Seller News: June 2025
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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.
'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...
Resolved! Postage and not being able to choose to post myself
OK I'm old and anything that says, 'Simple' on computers usually isn't. I don't do apps or anything, and had to buy a mobile phone a couple of years ago just to sell on here.Why will ebay not let me choose normal postage?It seems to only offer this '...
eBay's rip off new buyer protection fees and delayed payment for sellers
I first posted on this last night and received dozens (possibly more than 100 in less than 24 hours) of emails and posts on seller centre and eBay community sharing my objection to eBay's new rip off Buyer Protection fees and delayed payment for sell...
Confusion regarding (horrible) new shipping and payment system
Hi. I am a small private seller. I started selling around the late half of last year, and since then I've experienced what seems like 4 different complete overhauls of the payment system in barely over half a year. The latest one, before this change ...
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
Missing photos
Anyone else having problems with photos not showing up on their listings? Not just new ones, many going back a long time - it seems to be pretty random, but it's happening on this business account and my private account, on two different browsers. I'...
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.
Sellers- How do you feel about people watching your items but not buying, making offers, or bidding?
Buyers- why do you watch? I've been a buyer on ebay for years, but I'm a new seller. All my listings atm except the 3 I uploaded this morning have at least 1 watcher each. I wanna know how sellers feel about watch. Does anyone else get really fed up ...
UK National Insurance number my Ebay account payouts now on hold
So, I’ve been selling mainly my old stuff on Ebay since 1998 before .co.uk got started. Ebay now demands my national insurance number & give a link to the HMRC guidelines which are as clear as mud.Will Ebay now simply retain all my funds in their acc...
Royal Mail Trials
Sellers should be aware that Royal Mail are trialling a new delivery system in several UK locations. Priority is being given to Tracked 24 and Tracked 48. 1st class should be delivered as normal (but isn't), second class every other day and not at al...
Beyond Stupid
Simple delivery!Won't let me post small paper items in an ordinary letter. Insists I have to choose Large Letter and charge accordingly.Have no choice but to end all my small items.How much longer do we have to put up with this?Ebay will not survive ...
Resolved! Item delivered by RM but not updated on eBay
Item delivered by RM 48 tracking today. Missed a digit on enter tracking number but updated to correct one. RM shows delivered but eBay not. Do I now have to wait 2 weeks or is eBay smart enough to recognise change in tracking and cross reference wit...
Resolved! Ebay now seem to pay faster if buyer fills in Positive Feedback.
I sold an item last weekend, was delivered Tuesday so should have received payment today. However, buyer filled in feedback on Tuesday evening, E-bay released funds Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning. So, it would appear, on a sample set of one, that if...
Changing our listings to "collection in person".
So they've changed all my items to "collection in person"..?..without my consent..! EBAY!...I do NOT want anyone turning up at my home to collect items. Just STOP pi55ing your customers off with these stupid changes..it's like you're now going out of...
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