NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

[rugbyguy1960]

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.

[gmij1961]

I think there are a lot of very unhappy loyal sellers here that feel absolutely betrayed by Ebay .  I would suggest everyone submits a complaint to Ebay .

A key point here is if Ebay think it is  now okay to make the seller wait until the item is delivered  before payment then forcing the seller to accept a courier method outside of their control is 1000% unacceptable .

Unfortunately anyone would need there head examined if they continue to sell under these conditions , regardless .

Has Donald Trump taken control of Ebay aswell 🙂

[rugbyguy1960]

It would be great if it had.

[golden_syrup]

Gutted about this. Been selling for nearly 20 years. This is the final straw.

What the hell are eBay doing?!

[theplank]

'Obey' is a good one.

I too will be leaving in the next week. Member since 2001 but enough is enough. I have now stated this in my remaining listing so hopefully those 3 watchers might get their fingers out. 

[rugbyguy1960]

Love your post. I only hope that threads like this one I started today will show just how unhappy we in the UK are at the thought of being under control by a dictatorship. Plus we all know that most dictatorships come to a sticky end at some point.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

probably not much traffic because so many people have never heard of it.  I had not until i came on this forum and it was mentioned.

[rugbyguy1960]

I'm the same as you with similar feelings. I honestly believe they have lost the plot and don't know what they are doing themselves.

[rugbyguy1960]

What doesn't sell out of my last 4 listings will end up staying as part of my collection. I'll just have to become more choosy about what I buy from the 6th onwards.

[dfernand101]

So, on 7th of April when Simple Delivery starts RETROSPECTIVELY applying itself as the only mandatory option on all your historical Ebay listings made weeks, months and years ago ? what is it actually KEYING on (which fields / criteria) in order to determine the postage weight class (tranche) and cost ?  Is it "Package Weight" and "Package Size" fields on the Ebay Item ? at the moment it's showing as "(optional)" and sadly it's showing all the fields as blank as I never had time to weigh everything and measure the dimensions and input them, nor was I asked to do so before this forced Simple Delivery option !!

I'm currently using 'Postage Policies' under the Ebay 'Business Policies' section here:

 

So what do you think Simple delivery will be keying onto in order to auto generate the postal weight categories on 7th April 2025 or 15th or whenever ? thus overriding the 'custom postage' option that has worked so well for so many years for so many !

Anyone ?

 

[rugbyguy1960]

I can only think that if items fit within the AI perimeter then they will give you the postal options to choose from otherwise you'll have to submit size and weight etc for them to give you your options available. I won't be a seller long enough to find out the definitive answer.

[andha-21]

I don't think anyone knows the exact parameters, not from posts I've read and eBay have definitely not told anyone.

What I've seen, post wise, is that it looks like their AI system may have some preprogrammed weight/size database.

There was a Switch game seller that was given a 100g envelope, the game weighing 96g off memory.

& there have been a few others similar to that.

Big problem with that is if you deal in anything fragile/valuable as it looks like the system doesn't account for padding/packing.

[forestfeline62]

 yes I am ending tonight I don't own an printer or a smart phone so I can't carry on .My sales have been very poor since christmas just  37 items sold I can't carry on like that and I am not going to buy a smart phone or a printer that will take more money .

[parsley2003]

Rm is the same i slipped up recently weighed the item forgetting the packaging and had to pay extra for large letter  people have to include the packing in weight. Before it was easy if not totally sure i would price next size up and refund if i could pack smaller

[the_book_seekers]

kat@ebay  has confirm that simple delivery will be optional for items listed at £10 or under and are lightweight (100g or under) on another thread. 

[parsley2003]

Agree sort the (can't say it) out

[dfernand101]

I reckon it's going to key in on the weight and dimensions specified in the actual Ebay specific item seller page i.e. this, so if you have anything big or important that you are selling it maybe will be worth inputting generic dimensions and weight data into there. 

Or maybe you can see what it does on the 7th April 2025 and then mop up the mess that it makes by checking every single item that it's applied a postal weight/dimension cost to !!

[parsley2003]

God knows it's a cheap and nasty bot that knows nothing and is brain dead this is why all my listings are off and will probably stay that way until things are sorted which may be never

[parsley2003]

Hmm Kat confirms a lot knowing her previous information i'll take it with a pinch of salt. Maybe they should have waited until Q3 or Q4 by then a miracle might have happened and a new CEO will have been installed to sort the mess

[rugbyguy1960]

What about a new CEO and a new team of decision makers with a decent amount of common sense.

[rugbyguy1960]

My last listings will be off on the 6th and then I'll join the list of wait and see what happens next sellers.