Seller News: July 2025
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Simple Delivery - no way to opt out for small low value items.
Just to add & clarify some of the various posts on the lack of an opt out on the Simple Delivery for low value items under £10 & 100g. As of Friday there doesn't seem to be any obvious way to avoid the Simple Delivery.I've tried a range of methods - ...
First time having someone request a refund…dodgy?
Hi, I sold our Dual Fuel Rangemaster oven today. It was collected by the purchaser this morning. The purchaser has, this evening, requested a refund claiming that the item isn’t as described. The purchaser wanted the ovens to be electric, but one is ...
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 ...
A Clean Sweep (almost).
Today at 09.00 every thread on P.1 of the SC board was a complaint about Straightjacket Delivery. (OK there were a couple about selling restrictions, both from the same author) I think this continuing anger and the increasing number of private seller...
International retune
Sold an item to a buyer in France through the eBay international shipping programme the buyer wants to return the item claiming INAD, although I’m not totally happy with that I’m happy to accept the return how do I go about doing this as the only opt...
Counter Offers switched off.
Hi, Has anyone noticed that when you send offers to buyers and have "counter offers" switched off , buyers are still able to make them.
Stamps - Chinese forgeries
Ebay seem oblivious to all the listings of Chinese forgeries of Royal mail stamps -- does anyone know if royal mail ever surcharge letters with these stamps on ?. It is actually depressing prices at outside auctions when collectors sell
Resolved! Simple Delivery
Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage
Impractical new postage options
I actually want to give feedback to eBay, but of course I’d be interested to know what others think – I might have missed something. As far as I can tell there is now basically a size restriction on items you can sell through eBay, given that you hav...
Buyer Protection Fee Woes
I see the Buyer Protection Fee has been added to our items for sale (not for the toys category yet). I know that if someone opens a not-received case for an item and then rings Ebay, that Ebay will often refund them out of their own pocket. Thus enco...
What's happened to postage options?
Went to list something just now and the post service options have completely changed since yesterday. I usually list with free post (I then select yodel as that's my nearest/best priced drop off centre), but there's no option to offer free post. I'm ...
'Simple Delivery' failed, now a test case - worried
Private Seller here, I sold a gold sovereign for £590 on ebay and was forced to use "Simple Delivery" as you all know. Both ebay and RM tracking show it as delivered, RM say they left it in a safe place and uploaded a photo. Seller says package has g...
How do you list Only 1 Item with Evri?
So I use mostly Royal Mail large letter or small parcel. For anything bigger I use Evri. I tried to relist an item this morning using Evri but when I clicked on the option for Evri it stated 'every other Simple Delivery listing will be changed to Evr...
eBay's rip off new buyer protection fees and delayed payment for sellers
I first posted on this last night and received dozens (possibly more than 100 in less than 24 hours) of emails and posts on seller centre and eBay community sharing my objection to eBay's new rip off Buyer Protection fees and delayed payment for sell...
Is the US not avaiable as a GSP address when posting from the UK?
I have a buyer in the US who wants to buy my item which I'm posting via GSP. He says there is no option to purchase. I've previously had US buyers via GSP. I've checked all my options and the US doesn't appear to be excluded my me. I've hunted on-lin...
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