Seller News: September 2025
Read the latest updates to streamline your selling experience.
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
eBay now refund your buyer if the item gets lost in the post
eBay are now responsible for refunding buyers where items get lost or damaged in the post and are sent after 4th February when the new Buyer Protection kicks in (private sellers only) https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/returns-refunds/returns-missing...
EXTREME FEE UPTO 50% ON PRIVATE SELLER - EBAY IS JUST SEQUEEZING PEOPLE TRING TO MAKE A LIVING
FED up of Ebay ad charges + admin fee - goes upto 50% of selling cost leaving margins to bare minimum? is it just me or same with every one.
SIMPLE DELIVERY - DELIVERY SERVICE NOT SHOWING/SELLER OVERCHARGING FOR ROYAL MAIL
Another change since simple delivery has been at the top right of listings where it now just says "standard delivery" but not which postal service. Although, and I wish I knew how they do it ,some private sellers are still able to list under Royal Ma...
Resolved! Simple delivery is awful
I list a few things on ebay occasionally, but this new simple delivery is just rubbish for sellers. It assumes that ebay actually know the size and weight of items And that everyone can easily get to Evri or other courier services easily. Why did the...
NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY
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.
Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning
Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...
MORE problems with Simple Delivery - parcel too heavy for service.
I have just sold a huge bundle of magazines, and the Simple Delivery option has selected an Evri service with a maximum weight of 15KG. Altogether, they come to around 26KG.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/236264640728 is the listingIn an ideal world, I'd ...
Return from Jersey
I've had a return request from a buyer in Jersey. I accepted it and chose the eBay default option of eBay sorting out the return label. The buyer has messaged me to say that eBay have given them a royal mail label to use which they claim they can't u...
Not being paid at usual time
eBay eventually started to send funds the next day after an item was sold usually by 2 am. Today I got a message saying that I would be paid within 24 hours after a sale for having a good sales record. Is this a joke. Is it supposed to be a reward. B...
Has anyone sold to the US through the Global Shipping Programme in the last few days?
It does seem to be active with items showing up on ebay.com - just wondering if eBay are charging buyers the relevant tariffs.
Red Banner Saying “Open Issues” But I Have No Issues
Hi everyone,I’m hoping someone here can help or has experienced the same problem.Recently, my eBay account was reinstated after a restriction. Since then, I’ve noticed a red banner under my payment section saying there are open issues to resolve. How...
Resolved! EVRI
I used EVRI collect a parcel to deliver to a buyer for the first time. Two days after the courier collected the parcel from me, I had a message from the buyer saying they hadn't received the package. They live 336 miles away from me. Three days in, a...
Selling used clothing
Over the years, I have sold numerous amounts of used clothing and until this time, I have had no problems and no returns of items I have sold. I now feel disheartened so I have taken all my used clothing off eBay.
Simply delivery
Another newbie question. Sorry . I've sent a dvd to a customer, it cost them £2.70 (LL). Found out at the post office, that it could have been sent cheaper £1.55 (not recorded). For my next time, at the time of posting my listing onto eBay, if I chos...
eBay app - listing and editing issues
So for some reason the app has started exiting the listing after editing / cropping the photos. I close the app, open again, load the draft, begin to edit and it happens againYesterday I had to empty the cache and restart my phone but today that's no...
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