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'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...

"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...

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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A Heads-Up for Private Sellers using Royal Mail Click and Drop

I have just received the following notification from Royal Mail: Important Update: Changes to eBay Shipping RulesNew shipping rules from eBay are now in place. If your account on eBay is currently set up as a Personal Account, please be aware that:Yo...

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EBay’s prepaid label is absolute ****

Why has eBay brought in this stupid idea of having to use a prepaid payment, i have had to cancel the order and refund the buyer it’s nothing but hassle it’s not simple it’s complicated. I had to get them to ring me so I could claim a refund and then...

selling for someone else

Hi all I have been asked by a friends widow (he died about 18 months ago) to sell his collection of book tokens/book marks. To obtain the best price I have been selling them in lots of about 6 at a time. There are about 500 plus items so I will clear...

Resolved! Global Shipping Program USA to UK - Not working US seems to have been taken away this morning

Hey all, This morning I've had several customers contact me from the US saying that even though they are watching my items, and could purchase them yesterday through the GSP they can no longer do this and all my other items that they are not watching...

Marketplace responsibility laws

I have been asked by the U.K. treasury to help gather info for the following new laws about online market responsibility (see email below). I have several suggestions but if anyone else has any please feel free to contributeGood afternoonThank you fo...

Buyer wins auction then asks to cancel as he has found it cheaper. Auctions used to be binding!

I always thought the whole point of an auction was it was binding unless the goods were found to be faulty. I recently sold an item that had multiple bids just below the eventual winning price. EBay then contacted me to ask if I wanted to re-list as ...

No more cash on collection.

Just saw the new seller rules. I've got no issue with the reduction in free listings. But no more cash on collection I do mind. It means there is no way to make a buyer check on collection and once they accept it pay with no risk of them changing the...

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