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...
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.
Selling without Simple Delivery
Hi All, I have not bothered trying to sell a thing since the changes, so now not a clue how it all works.Can a seller list something for less than £10 and post it the easy way in a stamped addressed envelope by Royal Mail without a tracking number or...
Resolved! Simple Delivery more expensive for letters & large letters
With custom postage being rolled out and eventually the only option, I am a little confused and trying to clarify something please. If I am posting something of large letter size, less than 100 grams and low value - a DVD in it's case for example, I ...
Just had a lovely expreience with ebays simple delivery.
Sold a large item and had to use ebay simple delivery. The purchase had gone through and the delivery was calculated. 2.75 was charged to the buyer. On looking at the information the parcel covered a medium parcel when the actual package was a large ...
Sales to USA after August 29th - Tariffs / End of de minimis
I asked about this in the weekly chat, specifically whether ebay are alerting US buyers to the fact that they will shortly have to pay duty on anything delivered from outside the US and marco@ebay helpfully later posted this link showing that there i...
Post to USA now stopped...
I just went to post an item to the USA (a vinyl LP), only to be told by my guy in the post office that as from today, Royal Mail are no longer accepting larger than a letter to the states!! Anyone know why please? Many thanks
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 .......
Over a month eBay has asked me to add payment methods 3 times despite my bank being connected
Over the last month I have sold things and immediately after I take the money out it asks me to reverify my email because it says “your payouts are on hold because the payment method you have on file could not be charged for any outstanding selling c...
sending invoice for combined items as done many times
SENT INVOICE FOR SIX LOTS AS COMBINED, SAME CUSTOMER AS BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE INVOICE NO PROBLEM , THEN TOLD HE COULD NOT THE MAKE PAYMENT AS PROBLEM WITH THE INVIOCE, WHEN I CONTACTED EBAY ON THE PHONE, THE GUY WAS NO HELP TOLD ME I HAD SENT AN INV...
Listing issues (Item location)
Im trying to list my car for sale but every time i go to list the item by selecting "List with displayed fees" the error on the next page says "Item location" - but there is no line nor option on the listing page to add the location? Any ideas?
How do you list anything bigger than 61cm? Part two.
Haven't had much time on this yet but first attempts with this new listing format today is like this to get back to your own carrier who will take your large/small items, (preview works, not tested with listing): Still start with over £750 - £800 is ...
Simple Delivery - no way to opt out for small low value items.
Just to add & clarify some of the various posts on the lack of an opt out on the Simple Delivery for low value items under £10 & 100g. As of Friday there doesn't seem to be any obvious way to avoid the Simple Delivery.I've tried a range of methods - ...
Scammers Sending Postage Messages After Sale!
Over the last couple of months, have bought and sold several high value items such as mobile phones and laptops. However recently, when said items have sold and have been shipped, I get several direct eBay messages from random eBay accounts asking "w...
Opt out Simply Delivery
Confused by this. Because when listing there is no way, that I could see, to opt out of Simple Delivery yet their FAQ claims if you don't want to use it and want to get your own labels then opt out when you list. Again, I tried but they made it impos...
Includes a battery
So, with the new massively flawed Simple Delivery, I sent an item off today using that *bleep* system. Got to the Post Office and if I know the item has a battery in, before they even ask I tell them. They then put the battery sticker on. Today howev...
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