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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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Ebay's new buyer protection scam

So I have been a seller on and off her since June 2001, Over the years I have sent items recorded delivery that either never turn up , or arrive with no notification of delivery. Now someone wants to charge a buyer a fee for safe delivery, when they ...

Offers, and confusion on pricing due to BPF

Hi GuysAnyone else noticed that when you receive an offer on an item it includes the BPF already? Yet when you send an offer it doesnt I have just received an offer on an item which I accepted not realising this and have now sold an item for half its...

Simple Delivery

I sold an item today, which for some reason included Ebay's 'Simple Delivery' method. I don't know why, as I normally sort it myself via Royal Mail 48 hour tracking using my local PO.So I am a bit clueless as to how this system works. I have no print...

Simple Delivery: general observation

Since SD has been introduced, I have noticed a drop-off in low item (<£10) sales on ebay.At first I thought it was my pricing, so I adjusted that. Nope, nothing selling.So I put the same items at the original price on an alternative selling platform....

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eBay has lost its way.

I don't care what you say , try and defend them. But eBay has completely lost the plot . It's all about how they can make more and more money from us now. Which is ironic as no one seems to be able to sell anything on here anymore for any kind of a p...

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Advice on none paying bidders

I've sold a car 3 times now on ebay auction. 1st buyers only reply to me was ":)". Second buyer paid a deposit, arrived to pickup the car and drive it 300 mile, with no MOT and oil leak (detailed in the listing). He decided it wouldn't make it, left,...

Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

eBay Is Dead

I am thinking eBay as a selling platform is dead since the seller protection was added ? I wonder if eBay have notice the decline in sellers since new rules started . In my 20 years of selling on eBay Ive never seen it like thisI have 20 watchers on ...

Selling a motherboard, tips, warnings?

as above, its a Asus Maximus X Hero, and I am aware still sells at a good price, I have soid such things before, with no issues, but am increasingly worried, about the 'empty cardboard box' scams, and other ones. I also have concerns about E bays lim...

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Fee Changes have KILLED Private buying & Selling

As a buyer and seller on here for 22 years, I'd like to congratulate the people who came up with this buyer protection scam. Let me refresh you with the original announcement and I Quote: "At the end of 2024, we changed our fee structure, making it f...

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eBay SD supplied an underweight postage label.

Hi i normally customise the postage to Royal Mail tracked 48. Unfortunately i made a mistake and sold an item with Simple Delivery as the postal method. The result being my parcel is 1.4 kg and eBay has supplied a Tracked 48 label with a weight up to...

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