UK Seller News: April 2025
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Why does Ebay change your listing values without telling you?
Every time I use Ebay it's more ridiculous than the time before. I scheduled three auction listings to go live this evening. Each one has a starting price of £0.99, yet when I view the previews I see it says £1.75. Why does it ask for a starting pric...
Post Office turning away eBay sold packages
FOR GOODNESS SAKE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH eBAY ???Visited my local Post Office outlet this pm. The customer in front of me had 4 of her items sold on eBay refused due to incorrect printed labels supplied by fleece-bay. The member of staff confirmed thi...
DROP IN SALES SINCE NEW BUYER PROTECTION 4TH FEB 2025
Has anyone else noticed lack of sales since the buyer protection update 4th february 2025. I used to sell quite a lot and virtually sold nothing since 4th Feb. Can anyone else relate to this and what can we do?
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.
Confused over needing NI number and allowances
My non-related business *completely* died in May last year but I still had a huge tax bill from the previous tax year to pay off, so resorted to selling off a lot of my prized possessions on eBay to soften the blow. Today, I just got a notification a...
Only Royal Mail selected as courier for Simple Delivery yet 2 postage options for buyers...
I only have Royal Mail selected as courier in my postage preferences for Simple Delivery as I will not use Evri under any circumstances. Listings are set as Buyer Pays postage. I've looked at what a buyer sees as postage options when purchasing an it...
AS A PRIVATE SELLER, EBAY PLEASE BRING BACK SELLER FEES & BIN SIMPLE DELIVERY
I wish Ebay would bring back seller fees for us private sellers & at least give us the option to opt out of this ridiculous 'Simple Delivery' nonsense altogether! I don't sell much, i'm not interested in QR Codes as i'm not on TikTok or like 10 Years...
Resolved! Another Simple Delivery question
I've decided to bite the bullet and have a go at Simple Delivery. I'm selling my LP collection, so it's pretty straightforward to set the correct price I've excluded Evri as an option, as I've had issues with them in the past. I added in the cost of ...
Private sellers, check your emails for an eBay survey on Simple Delivery
Has anyone received the invite to take part in a survey about delivery - it went to my email address only?It was just about Simple Delivery, asking why I chose Custom not SD. There was a list of options as to why I didn't choose SD, and it covered pr...
Feedback (or lack thereof)
I've been a seller (and buyer) on ebay for many many years...... and one of the best features of eBay in general is the feedback facility, for both buyers and sellers. I can't count how many times viewing a sellers feedback comments good and bad has ...
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...
How the Hell do I combine postage for several items?
Someone has bought several items and wants combined postage. Can't send payment details because ebay changed the postage method!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another has bought several...some with my normal Royal Mail postage and the others were changed...
Resolved! Option to send invoices disappeared
Option on sold listings to ‘send payment details’ has disappeared and I’m unable to send people invoices for combined orders like I normally do. I did a live chat with customer service, but I don’t really think they knew what I was talking about. I h...
Post Office to offload all directly-owned branches - BBC News
Post Office to offload all directly-owned branches - BBC News
Tracking numbers not being added to orders
I bought 3 Royal Mail labels on eBay last night (not SD). Posted this morning. I just noticed that the tracking numbers have not been added to the orders. I had to add them manually.Is this happening to anyone else?
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