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.

[closetothedee]

I totally agree with you - I’ve had some really lovely feedback over the years which I suppose serves as a really good advertisement for the quality of the things I sell, the way they are packed and the speed of despatch but I’m one of those people who only ever feeds back on my buyers if they feedback on me first. Some may think I’m awful for taking this approach, but as everything I sell is as a buy now there is nothing I can say other than paid promptly which they have to do if they want to buy the item.
Many of my buyers haven’t bothered to feedback, which is fine - that’s their choice, and of those that have I’ve had a couple that have led me to take a look at feedbacks they’ve left for others and to question how useful the whole feedback thing really is.
Recently one of my buyers left me a neutral feedback because the sizing on the item didn’t match its (M&S) label. Too tight and too long apparently!! How this could be attributed as my fault I’ll never know, and in the general scheme of things it made no difference to my rating, but it seems that she had form for leaving neutral feedback as she had rated over 20% of the items she had received in this way for reasons that couldn’t be attributed to the seller, yet had given excellent feedback for items she had received but not yet opened. Where is the sense in feedback like this - it’s about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
On the whole the whole feedback system is weighted in favour of the buyer because it’s all but impossible for sellers to leave negative comments about those that buy from them and I don’t see how the new automated feedback that has come with simple delivery changes this.

Sent from my iPad

[moonlight-rhapsody]

Sorry, I don't know.  Best to ask ebay if it's not already in their T&Cs.

[wiganyankeeron]

What is 'gsp'??? please stop using abbreviations.. For some of us OLDIES we
don't understand this new form of English

RON,

[edwardian-dreams]

Sorry

Global Shipping Programme

if you have that switched on it will use simple delivery for item to get to the UK warehouse from where they take over the international shipping

If you switch it off it will let you do your own postage from here to abroad 

tbh I’m  not 100 % sure on this

if you’re allowed to use custom delivery  for international orders (because simple delivery doesn’t apply for international unless you have GSP on) I don’t think simple delivery will kick in at all and especially seeing as item in question is exempt from it..ie a postcard .and if it’s under £10

sorry for confusion 

maybe someone else can explain better 

[jma2815]

Second thoughts about posting what I was going to say. Sorry everyone. 

[forestfeline62]

I totally agree with you .It also amazes me how some people don't read feed back on sellers then they have a problem with item they bought and it is then that they say if I had read previous feedbacks for this seller I wouldn't have bought from them .Automatic feed back isn't really going to help sellers because it won't probably give reference to packaging ,or dispatch or quality and if they would recommend the seller 

[wiganyankeeron]

Thanks for the clarification..

RON,

[forestfeline62]

Some one asked if ebay were doing well and my post was what I found when searching for an answer ,what i found was from an analisys at   the end of last year before SD and BPF kicked in ,so it will be interesting in the next month or so how things have panned out . Ebay are thinking of joining forces with etsy who also a parent company for Depop and have acquired a few other companies too recently , so if they join forces could be a force to be reckoned with .

[heglo_59]

Yes but then, more change, more rules, different fees, blah blah blah.... I think we all just want a 'simple' life selling stuff. This is all getting a bit ridiculous. Bring back small parcel and stop the potential money grabbing on postage!!!! 

[barzo7777]

Like many others commenting I find Simple Delivery awful.  It costs more than custom delivery, especially if your parcel is 2-5kg which appears to have vanished, item has to be sent as up to 15kg! and the buyer protection fee makes private seller items uncompetitive unless you reduce your prices alot.  It seems like Ebay don't want private buyers anymore.  They are killing the goose that laid the golden egg.  Scrap Simple Delivery.  I would actually prefer to go back to old seller fees rather than the buyer protection fee too.

[moonlight-rhapsody]

"What is 'gsp'??? please stop using abbreviations."

tbh it's unlikely that people are going to stop using commonplace abbreviations.  Do you not use Google?  As I posted before, if you put "acronym GSP ebay" into Google, it will bring up the meaning.  With ubiquitous acronyms like "tbh", you don't even need to put "ebay" into the search.  HTH.

tbh - to be honest

HTH - hope this helps

(both very common on the internet)

[minstrels-gallery]

There is a petition on here, copy and paste the link and it will take you to Andyf117 (engager).

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5625509

[craftyminxmibsyxx]

Can someone explain to me why it is I have been happily listing low value items this evening, but the last one, similar to the rest and listed the exact same way is now insisting on simple delivery tracked? No matter how I edit it simply wont change? It's incredibly low weight and 4 GBP BIN so definately under the 10 threshold. This company has wasted soo much of my time lately this is the final straw

[jma2815]

The roll out is messy. That’s the only reason I can think of.

Unless the item fits in a normal letter sized envelope it won’t be eligible for custom postage. Maybe AI thinks it won’t? Even if it will some people have had such tiny items put on SD anyway. As I said, its just a mess. 

We’ll all be completely on it by this time next week, according to a few people on here. 

[mist9_59]

I chose the more complex posting on my listing but turned out the buyer could still choose the postage. It's nuts. I chose what I chose because it's safer. Either way it's posted. A total pain in the derrier.

Steve

[sunflowers4me59]

I sold something last night, will go in a a5 envelope. Allowed me to do custom postage, just checked as an invoice to see if all OK still, (haven't done the invoice by the way), but there is no BPF. It says what I put £3.25+£1.65p&p, but my listing with BPF says £4.10+£1.65P&P. Does eBay add an addendum to my invoice after I press send?

[sparebitsbucket]

Yes, the seller doesn't see the BPF in their prices. When you make someone an offer ebay adds BPF to it as well.

[sunflowers4me59]

But I do see my listing with BPF, because I put £3.25, but when I click on my listing it says £4.10 (85p bpf). It's just on an invoice it's not on there, which seems odd, I press send for total £4.90, but buyer will need to pay £5.75, when does my sent invoice change?

[wiganyankeeron]

???????? Sorry I can't understand what you are saying?

RON,

[sparebitsbucket]

You're invoicing the buyer, but eBay are acting as a mediator and alter your invoice. That's when BPF is added. Since you don't get the fee off the buyer then pay it to eBay yourself, it makes sense from an accounting perspective for eBay to quietly handle that part of the sales process.