Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimisation.
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Late Tax Self-Assessment for 2023-24
My partner has a large Lego collection he's being building up for 40+ years and a couple of years ago he started selling some of it via eBay. As he's mostly selling for roughly the same price he paid for it we didn't really think about the tax implic...
Suggestions for music track in the next E-Bay advertising campaigns
I was wondering what track(s) E-Bay may wish to use for their next TV and Radio advertising campaigns? With their in house advertising expertise, I'm sure they'll come up with winners, but it can never hurt for members to offer suggestions, as we all...
'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...
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...
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.
Loosing sales as i can not combine postage
Yes, when a buyer buys multiple items of offers i have sent them, they have to pay postage for each one, crazy, i can not combine postage and they can not combine.I say i will refund the excess but a lot of buyers have trust issues and will not proce...
Simple delivery - being charged too much for the weight of the parcel
Hi there, it's another post about "simple" delivery! How can I specify the weight of the item so that ebay stops over-charging for the shipping? Earlier today I sold two items weighing approximately 35g each, but because the cheapest "simple" shippin...
INR claim query
This is a brief question about a recent INR claim I have received. The buyer had already given fairly detailed and relevant positive feedback for the item, so I queried, in the case, whether he had actually received it. He simply replied "item receiv...
Resolved! Ending a listing
Hi how do i end a listing on Ebay
Just a thought....I wonder if this might be in the E-Bay plan moving forward....
In the overly complicated and multiple sources requiring to be checked to see if items do/do not/might/'shrugging meh!' meet the E-Bay and courier requirements and exclusions for Simple Delivery at some point will E-Bay slip in a clause somewhere say...
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...
Resolved! Some buyers are so unreal I worry about mankind......
Sending back an item because he couldn't figure out how to use the included USB-C charging cable. It will cost them £5 to send it back and what i'm selling isn't much cheaper elsewhere. I digress. Anyone else got any classics?
reserve price
is the lowest reserve price you can put still £50
Buyer Returns A Item Without Opening A Return Case
I sold a brand new Fragrence Defusser , on arrival the buyer said it was not as strong as a previous one he brought . I told him he would have to pay the return postage . He then said it had been opened already . It arrived today without him opening ...
"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...
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