No longer an option to switch to Custom Postage

[nannyqueen]

I like to post everything via Royal Mail's site, and pay for postage via paypal. I sold an item at the weekend, and when I went to sort out delivery, the delivery type had changed to Simple Delivery with no way to change to Custom Postage. I checked all my listings, and they've all been changed to Simple Delivery now, with a blue banner at the top of my editing page saying "This listing has been updated to be posted with Simple Delivery. Your dispatch time is now 2 days". I have tried changing to Collection Only, then back to Postage and Collection, as others say has worked for them. But Simple Delivery is the only option. Is this the next thing ebay is going to force on us in return for "no fees"?

[wyntersemporium]

I have a private account I skipped Stupid Delivery and bought straight from RM  and added tracking into eBay.  

[nannyqueen]

But I have a private account and no option to use anything but Simple Delivery. My husband has a private account and he can use it. It seems very strange that I can't though.

[department28]

Unfortunately Simple Delivery is slowly but surely catching up with all private sellers now, & the option for Custom Postage is being removed, for most items.

I daresay there will be quite a number who are only just discovering that Simple Delivery will be forced onto them, like it or not... hence all the many complaints & comments about this topic.

[nannyqueen]

It seems like its only a matter of time until we just enter an item description, and they will complete the listing without any involvement from the seller at all. I get the feeling that there is something more sinister going on behind the scenes.