Seller News: June 2025
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Resolved! Got the dreaded letter from HMRC
Have received a letter from HMRC about online selling and money earned and they’ve asked me to contact them to disclose my earnings . The thing is my whole family use my EBay account , daughter sells her unwanted clothes , my son his toys , I sell my...
Resolved! Broken teapot
I sold a willow tree Sadler teapot to a buyer through Yodel. I packed it tightly in bubble wrap, yet the buyer said it arrived damaged. He sent me photos and demanded a refund. I rang up Yodel, who said it had arrived unbroken. Apparently, the photos...
Mismatched search results - does anyone ever complain to ebay?
I put a few listings back a few days ago when I realised SD still hadn’t been applied to my account. I’ve just done a search for one of the items to see if there was an obvious reason as to why it hadn’t had any views. The sort order was Low to High ...
Top Rated Seller lost!
Hey everyone,Bit frustrated here – I just lost my Top Rated Seller status on eBay UK, and I’m not even sure what I’m doing wrong…I dispatch all orders made before 8PM the same day and drop them straight into a Royal Mail postbox. But eBay says my han...
Entering your own tracking number for non Simple Delivery items where compensation cover needed
Members should read this post first to understand that Simple Delivery, in many cases, will not give you any compensation coverage. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Where-you-REALLY-stand-on-shipping-using-Simple-Delivery/m-p/7860490 So...
Suggestions for music track in the next E-Bay advertising campaigns
I was wondering what track(s) E-Bay may wish to use for their next TV and Radio advertising campaigns? With their in house advertising expertise, I'm sure they'll come up with winners, but it can never hurt for members to offer suggestions, as we all...
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/...
I dumped eBay as a selling platform last November and (reading comments here) it was a smart move
Although my current account is fairly recent (2011) I've been using eBay since 1999 including successfully running three businesses here but last year, after reading more and more negative comments and talking to several very unhappy local eBay selle...
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...
Opinions on eBay removing fees for private sellers
Hello everyone, I've just checked my emails to see that eBay have completely scrapped fees for private sellers. I want to know what everyone thinks about this? in my opinion this is unfair on business sellers as we will now be competing with traders ...
Where are Simple Delivery postage rates hidden?
I've looked all over the Simple Delivery pages and documents but can't see the postage rates anywhere. They're supposed to be available at a link on this page...https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/posting-items/setting-postage-options/simple-delivery...
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.
So, when EVRI and DHL merge, will they take parts of both names.....
.....and rename themselves EVIL? I think we should be told!! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwywd2wzxp2o https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/postal-services/monitoring-reports/2023-2024/post-monitoring-report-2023-24.pdf?v=38...
'Simple Delivery' failed, now a test case - worried
Private Seller here, I sold a gold sovereign for £590 on ebay and was forced to use "Simple Delivery" as you all know. Both ebay and RM tracking show it as delivered, RM say they left it in a safe place and uploaded a photo. Seller says package has g...
Where you REALLY stand on shipping using Simple Delivery including links to sources......
So, there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about whether under Simple Delivery you're buying the service directly from E-Bay or whether E-Bay is acting as an agent, this is a critically important fact to have absolute certainty about as it would...
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