Seller News: August 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
Buyer claims ebay wont let them pay and offers bank transfer. Scam?
Had some discussion with a potential buyer last night negotiating a price on an item. Their account looks legitimate, member since 2015, almost 300 buyer feedback. Left a lot of positive feedback for others (only 1 negative). However no activity with...
EBay it’s the end for private sellers.
Well finally after changing the format of their selling platform it seems every couple of weeks you have come up with the ultimate level of stupidity with this latest total ridiculous set of changes. Nobody is going to wait what could be weeks to be ...
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.
Parcel delivered but saying item isn’t in there.
Hi, I sold my phone on eBay for a good amount - eBay choose the postage and I sent it right away. It sat at the post office for 2 days and then 2 days later it’s been delivered however the phone is missing. I sent this phone in the box then bubble wr...
Blocking a country from buying.
Hello all.I had an experience that might help someone else.We use DHL Global Mail that utilises Deutsche Post to deliver international items.Since the trump tarrifs and Deutsche post suspending most USA mail, I leapt into action to block the USA.I us...
Priority Advertising Strategy promoting listings. I'm bleeding money and profit
I have most items on a dynamic rate promotion but put a load of stock on priority with campaign budget £3, the lowest rate. It is bleeding money daily. I notice there are much more views but not particularly driving sales. I have sent a few offers. H...
Resolved! Listing rejection due to Ebay suspecting item is coiunterfeit, how can I appeal?
Listing rejection due to Ebay suspecting item is coiunterfeit, how can I appeal? Ebay rejected my lsiting for a fragrance as suspected of bing counterfeit when it is in fact a genuine item. How can I appeal this decision to get the item listed? Many ...
Is everyone asked to select a postage policy? Author very confused by simple delivery.
How come I get asked to select a postage policy when simple delivery will take over from anything I specify? What is a postage policy anyway? I am an individual not a business. I listed an item, eBay suggested shoebox up to 2kg. But I still had to se...
Resolved! Buyer pays postage- how come my monthly transaction sheet is showing debits for postage labels ?
I'm looking at an example :Transaction summary for 01 Jun, 2025 - 30 Jun, 2025. There are £***.67 fees for postage labels- when i sell the buyer always pays for postage so why am i seemingly being deducted these charges? It happens every month. Pleas...
eBay applying tariffs to physical music format GSP sales despite being exempt?
Has anyone selling to the US via the Global Shipping Programme had tariffs applied for vinyl/CDs/audio bluray/tape sales by eBay? US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have confirmed that these formats are exempt from the new tariffs because they ar...
Automated Feedback ???
Can anyone explain what on earth is "Automatic Feedback". As a private seller I've recently been successful in selling 6 items, even though I'd hoped that a few of them would have made a little more money than they actually did. I was punctual with t...
Buyer won't collect item, but has paid. What now?
I sold a large heavy item on eBay which was listed for collection or courier at buyers expense. The winning bidder sent a message asking me to generate an invoice based on collection (so £0 postage). Since then I've been in contact with them every 48...
Post Office - mis-sorted into wrong system?
Does anyone know what happens if you post something at your local Post Office, but they mis-sort the item into the wrong delivery system? i.e. You drop an Evri item at the Post Office but they put it in the Royal Mail bag instead of the Evri bag, or ...
Ebay call back requesst
Hi please could someone give me rhe link for this please I can't find it anywhere.Thanks
Resolved! Unable to send Invoice or Combine Postage
So usually when I sell multiple items to a buyer I send them an invoice and adjust the postage accordingly - there is no such option there at the moment - there is a link to combine items so I click on that and then try and collate them there and get...
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