some idea what they are thinking when this description is used. I just bought an item which was listed as 'Opened - never used' but it di...
Can't send invoice reminder any more?
Oh great, yet more fun with "Not remotely simple delivery". So now I can't send an invoice reminder because "Invoices cannot be sent for items where eBay manages all or part of the postage. These items are excluded from this invoice." The buyer wasn'...
Sellers - Stop using 'AI' nonsense for descriptions, you are losing sales....
It might seem an easy option but I won't buy from sellers who use the lazy option for descriptions, it's sometimes completely wrong or just nonsense and does not tell me want I want to know to make a buying descision so I don't. I want real descripti...
August 6th was the new date for simple delivery only. Why then can I still use custom delivery?
Have eBay backtracked again? I still have custom delivery option.
Business Policies
Are eBay playing with business policies in accounts? Reason for asking is, I went to change postage costs on a few items this afternoon in prearation for RM price increases. These are items which will be excluded from SD (under 100g and under £10 val...
Posting getting pickup from home
I am having issues trying to Evri to pick up from home now thanks to eBay and its automatic pricing.How can I change this??
Frustrating "indexing" yet again for a 3 day auction
I often like to list things for either a 1 day auction or a 3 day auction. However I have increasingly noticed when I create a new listing, there's a considerable delay before the listing is live and appearing in search results. I know this is appare...
Raising a court recovery claim against Ebay
I am raising a court recivery claim against EBay (uk) for interest on my witheld selling funds. Can i suggest to anyone who is experiencing this dubious and frankly damaging behaviour from Ebay do the same. Sellers need to take a stand against EBays ...
Why is ebay lying and saying my item is dispatched?
Oh how wonderful "Simple Delivery" is. I sit here on a Sunday preparing my parcels for Tuesday posting. Forced to use the ridiculous new system I download the label. Upon doing so my item is now marked as dispatched. I have always hated the dispatche...
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.
What's happened to postage options?
Went to list something just now and the post service options have completely changed since yesterday. I usually list with free post (I then select yodel as that's my nearest/best priced drop off centre), but there's no option to offer free post. I'm ...
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...
Buyer refunded for item and ebay say I will not get it back
So this has never happened to me before - seller bought an item from me, it arrived yesterday. They messaged me this morning to say they wanted to return it as it had a mark on. I agreed and told them to open a returns case. The next thing I got an e...
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