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...
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
With the MTD for IT becoming mandatory from April 2026 what low cost accounting software do other Ebayers use that will make this possible. With profit margins squeezed and postage costs forever increasing turnover can be high enough to make MTD mand...
Ebay & HMRC
Hello! A couple of days ago I got a message on my eBay account that I need to provide my national insurance number because of my sales. After some research, apparently I have recently sold my 31st item this year, so I've triggered this check-up, appa...
Royal Mail price increase coming October 2025 could be the final straw.
Let's face it. Small sellers are doomed and have been since eBay decided to concentrate and subsequently bend over backwards for their larger seller's needs. Those that are barely hanging on in this unequal system, with its flawed fee structure and m...
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.
email addresses for packages being sent to the United States
Since the imposition of US tariffs Sellers are now required to include the email address of the Buyer within the Customs Declaration/ Address label on every package. As the Carrier or Postal Service is responsible for collecting the duty, they must c...
Ebay confirms when Simple Delivery will be Mandatory
Someone else posted this as a reply to an existing thread but thought I would post it separately. It appears to be taken from one of ebay's terms and conditions pages but I do not have a link.
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...
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...
Resolved! Chasing chargeback fees from 10 years ago
Hi All, I would appreciate your feedback on this please. I have had my UK ebay account for 10 years. Last weekend, for the first time, I decided to list an item for sale. I created the listing and then at the final stage, received a message saying th...
Muliple Listings
I am trying to list the same type of items using the drop down box tool but am getting nowhere, does anybody out there know how to do it I will need a step by step guide what ever information I get from E Bay I can't follow please help as I have a nu...
SENDING LETTERS TO USA POSTAGE
HAVE JUST TRIED TO POST A CABINET PHOTO TO THE USA STANDARD INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE COSTING £ 3.00 HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED BY POST OFFICE ALL SELLS OF PHOTOS POSTCARDS ETC WEIGHING LESS THEN 100G ,HAVE NOW GOT TO BE SENT BY TRACKED OR SIGNED FOR COSTING...
Resolved! Double postage?
I am a newbie seller to eBay. I have collectable toys for sale and someone offered to buy 8 if I bundled them at a discount. I ended the listing for all 8, created a discounted bundle, charged the buyer for postage. eBay suggested Royal Mail special ...
Evri not picking up parcels for 3 days from drop off shops in my area
Went to drop off a parcel with an Evri label from Simple Delivery only to be told that Evri haven't been collecting any parcels from my entire Weymouth/Dorchester area for over 3 days. Tried two other drop off shops to be told the same. Does anyone k...
Resolved! Private Sellers trying to Sell Valueless Stamps at Stupid Prices
I am a stamp dealer. I sell mainly GB Queen Victoria postage stamps. Has anyone noticed that some private sellers (since the free listing) are listing valueless stamps at ridiculous prices. In particular I have noticed quite a few listings showing QE...
Feedback
How can I cancel a listing which I suspect a fraudster has done buy it now and paid without the fear of receiving negative feedback?
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