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Buyer making false claim

I sold a use iPhone on eBay. The phone and its software worked completely fine apart from the defects I stated in the listing, which were a crack on the screen and an issue with the speaker not working unless the phone was on loud speaker. The phone ...

What's happened to postage options?

Went to list something just now and the post service options have completely changed since yesterday. I usually list with free post (I then select yodel as that's my nearest/best priced drop off centre), but there's no option to offer free post. I'm ...

Change of delivery method

I printed a Yodel despatch label which automatically generated a tracking number. Then the local Yodel drop off point refused to take the package because it was too large. Instead I delivered the item by hand. Now the system has it that the item is i...

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...

You know what I find annoying about some sellers?

The fact they take several days to ship items I have bought from them. Me, when I sell something I drop it off at the post office the same day a buyer pays if there is time or I pay to have it collected by the postie the next morning. Why do some sel...

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Removal of listing

Good eveningI have been selling hatching eggs in here for 10 years and have just had my listings removed for policy violation. Has anyone else had this happen ? Also if I search hatching eggs and I can purchase from multiple buyers who is this the ca...

Refunds

Why do eBay take a refund from you - when the buyer has not paid yet - but requested the refund as ordered by mistake.Then ebay take out of your funds.No payment has gone through as of yet - except the payment from my funds for a mistake someone has ...

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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Buyer Protection makes selling complex

Not happy with buyer protection. Actually it should be renamed Seller Obstruction. Without sellers there will be no buyers, so why make it harder and complex to sell? I am a private seller and tried selling for 9.99 but now my listings are 11.11 so t...

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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! Seller Hub

Hello, I hope you can help. I keep seeing that people are able to choose their courier etc. by going to 'Seller Hub' and selecting 'Advanced Option' which opts them out of Simple Delivery, is this correct or have I misunderstood? Also, do you have to...

Resolved! VAT added to private seller

Hi. I've had VAT added to my item. I am a private seller, not selling for profit, I'm not vat registered. I'm selling from the UK to the UK. Why is eBay adding 20% vat to my listing. I spoke to that support and they are absolutely sure this is correc...

Private Seller And HMRC

Hello , i know this question was asked many times. But i need to ask im so upset.Im selling my own private items , many of them. I paid for them used for a short period of time and selling them becouse i don't use them. on all of items im selling i l...

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Red flagged when selling

Hi all, I’m trying to sell various items, changing the delivery to post only and second class post. Each time I do this I get a red flag and it tells me that there is something wrong with the delivery charge. I’ve sold loads of items this way before....

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