Seller News: July 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
Simple Delivery package size not large enough - Ebay changed an old listing
The problems with Simple Delivery, seem to be never ending. When I listed a large painting, I was able choose ParcelForce. Just accessed my listing now to reduce the price and see that eBay have changed it to 'Simple'. Not even the largest size liste...
Sellers Unite Against Simple Delivery
WE MUST FORCE THEM TO ABANDON THIS STUPID, DANGEROUS, RIDICULOUS SYSTEM! I REFUSE TO SELL UNTIL THEY REMOVE IT. THEY ARE DOING IT TO FORCE US INTO MAKING A BUSINESS ACCOUNT! THEY ARE IN THE GOVERNMENTS POCKET! FROM THEIR OWN SUPPORT!
Updates to eBay’s Promoted Listings programme
I'd love to see how eBay can justify this changed to "promoted listings". (In an email received a few minutes ago.) In future, if anyone ever clicks on a promoted listing, the promoted fee will be charged, even if the actual buyer did not find it thr...
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.
Why Ebay Is Dead and Why I Am Leaving
Like many, I am personally sick of ebay and their BS. This simple delivery thing is an absolute joke. I selected it recently thinking "we'll I'm gonna be forced soon I better test it". What a mistake. I have to go to an EVRI drop off? They aren't nea...
Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING
OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...
Resolved! Unable to send Invoice or Combine Postage
So usually when I sell multiple items to a buyer I send them an invoice and adjust the postage accordingly - there is no such option there at the moment - there is a link to combine items so I click on that and then try and collate them there and get...
Ebay simple delivery opt out
So ebay have decided to force private sellers to use simple delivery for all listings.Previously you could select advanced options in postage and select your preferred postage method as before.Did ebay announce this to private sellers - did they .......
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...
6th August
So 6th August is when everything is supposed to switch to Simple Delivery, even existing listings. Not sure how that will work because I don't have dimensions or weights listed for any of my items. It will also be the day I take down my listings if i...
Leaving Negative Feedback
Is there a time limit on a buyer leaving negative feedback, I sold a small hand made new fishing item at the beginning of JUNE and received Negative - feedback that the item was slightly damaged when received and used for the 1st time 2 month later o...
Simple delivery nonsense
1. a large letter size envelope now cost 2.94 even know it is under 200g and i have no option to choose 2nd class letter for under 2 quids. nonsense.2. i want to send with evri as it is a 2 minutes walk to shop and not a 25 minute drive like royal ma...
Some thoughts about the new 'promoted listings' scam, and what you can do about it.
This is a long one with some important advice (in my opinion) towards the bottom. It's worth reading because this is by far the biggest change in eBay fees in history, and seems to have largely gone unnoticed next to eBay's other acts of self harm la...
What is the point of reporting a listing if being ignored !
On Saturday i reported a listing both online form and by chatting to Ebay CS. Not impressed as the listing for 2 live chow chow dogs is still up and running days later! IF Ebay do not remove this listing immediately then no point in reporting others ...
Sellers think it alright to offer second class only or.....
In the context of small items that are typically disc based movies, just what kind of sellers think it acceptable to offer R-M 2Nd class even when I make it clear that I wish to pay the exyta for R-M 48 hour tracked? I live about an hour south of Bir...
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