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...
simple delivery and email notifications
Did I miss the announcement of the end of 'simple delivery'? also I can't find the announcement of the ending of sale/no sale email notifications
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
Problem with track48 serial YA Royal Mail
I bought a track48 label through eBay and this morning a nice lady at the Post Office said that track48 with the YA number is not accepted and that I should contact the seller. does anyone have a similar problem? did ebay uk sell me a fake label?
Seller messing about
Seller has done nothing but mess me about now I have given them my bank details for the postage fee and still asking what is the best way, I think they are delaying the process until my return postage due date is up so they keep my money, ebay is doi...
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...
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.
Oh dear, more tinkering, more problems
As above, I cannot withdraw cash via the app due to the app continually looping into 'sign in' mode.Whilst using the laptop, I cannot now see what I am charging for items due to the 'item price' and 'buyer will pay' tabs either going into error, or n...
Ebay simple delivery opt out
So ebay have decided to force private sellers to use simple delivery for all listings.Previously you could select advanced options in postage and select your preferred postage method as before.Did ebay announce this to private sellers - did they .......
Pre paid label shambles
I clicked on the thing to get a pre-paid label, which I won't use as I always post 1st Class door to door. The system then told me I have posted the item (I haven't) and I cannot see how to add first class postal tacking number when I do post the ite...
Can not open the ORDERS or sold items page its blank
Any one having problems with getting there sold items page ??? I had email saying I had sold an item went to the orders or Sold items page ,, NOTHING blank page // cleared all cookies still non of my sold item are showing up how do you get a postage ...
Last time an item sold
Not so long ago I stumbled upon a view where you could see your listed items and it showed the last time that listing sold.......do you think I can find it....... any help appreciated
payout
Hi I have some problem with Ebay payout.My payout every day, but today not get it they shows available not send me out. Before when I want payout just click and sent money how much I want but now missing that option too. :(( Is this some glitch?
Started returns process only for ebay to refund the buyer without providing a label for returning
Firstly, where has the returns section gone? I posted this in that section earlier, but it has gone? I sold two similar items, but stupidly put the wrong label on each box, so the buyer needs to make a return. They both intiated the returns process, ...
Is the Global Shipping Programme no longer available for private sellers?
I'm trying to schedule some items for auction - I haven't done this for a while as I was waiting to see whether the Simple Delivery stuff worked or not. If I view my scheduled items and pretend to be from another country, instead of seeing a shipping...
How do I resolve this issue of a partial refund
The seller told me she hadn't sold anything on ebay for years and said it was an honest mistake. She has only refunded my postage so it's showing as a refund. Which if course it was, but it wasn't the entire refund. It was just the postage. Now the s...
