UK Seller News: April 2025
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Resolved! Possible scam buyer - seller protection advice needed during the returns process
Today's date 31/03/2025: A UK buyer who created his ebay account very recently on 23/03/2025 which was the same day on which he bought a rare (out of production) and relatively high value (£225) board game bundle from me has messaged me this morning ...
yes its here simple delivery starts on the 15th of april
just recieved this from e bay so as from the 15th you need to either have a printer i pad or smartphone to take a photo of the QR code take that to the post office to send your parcel with nevri or royal fail.so if you sell 1 item say monday you do t...
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.
Coming soon to eBay Mandatory Simple Delivery
Someone found the dates yesterday and posted them. Just thought it made sense to make it easier to find.It's in the Help Section under Opt out Simple Delivery will be the only listing option as of 15th April and they will start adjusting current list...
Royal Mail collection not available
I just sold an item, with me paying for postage, and the seller chose Royal Mail as the delivery service - great. However the only RM service available for me to buy was “Royal Mail Tracked 48 | drop off” (ie QR code) and it said booking a collection...
buyer protection fee
HiI don't usually take part in these discussion groups but there appears to be no other way of getting feedback to management. Like any business in the UK eBay is going to see its cost base rising because of the increases in national insurance and 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...
Ebay forum going down...
Maybe the forum can't cope with all the increased activity at the moment, intermittently getting this error:
What is deem'ed a low-priced ebay on simple delivery?
Now that ebay are making simple delivery mandatory shortly what is deem'ed a low-priced ebay on simple delivery. Is it items listed at £20.00 and under or what? As a low priced item is excluded from simple delivery I prefer to just put on a 1st class...
Simple delivery.
Ok so after a few calls to ebay complaining about simple delivery recently, I have now recieved my email saying it will be compulsory April 15th. I am not happy as I like to walk to my local post office in the village, its a social place where locals...
Running both business and private accounts for retirement selling
Is it possible to run both business and private accounts in the same household?We are now retired and try to sell most of the things we don't use and downsize for moving house this year. We are thinking of selling small and cheap items under £10 unde...
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.
Can I still use Royal Mail Special Delivery?
So I've just had an email saying that from 15th April you can only use simple delivery for selling. Does this mean I can't go to the post office and send by Special Delivery as I normally do? I always use SD for peace of mind and won't use anything e...
Problem listing due to Age verification
Ive been selling axes for years but now all of a sudden they violate the knife policy 臘 although ebay says you can still sell axes as long as you state adult verification postage. I select adult verification postage but still cannot list axe 路as f...
Baffled by all the changes
Hi all, I've been on eBay for 25 years buying and selling. I've paid my fees, dealt with happy buyers (and the odd not happy one) and sold a lot of my personal stuff. Over that time, I've used that money to buy other items from eBay. I still have stu...
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