IE Seller News: April 2025
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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.
Free post with simple delivery
Just wondering how it works.If someone buys an item listed with free postage and the seller doesn't have any funds available how's the postage paid for?
Additional fees on private listings
Hi, does anybody know why there is an additional fee above the buyer protection fee and the 4% on private listings. I am for example listing an item for £29 including postage. When I view my own listing, I see the price is £37.60 broken down to item ...
Maybe Unique situation..: Selling privileges restricted
Hello people. I hope you can help..I know there are many posts like my problem, but I can't find anything similar, so maybe it is unique. Or maybe I do not get something, I will try to explain my problems shortly and clearly. Starting with my "journe...
eBay UK and their users in the depths of despair
As a small business who have used ebay for over 20 years, we are reading these posts because we have so little to do re sales on this particular platform since the seller protection fee was introduced on 4th February but PLEASE sellers, let's be cons...
How do you update a listing for collection and payment in person
Hi can someone advise please as I can’t get any help from eBay, I have sold an item which has been collected by the buyer who has paid in cash as it was to large to post, since then I can’t work out how to update the listing to say its paid for and h...
Sending an item to the Czech Republic
Hello everyone. I'd be super grateful for advice. I advertised a piece of kitchen equipment. It is 23kg and over the size covered by Ebay's Global Shipping programme. I advertised it as collection only.I was contacted by a buyer in the Czech Republic...
Will I get a bill from the HMRC tax man?
So im wanting to sell my VFX workstation and my storage set up, this is to raise funds to buy a newer up to date technology will with cost me 10k Im not a business btw, im just a enthusiast gamer and have a hobby on the latest technology. So I have c...
Cigarette smoke smell rears it's head again.
Bit of an odd one this, so am looking for some ideas. In the last 2 months I have had 2 feedback comments ( Both still positive ) but also saying the item(s) had a smell of cigarette smoke about them. Now if I smoked or anyone else on the premises di...
Buyer sent item to a shop that is permantly closed
I sent the item to a shop address given by the buyer with an eCP number on it. I checked the tracking and it says action needed and that the courier has had an issue getting to the delivery address. I google mapped the store and it says permantly clo...
Be Aware Market Flooded with Counterfeit Stamps from China
If you buy postage for your business on eBay you will find an array of offers - pretty much all the bulk offers I have seen from sellers who are not stamp dealers are counterfeit. It is a criminal offence to sell them and a criminal offence to use th...
Can I go over my 30 item early limit with being taxed
So recently I’ve been selling my collection of retro video games which I’ve built up since I was a kid as I’m moving house and want to declutter. I’ve now reached my yearly 30 item limit and have made around £1700. I’ve sent my national insurance num...
Pre paid label shambles
I clicked on the thing to get a pre-paid label, which I won't use as I always post 1st Class door to door. The system then told me I have posted the item (I haven't) and I cannot see how to add first class postal tacking number when I do post the ite...
Thread for people's experiences of Simple Delivery packages being accepted or not at post offices
As SD Day looms closer for everyone and bearing in mind the huge length of the main thread concerning Simple Delivery, I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for people to say if they're experiencing issues still with the acceptance of Si...
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...
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