Seller News: August 2025
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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...
Negative feedback
I received a negative feedback today. The buyer opened an "item not received " case. Ebay informed me and then 4 minutes later refunded the buyer. The buyer immediately left the feedback. I had no time to respond. Any suggestions?
We are Ebay closing down valid current conversations !!
Twice in the last 2 days a thread about Not selling due to SD This reprehensible approach will only cause more discontent about so called "SD"
Just noticed this nonsense simple delivery after my items stopped selling anyway.. cos eBay is .....
I've double checked items that haven't sold for months1 item was heavy so I set the price at about £6 and the system chucked it down to a small package for £2-3 *bleep*I physically send off items so the price is about £5.05 recorded and the system ei...
No Longer Selling And Minimal Buying Due To Simple Delivery And BPF (Version 2)
This Discussion Thread Is For Private Sellers Who Also Buy.PLEASE KEEP POSTS ON SUBJECT ONLY SO THIS THREAD IS HELPFUL FOR USERS.
Charities and ebay shop subscriptions
Hi, I've started working for a local charity setting up and running their ebay account. We get the reduced final value fees for charity of 1.1%, and presently we pay a 36p insertion fee per listed item. Are charities able to take advantage of ebay's ...
US Tariff Chaos - Can Ebay Help Sellers
Good Morning All, Just logging the worry that the chaos caused by US Tariff confusion poses a huge risk to sellers and the platform as a whole. The current Royal Mail cessation of shipping to America continues and there is no clear info as when they ...
"Simple" delivery of large items - what a fail - forced to wait at home for a whole day.
So having sold a large item (plastic wall cladding sheets, about 1kg, but 1 metre long) I had the joy of "simple" delivery to content with. Only option for the size was the large size, which it turns out is DHL collecting it. No option to drop off, h...
Buyer returned item.
UK Seller here. I sold a NEW and sealed iPhone 16 on the 14th August and paid extra at my own cost to get the buyer the item on next day delivery , on the 22nd August the buyer contacted me asking for the item to be returned as 'Doesn't work or is de...
Buyer problem
Sold an item recently, had to use my own courier as a little overweight, buyer complained about missing parts but not to my knowledge. However offered 25% reduction, heard nothing from buyer, eBay stepped in giving the buyer a refund and the item I w...
Selling without using Simple Delivery
Been thinking of selling an item for less than £10, but when listing it on custom postage and not Simple Delivery I found I was able to list it showing a postal charge of £1.80 Royal Mail UK first class post but not able to show a charge for internat...
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.
Resolved! Simple Delivery
Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage
Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING
OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...
EBay it’s the end for private sellers.
Well finally after changing the format of their selling platform it seems every couple of weeks you have come up with the ultimate level of stupidity with this latest total ridiculous set of changes. Nobody is going to wait what could be weeks to be ...
"Mark as dispatched" - gone
As a private seller paying postage costs on all my listings I sometimes have two separate orders from the same buyer. Previously I would pay for and print a label for one, but include both in the parcel and mark the other as "dispatched". But now wit...
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