Seller News: July 2025
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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 ...
Custom postage small items
Has the option for custom postage been removed completely now?It was useful for selling cheap tops that could be sent as a RM large letter for £2, instead of buyers having to pay £2.70 for simple delivery.I used custom postage quite recently but the ...
Weird benefit of Simple Delivery?
Before I start, I will just say I do NOT approve of SD being mandatory. But like everyone else, I've now been enrolled and it's stay or leave. I sold my first SD item last week. Yesterday, tracking showed as still Dispatched status (no surprise there...
Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning
Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...
EBay’s stupid postage system
I had listed a large kitchen tap and it just sold at auction for its start price of £5. Which is hardly worth my while bothering but at least it means it will be re-used. But I see somehow eBay decided the postage cost is £2!But it’s a large kitchen ...
Resolved! Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING
OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...
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...
'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...
Royal Mail lost a £1600 item, now what?
My buyer says they received an empty box when i sent them a RTX 4090, they provided me with pics including the label so i know its legit, i have tracking number and receipt from the post office. I suppose he could have just taken it out and photograp...
Seller limits
Seller limit is zero.I've just tried to list an item I want to sell but its telling me I've reached my limit, which is zero.When I try to raise my limit it says you are not eligible.How do I rectify this?
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...
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
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 ...
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...
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