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A 'Petition'

In one particular thread about 'Simple Delivery' which I've been active in over the past few days, the suggestion has been made that someone - ie., me, an eBay member of 25 years - should start a petition.With seemingly thousands of posts in numerous...

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EBay it’s the end for private sellers.

Well finally after changing the format of their selling platform it seems every couple of weeks you have come up with the ultimate level of stupidity with this latest total ridiculous set of changes. Nobody is going to wait what could be weeks to be ...

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InPost option not available

Hi there, I’m still getting my head around the new delivery options for sellers on eBay and I apologise in advance if I’m missing something! I’ve recently listed a few items for sale and chosen InPost as my preferred courier service, rather than choo...

Postal Delays at French Customs

I have a number of buyers in the EU, mainly Benelux, Germany and France. An item was posted to a buyer in France on 04 April 2025 tracked. No problem with Royal Mail, item arrived in France on 07 April. Buyer messaged me on 12 April saying item not r...

Ebay's new buyer protection scam

So I have been a seller on and off her since June 2001, Over the years I have sent items recorded delivery that either never turn up , or arrive with no notification of delivery. Now someone wants to charge a buyer a fee for safe delivery, when they ...

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.

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Title: eBay Is an Absolute Embarrassment — Run by Greedy, Out-of-Touch Dinosaurs

eBay is hands down the worst selling platform on the internet today. It’s a bloated, broken system run by corporate parasites who haven’t evolved in over a decade. They don’t give a single damn about sellers — especially resellers — the very people w...

Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

WHY THE DELAY, eBAY. ??

I am beginning to wonder why eBay have not put into practice the changes they have had planned for the last few weeks. Several correspondents think eBay are gradually going through current listings and updating them … but are they ? Whilst I don’t th...

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Resolved! Simple Delivery

Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage

Another way eBay could help at the moment

Here's a wee suggestion for eBay. I know this is a sellers' board, but, at times of great upheaval such as this, it would be immensely helpful if they could dedicate just one member of staff to constantly monitor these boards, and either correct, or ...

Royal Mail Large Letter query

Will I be able to sell a CD under £5, weight less than 100g and send Royal Mail Large Letter and using large letter stamps that I already have at home.a) at the presentb) after 15th April. Thanks in advance for any replies

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Resolved! 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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Buyer Protection Fee Woes

I see the Buyer Protection Fee has been added to our items for sale (not for the toys category yet). I know that if someone opens a not-received case for an item and then rings Ebay, that Ebay will often refund them out of their own pocket. Thus enco...

The new buyer protection on auction items

We have all been expecting the new buyer protection policy when they introduced free listings, And while I understand some element of fees on buyers who buy off ebay ,what I want to understand that if I sell an item for £20 the listing will show a pr...

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