UK Seller News: April 2025
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Resolved! Buyers not leaving feedback
Hi guys, I'm pretty new to eBay. I've sold a few items now. I've made sure buyers get the item safely packaged, quickly ( usually dispatched same day if possible ) and fully tracked.. The first couple of sale, I got great Feedback. But my next few sa...
Ebay's response to Post Offices who refuse Simple Delivery packages with the wrong label on them
This was Ebay's response in the chat today:
New Rule - eBay to hold sellers funds for 14 days
Effective February 2025, ebay will hold private sellers funds for 14 days if the order is posted with an un-tracked delivery service (such as Royal Mail 2nd Class). I think it's a brilliant idea if they want private sellers to leave the platform in t...
Resolved! Ebay refuse to remove negative feedback so I'm quitting after 20 years as a seller.
I've been using Ebay coming up on 20 years/ 2 decades and I received my 1st negative feedback. Buyer of an item claimed the item was damaged which it wasn't, they even sent me pics of the item showing no damage. Buyer claimed I wasted time when I act...
Buyer Claimed Centering Was a Defect—eBay Refunded Without Return
I recently had an eBay case where the buyer was refunded without returning the item, despite my 14-day return policy requiring returns before refunds. The buyer claimed, "A few cards look different than was posted, like centering," but centering is a...
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, just a couple of questions. lol
Hi,Reluctantly, I will be ending my listings by the end of the week, but will probably be dragged kicking and screaming into simple delivery. Having created my first simple delivery listing as a test, just a couple of questions. I have thankfully exc...
Legally..where do we stand with regards to all this?
Supposing as of next week I sell an item on ebay & decide to write out my own address label,take it to the post office as i've done for the last 16 years and send it "Royal Mail signed for"...the buyer gets the parcel delivered,I get a notification f...
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...
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
Shipping item on behalf of teenage son
My teenage son has just sold an item, but is panicking because he is abroad until Sunday night and obviously cannot ship the item within the two days ebay expects. I've offered to step in and handle things on his behalf, but cannot access his ebay ac...
The new when we get paid rules from February.
Ebay was always heavily weighted in favour of the Buyers, but this new mad rule thats coming in next month about having to wait two days after delivery is confirmed to get paid is simply beyond the pale. And sometimes delivery conformation never come...
Resolved! Can we please for the love of god stop making posts about simple shipping
Come on everyone. Geez. 100 topics on it.
A Few Puzzling Simple Delivery Questions
Hey all.I have a couple of questions.eBay are also going to change the postage on items already listed next week.I have DVDs & CDs over 100g and under 100g.How will they know which items to change to the over 100g rate, and under?Also, they say any i...
Is Simple Delivery in every country
Is it just the UK that's being hit with Simpleton Delivery, or is it coming in worldwide? Do the Yanks think that we have a 'special relationship' and will just roll over and take it? In all my years on ebay I've seen some pretty daft changes and res...
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