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.

[punzel9072]

Sadly, there are a lot of unique and interesting items available from private sellers, especially in collectables, and it would be a shame if there items are lost forever. While I have removed all of my items from eBay, except those items that fit into a letter and can be sent for 87p by Royal Mail without using 'simple' delivery, I have hung onto everything and relisted them in the new 'boot sale' section of my bus map website. If eBay do eventually see sense and 1) make SD optional, 2) allow us to use our own postal choices, and 3) remove the buyers' surcharge and replace it with a percentage fee on items sold, then I will recommence listing on eBay, but for the present it's just letter-sized items on eBay with a note on each listing telling people what I have done and why.

[punzel9072]

The trouble is, a lot of the people who want 'designer' brands and other high-value items, generally, won't be looking on eBay, because we all know there are  lot of scammers and fakes out there that eBay do nothing about. eBay was always best suited to more niche and difficult items, or bargains, and it's where it made its name, and they have chosen to forget that.

[edwardian-dreams]

Add together the 2 shortest sides and multiply it by 2. Add the length. If the total is less than 245cm, you’re good to go!  from evri

so width plus depth total then multiply x 2 then add the length 

Your example would be 

10+10 =20

x 2 = 40

then add 10 = 50

small parcel royal mail would be

35+16 = 51

x2= 102

+ 45 = 147

edited for mistake!

[aymanalvi]

Bravo, Bravo!  I am with you and may the force be with you. All Ebay users need to follow this thought process. Ebay need to STOP SD and BP. Could argue NINO aswell. 

[goodibags]

(edited)..

[edwardian-dreams]

Sorry I did the calc wrong your box is 50 not 210

ive amended my previous post now

[goodibags]

Thanks. It's confusing. Actual dimensions are easier to work with.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

they cannot stop NINO that is a government decision - it was agree with a host of other european countries.

[aymanalvi]

Goverment is group of people that just think of ways to get money from people.

You can have your opinion. 

[dantwocats]

has post costs gone up today ? as getting some high prices on SD SHOWING  £3.64 ? when i try to revise 

[sml192]

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@kath3735_wxmjn wrote:

they cannot stop NINO that is a government decision - it was agree with a host of other european countries.

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Not just European countries. 

[heglo_59]

Flippin ekkk yes, up to 1kg is £3.64 and up to 2kg £5.15!???!!!! That's with just RM activated. And we all know up to 2kg is £3.45 direct with RM. It's really unacceptable! 

[sml192]

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@dantwocats wrote:

has post costs gone up today ? as getting some high prices on SD SHOWING  £3.64 ? when i try to revise 

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Prices are due to change from tomorrow, mainly downwards. 

I think the appearance of £3.64 is just a temporary glitch whilst they make the necessary changes to the backend as that price doesn't appear anywhere on the new price chart.  The same issue arose briefly last week and was then corrected. 

'Starting 20 May, we’ll be introducing additional small parcel sizes and new competitive postage rates.'

For items sold between £0-100

Item weight & size	Both couriers selected	EVRi only	Royal Mail only
1kg large letter	£2.70	£2.94	£2.72
0-1kg small and medium parcel	£2.94	£2.96	£3.38
1-2kg small parcel	£3.38	£4.06	£3.38
1-2kg medium parcel	£3.71	£4.06	£5.15
2-10kg parcel	£5.21	£5.64	£6.65
10-20kg parcel	£7.19		£10.80

[action_man]

Whatever happened to this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/news/march-uk-leaders

"Using Simple Delivery can also save you and your buyer up to 20% off postage costs, on average"

[goodibags]

"I think the appearance of £3.64 is just a temporary glitch whilst they make the necessary changes to the backend as that price doesn't appear anywhere on the new price chart"

Thank goodness nobody is going to be accidentally charged the wrong postage rate as the result of an Ebay 'glitch', like SD. But in case someone is, would you recommend a sold item is cancelled and re-listed tomorrow after the rates have been corrected?

[moonlight-rhapsody]

"Goverment is group of people that just think of ways to get money from people."

Nah, that's ebay 😁

[action_man]

I'm noticing so many "temporary glitches" are being reported. It's so unfortunate. I can't work out why they seem to always be in eBay's favour though.

[akemp1]

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@action_man wrote:

I'm noticing so many "temporary glitches" are being reported. It's so unfortunate. I can't work out why they seem to always be in eBay's favour though.

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I'm guessing they have a way of prioritising bugs and anything that would cost them money would probably have been fixed before release. Anything else might be a lower priority so people can put up with it until they get around to fixing. People dislike SD enough already without glitches. Buyer tax still isn't working properly and I get shown loads of different prices for the same listing on different screens when receiving an offer. They just need to genuinely simplify and bring back private seller fees. Buyer tax and SD are such broken concepts it's not worth fixing the technical implementations just regress the changes and dismiss the people that championed the bad ideas.

I sold 3 items today of which 2 to the same buyer and of course I can still do the right thing and combine postage and refund the buyer under the old system. Maybe these is my last sale under the old system who knows?

Once I get moved onto mandatory SD then I will put holiday mode back on until I have moved whatever else I still have left on ebay that would do better at the other place across. For anything new I have been choosing which platform to list on carefully in the knowledge that ebay will be a worse proposition once SD gets forced particularly on low weight large letter rate stuff which is around half of what I end up selling.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

Yes, sorry, worldwide over a hundred countries involved in the OECD.  Obviously getting my head in a spin over Starmer and his antics with the EU!

[kath3735_wxmjn]

not sure what stating a fact has to do with 'have your opinion'.   The government are part of the OECD and it was agreed that this new system  be brought into place, not an opinion - a fact!