Seller News: December 2025
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Ebay UK, Poor Decisions, A Bleak Future For Private Sellers, And A Lack Of Common Sense
A discussion thread regarding changes that have been made and forced upon users that have totally ruined what was a very good site.
Resolved! Problem with unwanted Buy It Now option in 'Auction' sale listing
I have sold items on ebay for probably 20 years or so, but when going to list a few things now I am having a problem that I can’t figure out. If anyone can tell me what I am clearly missing, I would be SUPERDUPER grateful. Here’s what‘s I’m running i...
International Poster
I posted a parcel to Saudi Arabia using Evri International it left UK on 5/11 today it is now saying being returned to sender with no information as to why I received the funds so what do I do, it says it may take the parcel 6 weeks to cone back to m...
Rip off Britain's AVIOS points scam
Ebay management were made to grovel on national telly last week for allowing the selling of Avios points which they agreed was against their own policy and were fake anyway. So they took the listings down. I was watching Rip off Britain on my phone i...
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 .......
Forced to have a BIN on an auction.
Recently I have been forced to have a BIN price on my auctions. I have used auction many times over the years without having a BIN, but recently when I try to remove the BIN option I can't list the item. It does seem to depend on category. Is this a ...
Is eBay actually dying? Or is it just private sellers that are suffering?
Ok I know I only sell a handful of things but I'm getting no views and few watchers. Things were much better a year or so ago. Are auctions falling out of favour?
Resolved! We are Ebay closing down valid current conversations !!
Twice in the last 2 days a thread about Not selling due to SD This reprehensible approach will only cause more discontent about so called "SD"
Can't list as an auction without ebay defaulting a buy-it-now of £50
Hi there. Another ebay bug. I am trying to list an job lot clearance item as an auction and don't have a buy it now price. I leave the box empty. Then when the listing goes live ebay defaults a buy-it-now price of £50. Anybody else experienced this?
Fee Changes have KILLED Private buying & Selling
As a buyer and seller on here for 22 years, I'd like to congratulate the people who came up with this buyer protection scam. Let me refresh you with the original announcement and I Quote: "At the end of 2024, we changed our fee structure, making it f...
Royal Mail collection vs QR code?
I've used the RM free collection option on EBay, but for the umpteen time RM postie has failed to collect. The problem is...How do you get a QR code so you can take the uncollected parcel to the nearest Post Office for them to print the label? AFAICT...
offer keeps being declined
The offer keeps being declined by ebay without any input from me. I set the auto offer at £349, and the bidder tried 3 attempts, which were declined by ebay, and now he is blocked from making any further offersSo I lost a sale which I would have acce...
Buyers in the UK cannot bid on this item!
I have just had a disturbing message from a potential buyer saying he cannot place a bid on one of my items because he is in the UK!!This is the item https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/297823125778 I have had a look at my listing and cannot see anything obvi...
Courior Going to old address
Booked a DHL parcel collection to be picked up though simple postage i changed my address and on ebay it confirmed it however the courior has tuned up at my old address twice.. what am i supposed to do ? i only have one address listed as i deleted th...
Resolved! How long ebay will hold back funds for not giving NI number on Blackmail.
Used to sell on ebay but no more as refuse to give ebay my details.ebay is not my employer but just a selling platform, HMRC are not my employer but deal with my yearly earnings where i pay no tax what so ever after calculating my way.so now i cut of...
