Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimisation.
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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.
Simple delivery opt out for items under £10. What if I sell someone 2 x £6 items? Auctions?
Apologies if this has been answered. Much as I despise the new SD, it looks like we're stuck with it. In some categories, you can opt out of SD if the item is £10 or less & is under 100g. Q1: What happens if I sell 2 items at £6 to someone? I read a ...
Really stressed - buyer has opened a item not received claim
Folks I know this has been talked about a lot but I am genuinely stressed to hell here. I have chronic depression and anxiety and this has knocked me sideways. I sold a handheld pc, a Lenovo legion go back in April. At the time I actually was shocked...
Account on hold as I will not disclose my NI number
I imagine there are a lot of people affected by this but I have always been told not to disclose my NI number to other parties. I do not trust any organisation asking for it especially as many have been hacked as we have seen n the news.Currently, eb...
Some recent observations
Ok, I've been on eBay as a buyer and seller (private) for about 26 years. As a response to eBay's mess across a range of issues I decided to close all my auctions about 2-3 months ago. It's had some interesting results, for me, it feels liberating no...
Be Aware! Offer prices INCLUDE the Buyer Protection Fee
I made a sale on my personal account this morning for a set of headphones that I had listed at £59.95 with it set to auto accept offers over £50.00. A buyer made an offer 10% below asking price, so £54.00 and as I have it set to auto-accept above £50...
Loosing sales as i can not combine postage
Yes, when a buyer buys multiple items of offers i have sent them, they have to pay postage for each one, crazy, i can not combine postage and they can not combine.I say i will refund the excess but a lot of buyers have trust issues and will not proce...
Seller
Do not buy anything from these scammers. Sell dodgy products that fail shortly after buying them but sadly eBay won’t step in because it’s outside of their 30 day protection rule! I didn’t use the drill for 2 months and it failed after 6! EBay seriou...
Simple Delivery - Where is the 2kg to 10kg Option
I am listing a couple of items that weigh in at around 3kg. The only postage option I am given (using simple delivery) is up to 15kg at a cost of over £12! According to eBay there is a 2-10Kg option at around £6 but this is not shown. Anyone got any ...
Links In Listings - Weekly Chat Follow Up
Hey marco@ebay I was just reading through today's chat posts and saw a question about links in listings that could use some follow up. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Chat-with-the-eBay-Community/Weekly-Chat-with-the-eBay-Community-Team-21-05-25-2pm/...
Resolved! Not been charged by eBay for damaged item relating to return?
Hi, I sold a dress a while back and the buyer requested a return due to the fact it arrived damaged and provided a pic. I accepted a return. I asked her in a separate message if the package had been damaged in transit as my pics show no damage and I ...
N.I.number
Hi , ebay now withholding payment as I haven't given my N.I. number. DWP advises not to share number with 3rd parties and i would prefer not to. I already declare ebay income to hmrc and as ebay has my name and address this info can be cross referenc...
Resolved! Global Shipping Program USA to UK - Not working US seems to have been taken away this morning
Hey all, This morning I've had several customers contact me from the US saying that even though they are watching my items, and could purchase them yesterday through the GSP they can no longer do this and all my other items that they are not watching...
Just sold and item for 99p and Prepaid Postage (I pay) is £5.15???
Just sold and item for 99p and Prepaid Postage (I pay) is £5.15??? 1/ I dont even know where Ebay got this fee from (Its a large envelope) 2/ Is there anyway to cancel the postage so I can buy a £2.70 label? 3/Shall I just cancel the whole sale?
Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number
Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...
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