@craftyminxmibsyxx wrote:
I've been thinking, am surprised that unfair competition or prejudice hasn't been discussed, cos as it stands any UK seller is compromised compared to anywhere else in the world due to being the only ones whose items are unfairly and uniquely loaded with these extra fees , costs and hassle
A number of us did report SD to the Competition and Markets Authority a month ago as a potential breach of competition law as ebay are using their position as the dominant online second hand marketplace to restrict consumers from choosing a non-ebay other postage service. We don't know if the CMA would have done anything to contact ebay but they would have got a variety of reports from forum members on how it impacts them. It will also be affecting other postage companies who rely on ebay seller business so is a damaging change in the delivery market.
If ebay are pausing (or even regressing for converted users) this rollout to deliver more features such as combined shipping and RM priced small parcel then that does suggest they are trying to mitigate some of the consumer harm this causes. Maybe that's on the back of CMA raising concerns who knows.
But some harm will remain for example Large Letter transactions are still at excessive postage rates. This is one area RM are much cheaper than Evri when the item value is upto £20 but Ebay are not offering the best RM rates by only including RM with tracking.
