Seller News: August 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...
My orders are being returned to me from the Global shipping Hub
Is anybody else experiencing this? I have had 5 international parcels returned to me as the seller in the last few days…There is no explanation and I couldn’t get any help from EBay support. I am having to let customers know this is happening and I’m...
A 'Petition'
In one particular thread about 'Simple Delivery' which I've been active in over the past few days, the suggestion has been made that someone - ie., me, an eBay member of 25 years - should start a petition.With seemingly thousands of posts in numerous...
Last time an item sold
Not so long ago I stumbled upon a view where you could see your listed items and it showed the last time that listing sold.......do you think I can find it....... any help appreciated
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! Simple delivery is awful
I list a few things on ebay occasionally, but this new simple delivery is just rubbish for sellers. It assumes that ebay actually know the size and weight of items And that everyone can easily get to Evri or other courier services easily. Why did the...
Overly Fussy Buyers
Been taking advantage of eBay's zero sellers fees this year, as I like to try different gadgets, different colours to see which I prefer. I digress, recently purchased a new mobile phone from a business seller on ebay, but after using it for a few da...
How does combined postage work with Simple Delivery
Some bright spark in CS told me that to combine postage, all you have to do is use one simple delivery label and the buyer will be credited for unused labels after 30 days or so.I really cannot believe the stupidity of some of the answers CS give.If ...
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 .......
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 ...
Can not open the ORDERS or sold items page its blank
Any one having problems with getting there sold items page ??? I had email saying I had sold an item went to the orders or Sold items page ,, NOTHING blank page // cleared all cookies still non of my sold item are showing up how do you get a postage ...
Why are international returns so difficult?
Given how easy they make it to purchase items through the global shipping programme, why do they make returns so difficult? I recently sold something to a buyer in Italy. I've had so many problems in the past with buyers from Italy, I almost cancelle...
eBay applying tariffs to physical music format GSP sales despite being exempt?
Has anyone selling to the US via the Global Shipping Programme had tariffs applied for vinyl/CDs/audio bluray/tape sales by eBay? US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have confirmed that these formats are exempt from the new tariffs because they ar...
"Simple" delivery of large items - what a fail - forced to wait at home for a whole day.
So having sold a large item (plastic wall cladding sheets, about 1kg, but 1 metre long) I had the joy of "simple" delivery to content with. Only option for the size was the large size, which it turns out is DHL collecting it. No option to drop off, h...
Listing content locked
I'm trying to edit some of my listings, but the images title and description are locked from editing, does anyone know why?
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...
