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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.

The BPF is nothing more than a tariff.

After Trump slapped tariffs on a raft of international goods, it occurred to me that this is what eBay have done to private sellers. The BPF is nothing more than a tariff that have made our goods less competitive. My sales have plummeted since 4th Fe...

Sales nose diving down 50% since the "buyer protection scam"

Sales nose diving down 50% since the "buyer protection scam"So i only sale a few items a month, always the same sort of stuff, breaking up a large collection, but in the last month things have completely stalled, and buyers are making stupid low offe...

Simple Delivery, just a couple of questions. lol

Hi,Reluctantly, I will be ending my listings by the end of the week, but will probably be dragged kicking and screaming into simple delivery. Having created my first simple delivery listing as a test, just a couple of questions. I have thankfully exc...

I'm not looking forward to this Simple Delivery

I have been selling my unwanted clearout items to reduce the household clutter and I have been either using Royal Mail Tracked 48 or Yodel for the cheaper bits. I find Yodel so easy as I could walk to the local convenience store and drop it off whils...

Simple Delivery Exceptions size still not clarified

Yesterday's update from Eve Williams, General Manager, eBay UK says"Items which can still use untracked service: There are a few categories of items where we’ll still permit untracked services if that’s your preference. This includes letter-sized ite...

Age verified delivery what postal service

I usually use Royal Mail Tracked 48 for all deliveries but the price of the age verified service for Small Parcel is practically double! £6.27 instead of £3.39. I guess that means it's uneconomic to sell cutlery any more. I have looked at other couri...

Are you paying attention to their wording?

This is an exact copy/paste from the recent Simple Delivery newsletter. "Fragile items can be included within the Simple Delivery service: When you follow our packaging guidance, you benefit from the protection for damage in transit offered by Simple...

Simple delivery - Is it simple or sinful?

Simple deliveryWhat could be more simple than what I already had?1) I book a collection.2) Royal mail collect it from me.3) Royal mail deliver it to the buyer.4) If anything went missing, Royal Mail refunded.It always worked for me with zero issues. ...

Solution to failed revised listing due to Postage must be Zero message in Red ( Common problem)

I’ve read the forum regarding many people trying to Revise a listing and getting a Red message saying “ First Postage value must be 0” ie zeroI think this is when the seller wants to pay the postage so has chosen theCustom Postage option when creatin...

Buyer cancelled order they paid for, my funds for the order are on hold and refund been taken from c

A buyer bought and paid for an item, then cancelled. Ive had to refund and relist it and the refund money came out of my ebay balance, but my funds for the original purchase is on hold (my funds always go on hold) so right now i’m out of pocket. Will...

VAT on orders with Simple Delivery

I'm noticing that orders with Simple Delivery are now also showing a VAT deduction. Is this new? For exampleSubtotal£19.50Buyer Protection fee£1.25Postage*£3.56VAT*£0.71Order total**£25.02

Thread for sellers' experiences of Simple Delivery and if only their chosen carrier is actually used

Yes, I know there are a lot of Simple Delivery threads but I imagine this one will be helpful for others too. I'm holding off listing any more items and taking existing ones down tomorrow as there's no way that I want to use Evri. I asked earlier thi...

Is anyone else having problems with Simple Delivery or is it just me?

I'm having problems with the new Simple Delivery. I thought I selected a up to 750g label by default as I put on a Nintendo Switch game, but it gave me 100g label - maybe it selects 100g large letter by default. With this you also can't change it aft...

Buyer Protection Fee - what a shame

Buyer protection fees literally KILLED our business. I think it’s time to wrap up and take the business to some other platform.

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NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

The BPF is nothing more than a tariff.

Sales nose diving down 50% since the "buyer protection scam"

Simple Delivery, just a couple of questions. lol

I'm not looking forward to this Simple Delivery

Simple Delivery Exceptions size still not clarified

Age verified delivery what postal service

Are you paying attention to their wording?

Simple delivery - Is it simple or sinful?

Solution to failed revised listing due to Postage must be Zero message in Red ( Common problem)

Buyer cancelled order they paid for, my funds for the order are on hold and refund been taken from c

VAT on orders with Simple Delivery

Thread for sellers' experiences of Simple Delivery and if only their chosen carrier is actually used

Is anyone else having problems with Simple Delivery or is it just me?

Buyer Protection Fee - what a shame

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