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Ebay asking for National Insurance Number - HMRC (please can someone help me)

Hi everyone, I'm in such a state - to the point I'm shaking with anxiety. I got a message from Ebay asking for my National Insurance Number for HMRC because I have sold items that reached over £1740 - mine was £1770 for this year. The items I sold wh...

Sellers will receive their money 2 days AFTER the item has been delivered, what on earth !!

From February 2025, sales proceeds of private sellers will become available via eBay balance, 2 calendar days after the order has been successfully delivered, unless subject to a hold.Not at all in agreement with this.Talk about being controlling, wh...

Item views

Listed an item 3 days ago - which immediately got (a massive) 2 views.Have just looked at my listings and it's showing 0 (zero) views. What is going on with this *bleep*-show of a site?

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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"simple" delivery

Thanks to this garbage "service" the morons at ebay have generated a pre-paid label which is nowhere near the cost of sending my parcel. A buyer bought three items off me, each would have cost £3.38 to send yet the label from this genius system has c...

Simple delivery is awful

I list a few things on ebay occasionally, but this new simple delivery is just rubbish for sellers. It assumes that ebay actually know the size and weight of items And that everyone can easily get to Evri or other courier services easily. Why did the...

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A 'Petition'

In one particular thread about 'Simple Delivery' which I've been active in over the past few days, the suggestion has been made that someone - ie., me, an eBay member of 25 years - should start a petition.With seemingly thousands of posts in numerous...

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Large Letter and Simple Delivery

I have been selling some low cost items and sending as a Large Letter 2nd Class at a cost of £1.55.Most I sell for £4.99 or £5.99 including the P&P so I end up with around £3 for my trouble.With Simple Delivery it now costs £2.72 which seems extortio...

Beyond Stupid

Simple delivery!Won't let me post small paper items in an ordinary letter. Insists I have to choose Large Letter and charge accordingly.Have no choice but to end all my small items.How much longer do we have to put up with this?Ebay will not survive ...

Simply Useless Delivery

I am going to list all my items as " collection only " and explain in description that postage is included in the item price . If after sale you are unable to collect I can post if you forward address , if you are able to collect will refund the post...

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Buyer wants payment for their damage

Hello all, I sold an old G-Shock to a buyer. The buyer was happy with the watch. They asked me if the watche had been serviced. I said it had NEVER been serviced in the years I had it. The buyer said they were going to take it to G-Shock and have it ...

Resolved! Defrauded by a buyer

Late last year I sold an item on Ebay. The person complained about the item and demanded a refund claiming it was not as described; he also gave me negative feedback. He was refunded but did not return the items. Within a short time, items identical ...

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