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...
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...
Sending Golf Clubs/Simple Send
Hi there, I am completely at the end of my tether. As a personal seller, I have sold a lot of golf clubs on ebay historically, I am always diligent sending via Parcelforce48 upon receipt of payment and sharing the tracking number with the buyer. This...
Im trying to change my account back to personal account from business account - is this possible??
Ive had a business account for 6 years and have built up over 7500 positive feedback. We are no longer a business but will be selling our own items, can I change my account back to personal account ?Thanks
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...
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! Up and coming changes to Royal Mail Second Class Service
What we know about Royal Mail's major changes to second class post Source Yahoo News 10th July 2025 Royal Mail will be allowed to ditch Saturday deliveries for second class post and switch to an alternate weekday service, regulator Ofcom has confirme...
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 ...
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.
Simple Delivery package size not large enough - Ebay changed an old listing
The problems with Simple Delivery, seem to be never ending. When I listed a large painting, I was able choose ParcelForce. Just accessed my listing now to reduce the price and see that eBay have changed it to 'Simple'. Not even the largest size liste...
Resolved! Parcel too large for simple postage
Hi, I am trying to list a new item on eBay and this new simple postage option is causing some problems. The parcel will be slightly too large for the largest option available to me and there's other options.Royal Mail are very strict with size and we...
Going to ship to the US & bypass the Global Shipping Programme - no tariffs applied by eBay?
Whilst there seems to be no certainty with regards to how eBay is applying tariff charges re the Global Shipping Programme, I think I'm going to resume sending to the US and use Royal Mail International Tracked instead. The item I'll soon be listing ...
Resolved! Sellers think it alright to offer second class only or.....
In the context of small items that are typically disc based movies, just what kind of sellers think it acceptable to offer R-M 2Nd class even when I make it clear that I wish to pay the exyta for R-M 48 hour tracked? I live about an hour south of Bir...
Resolved! Why aren't my new 1st class stamps selling?
Am I missing something and not listing my stamps in the correct category or is the listing title wrong? Because I'm selling my 1st class barcoded stamps for a decent discount off their actual value but I'm not even getting any views on my listing. He...
Cancellation reason Found better price *bleep* !!!!!
Well now I have seen it all. Just had a winning bid cancellation notice. Not really an issue or a problem, I just relist & carry on as per normal. But it was the reason given that has got me flummoxed, which was "Cancellation reason Found better pric...
Triple Trading Allowance Ebay Uk News 12/09/25
Hi, I think that despite current disillusionment with eBay this is something we can all support. Whether Private, Rogue Private or Small Business this would be good news for entrepreneurial spirit going forward. Ebay say this would "encourage side hu...
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