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Time Away Setting - is it available for Private Sellers?

On checking Help & Support there is the option for Time Away with instructions how to do it. Is it now available for Private Sellers? I know Business sellers have it. Previously I ended all items about a week before a trip but it took ages to relist ...

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Issue with delivery - post office ram raided!

Hi, I’m a private seller and made a sale on Sunday and took the item to the post office on Monday (19th Jan) with the Evri simple delivery label. The buyer has contacted me today asking if I can change address as the post office it was being delivere...

Customer service on eBay

Customer Service has always been something I consider to be very important. Customers should feel they're listened to, that they're valued and that they'll have reasonable opportunities for redress, in the event of a problem. It's not a lot to expect...

Delays getting refund

Just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation (I posted about the first half a while ago but more has happened since). I bought an item which arrived faulty and I initiated a return on the 22nd December. Seller had until 30th December to p...

Why do buyers do this?

When you send an offer and they just ignore it and just let the time run out? Meanwhile whilst any offers are pending you can't revise the listing, you can't change prices or anything. You only option is waiting up to 4 days or end the listing and re...

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Age verification

How ludicrous is the age verification policy on eBay? We sell a wooden axe handle (just the wooden handle) and the buyer has to verify their age!!! All because it has the word "axe" in the title. eBay are losing so much business because of this stupi...

Second account advice

From what I can gather, you're allowed multiple accounts as long as you don't have any account restrictions on other accounts or go against policy and bid on your own items etc. But before I go ahead and allow for the second account I created to be u...

Royal Mail/Parcelforce tracking not updating

I can see that there has been observations that sellers using Royal Mail/Parcelforce are experiencing tracking issues, whereby EBay is not updating their tracking information accurately or at all! This seems to be due to restructuring undertaken by R...

Resolved! eBay Simple Delivery Scam & Fraud

An eBay user purchased an empty toolbox that I listed for sale. I shipped the item on 5 January 2026. As a private seller, I had no choice of courier and was required to use the eBay Simple Delivery label.On 14 January, the buyer contacted me to say ...

Qualifying for Faster Payments

Hi All, I have recently started to sell items as a Private seller. During my initial month I managed to achieve the required 10 sales, £150+ and no disputes with just 1 item still pending delivery in the last 24 hours. However my evaluation took plac...

Resolved! NI verification

Oh dear. Glyn just added his NI number as requested. He THINKS he may have mistyped one number !! The account is saying they are veryfying the information. IF he has genuinely accidentally mistyped it then what will happen? I am hoping they will give...

Another Simple Delivery query.

Some advice would be appreciated, Sold an item [Music box set] offered free postage to the buyer. eBay charged me the Simple delivery postage. Took over a week for Royal Mail to deliver the tracked 48 parcel. The buyer contacted eBay for a return wit...

Why cant we change the size of items on Simply Delivery?

The complete untested or sandboxing shambles of "Simply Delivery" continue...... I've watched YouTube videos, and it appears eBay has remove the "custom set sizing" option for packages. So all you can do is increase the weight if it gets the size wro...

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