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...
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 ...
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.
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...
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?
Evri - Useless courier
This is my second experience in the last three months of what a useless courier Evri is .One parcel lost and the other marked as delivered but to where they haven't a clue. Post code correct and buyer hasn't received his parcel. On checking with Evri...
ebay feedback policy a farce
Hello allI recently sold a camera {used} and clearly stated as such. After a few days the buyer queried the warranty of which as a used item there isn't one ( red flag raised) 3 weeks later after he'd had it a month he decides i advertised it as a "n...
Resolved! Buyer cancelled an hour after I posted it. I don't want to cancel until I have the item back.
Hi, I sold an item to a buyer who requested I post it urgently. I obliged, rushing to the post office on my break only to receive a cancellation request an hour after I posted it. How thoughtful of him. Now when I go to "accept" the cancellation it s...
Collection nightmares ......again!
After having a rant on this forum a few day`s ago about selling a COLLECTION ONLY item 7 times, and every time the buyer has asked me to post to them as `I cannot collect`. Which has caused me to have to cancel the order and then constantly relist. I...
Resolved! Unable to send Invoice or Combine Postage
So usually when I sell multiple items to a buyer I send them an invoice and adjust the postage accordingly - there is no such option there at the moment - there is a link to combine items so I click on that and then try and collate them there and get...
Resolved! Have suspended all sales due to Simple Delivery - Absolute Joke of a policy!
What a god awful system this is and as such Ive suspended all of my listings as Simple Delivery simply does not work for my business The vast majority of my items are small car parts which fit into letter envelopes, SImple delivery has increased cost...
"Mark as dispatched" - gone
As a private seller paying postage costs on all my listings I sometimes have two separate orders from the same buyer. Previously I would pay for and print a label for one, but include both in the parcel and mark the other as "dispatched". But now wit...
Resolved! Your payouts are on hold until you update your account details.
My bank account hasn't changed at all, I have had no problems receiving previous payments but eBay has decided to reverify and put a hold on my payouts? I have clicked on the red banner to "update" my bank account with the same details. It wants me t...
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...
Resolved! Do we actually know yet if unused SD labels will be refunded?
Hi, to get around the error of not being able to list with custom postage, this week I have listed with SD, then of course I have to "get label" to get buyers address, but not then used it.I was thinking that it will eventually be refunded, to me as ...
Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING
OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...
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