Private Vs Business

[badger0974]

My husband and I run a small site which some people may say is a business.  However, our products are all of low value with turnover and profits so small its barely a self funding hobby.   Since the introduction of Simple Delivery our shipping charges have risen from £1.10 to £2.72, this coupled with Protection Fee & VAT  make a £4.00 item much less desirable for our potential customers,  so demand is showing a significant downturn. 

In conclusion it seems private sellers are not wanted and our  transition to a business account is becoming unlikely.  We do really wonder about the future of eBay.

[pegr-834437]

Ok, apologies but they are still not exactly trying, the only move they've done which has made it more expensive for private sellers is the introduction of bpf and that was only after the free to sell promotion that was launched, nothing else can be seen as any sort of attempted to make it a level playing field. If we look at it over a year, 2 years or 5 years its been more expensive to sell on a private account than it has been today, unless you only list on 3 days every fortnight. If that's eBays attempt to make it a level playing field they have failed miserably, its actually got more distorted. 

[roger_roger_over_and_nowt]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/selling-policies/business-seller-policy?id=4710

[pegr-834437]

Yep proves the point, but its a shame eBay don't act on their own policies and UK law.