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.

[ja142868]

Aha, so the theory is that if AI says my sold 2.2 kg book is 800gm, buyer pays postage cost for 800gm .I take to post office, have a blazing row with my friendly local counter staff as they wont accept under postage label, I try to convince them they must,  they finally accept it after calling their helpline (hopefully) and if not refund the customer due to unable to despatch and that's after being patronised by ebay CS.

Ebay then compensate RM for issuing under value label.

It's all really simple then 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[treasurestroves]

I'm apart of the old school crowd. I have no idea how to use simple delivery and I don't want to learn it. I'm happy taking my parcels to my local post office and paying there. I always send it tracked anyways. I'm ending my listings once its forced in and I'll just sell locally. I hope ebay lives to regret this!!! Those who get too greedy always live to regret it! 

I just want to pay the correct postage! I don't want any buyers to have to foot any sort of bill to get their item when they've already paid for postage. Its us sellers who will receive the complaints and the negative feedback/ ratings for it.

[punzel9072]

it’s down to them to pay if you list with the “recommended”  postage and it’s not enough

but we just want to pay the correct postage, every time, and not have the hassle of guesswork with every listing and every transaction. That's all how it used to be, now that was simple!

[ja142868]

Considering how by the sounds of it Private sellers sales have plummeted recently,  I know mine have. SP won't be a problem as I'll have nothing to post out anyway

[closetothedee]

Yes me.
Mine kicked in on 7 April
so I removed all my listings and submitted a complaint.
The reply finally arrived today apologising for the delay caused by a high volume of contacts.
It was sympathetic in tone but in essence only regurgitated the false promises and lies on which simple delivery had been based.
The vast majority of my sales have always fallen into Royal Mail’s small parcel category and unless I’m doing something wrong I cannot find a way under the new system of charging buyers what it would cost for me to buy Royal Mail tracked 48 postage myself on line.
Cutting a long story short I have responded asking if they can provide a step by step guide as to how I can purchase this from them and stating that as things stand I can see no benefit to me as a seller in terms of time and effort saved and certainly no promised financial advantage. I have also asked for details of what exactly their enhanced protection consists of bearing in mind Royal Mail will pay up to £150 and submitting a claim is straightforward once the timing requirement has been met. Classing the handling of disputes as a benefit for sellers is disingenuous in my opinion - haven’t they always done this ?


with claims for loss









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[sml192]

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@closetothedee wrote:
The vast majority of my sales have always fallen into Royal Mail’s small parcel category and unless I’m doing something wrong I cannot find a way under the new system of charging buyers what it would cost for me to buy Royal Mail tracked 48 postage myself on line.

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It would appear from posts above and from the updated price chart for Simple Delivery that the correct price is now being charged for small parcels up to 2Kg, well 1p cheaper actually - £3.44 versus the Royal Mail online price of £3.45.

For items sold between £0-100

Item weight & size	Both couriers selected	EVRi only	Royal Mail only
750g large letter	£2.70	£2.94	£2.73
0-1kg parcel	£2.94	£2.97	£3.44
1-2kg parcel	£3.44	£4.06	£3.44
2-10kg parcel	£5.36	£5.64	£6.65
10-15kg parcel	£7.19	£7.26	£10.55
15-20kg parcel	£10.55		£10.66

[heglo_59]

I can't see the option of Up to 10 on mine... It goes from Up to 2 straight to Up to 15. So anything over 2kg is £10.55 RM. Jeepers!!! 

[sml192]

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@heglo_59 wrote:

I can't see the option of Up to 10 on mine... It goes from Up to 2 straight to Up to 15. So anything over 2kg is £10.55 RM. Jeepers!!! 

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Yes, the 2-10kg weight band is still missing when creating a listing.  No idea why it is taking so long for eBay to fix this. 

[kath3735_wxmjn]

even that change is weird -     1-2jg   £3.44/£4.06/£3.44!       Actually none of the prices make any sense if you compare EVRI only to RM only.

[under-a-tenner-footy]

One thing I've not seen mentioned on here and I've been following a lot of it is combined postage.

So if I buy three football cards for example that would easily post for a large letter, maybe even 85p second.

Once SD comes in it will be 2.70ish. However will ebay combine or will they be charging around £8.00 to post three light cards.

Combined postage has been a long tradition on ebay, unlike Amazon, will SD scrap this.

[sinbinthecat_sinbadthecat]

https://www.asa.org.uk/make-a-complaint.html

This is the link to the ASA website to make a complaint about false advertising re 'it's free to sell.'

Only if you make a complaint, leave me a thumbs up. It will be interesting to see how many complaints are made and what comes of it.

Enjoy! 

[superchallenge]

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@sinbinthecat_sinbadthecat wrote:

https://www.asa.org.uk/make-a-complaint.html

This is the link to the ASA website to make a complaint about false advertising re 'it's free to sell.'

Only if you make a complaint, leave me a thumbs up. It will be interesting to see how many complaints are made and what comes of it.

Enjoy! 

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What's false advertising about "free to sell on eBay" please?

[andyf117]

Follow this link and it should take you direct to an earlier post of mine (#658) in this thread, which contains a link to a 'workaround' which someone else posted:

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/NO-LONGER-SELLING-DUE-TO-SIMPLE-DELIVERY/m-p/7830918#... 

The general consensus is, though, that it's a complicated way of having to do things - but the upshot is eBay appear to want to have their cake and eat it, by getting multiple BPF and, presumably, SD 'commissions'...

[cblack68]

Hi Andy.

You should start a petition, I'm sure there would be thousands that would sign it. Before anyone says 'start one yourself' I wouldn't have a clue where to start lol, but you definitely sound capable of doing it Andy? And I for one would 100% sign it 👍🏼👏🏼

[sinbinthecat_sinbadthecat]

Free to sell would imply that you get to keep all of the sales price.

Yes it's free to list, but as a seller you don't get to keep all of the proceeds of the sale. Buyer Protection Fee is merely commission by another name.

'Free to sell' is somewhere between disingenuous and misleading and downright untrue. 

[jonatjonatjonat]

You understand though that’s merely a marketing heading thought right?

If that’s all their advertising stated then fair enough but they do go onto explain what they mean….

Starting Oct 1, 2024, it is free to sell for UK-based private sellers. Sellers do not pay transaction fees when the item sells.

[aymanalvi]

You have hit the nail on the head. I wish everyone could understand your point of view.

[aymanalvi]

You know the main issue is Ebay do not give a monkeys if a user has been with them for 19 years or 19 days. 
I can see Ebay days are becoming short.

[andyf117]

Ask and you shall receive. Though I don't know how well it will do, or how long it will last:

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/A-Petition/m-p/7834525#M727415 

[superchallenge]

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@sinbinthecat_sinbadthecat wrote:

Free to sell would imply that you get to keep all of the sales price.

Yes it's free to list, but as a seller you don't get to keep all of the proceeds of the sale. Buyer Protection Fee is merely commission by another name.

'Free to sell' is somewhere between disingenuous and misleading and downright untrue. 

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So as a private seller, if I want £10 for an item, and I list the item at £10, do I not get £10 when it sells?

Not being facetious or anything - I genuinely just don't know as I'm a business seller.