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Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

Maximum box size now 61cm under simple delivery?

I have just had to cancel two listings for ikea prints as to safely package would have required a box/package ca 75 x75cm. After searching listing page the MAX size under royal mail is now capped at medium package 61cm so these would have been reject...

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Where you REALLY stand on shipping using Simple Delivery including links to sources......

So, there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about whether under Simple Delivery you're buying the service directly from E-Bay or whether E-Bay is acting as an agent, this is a critically important fact to have absolute certainty about as it would...

Return Postage

Can anyone tell me why it is that when a buyer pays for postage through eBay Simple Delivery, and chooses Royal Mail 48 tracked delivery, they pay up to £2.94 for a parcel up to 1kg in weight. However, when that customer decides they want to return t...

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.

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How do you understand "Regulatory Fee"?

The normal meaning of this term would be a charge imposed by statute of a public authority. In fact, in the case of eBay, it is not something they are OBLIGED BY LAW to charge but want to charge because they want to make more money and they can. Runn...

Resolved! VAT added to private seller

Hi. I've had VAT added to my item. I am a private seller, not selling for profit, I'm not vat registered. I'm selling from the UK to the UK. Why is eBay adding 20% vat to my listing. I spoke to that support and they are absolutely sure this is correc...

Entering your own tracking number for non Simple Delivery items where compensation cover needed

Members should read this post first to understand that Simple Delivery, in many cases, will not give you any compensation coverage. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Where-you-REALLY-stand-on-shipping-using-Simple-Delivery/m-p/7860490 So...

simple delivery

I have been changed over to simple delivery ,and I was concerned because I don't have a printer or smart phone ,but it was so easy without ,there is a 6 digit figure under the QR code for EVRI ,so i took my parcel down to parcel shop and on their pri...

Sellers with different accounts

Hi I buy car parts for my old car as i like to try and fix things on my car. I contacted a seller to purchase some items and agreed a price. He then added charges on there (and said it's ebay charges)! After, I queried it he just canceled the listing...

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New postage policy seems a bit dodgy...

Anyone else find the ‘new’ postage process for sellers frustrating and a bit suspicious? Specifically: Ebay now require sellers to select the postage service during the listing and only allow them to use that postage service once the item has sold. T...

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Resolved! 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...

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