Seller News: June 2025
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Resolved! Broken teapot
I sold a willow tree Sadler teapot to a buyer through Yodel. I packed it tightly in bubble wrap, yet the buyer said it arrived damaged. He sent me photos and demanded a refund. I rang up Yodel, who said it had arrived unbroken. Apparently, the photos...
Are they now overriding private sellers postage options after an items sells?
I know that Simple Delivery is becoming compulsory but so far I have been able to option out and select my own postage options. I have been very careful in ensuring that opting out is the very last thing done before listing as eBay appear to use ever...
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.
Seller inconvenienced again
Another mini gripe.Buyer places 2 bids,wins and pays for an item which is collection only.Then after several requests to arrange collection has disappeared off the planet.Looking at the rules the onus is on me to cancel the order and eBay then give t...
Resolved! Global Shipping Program jumped in price to same buyer
Three weeks ago I sold a box of 42 magazines to a buyer in the States. The GSP charge for the buyer (Sales tax, transaction fees, postage label) was £43.23. The buyer wanted 4 more magazines, which would obviously be less bulky to send, and I set up ...
Fee Changes have KILLED Private buying & Selling
As a buyer and seller on here for 22 years, I'd like to congratulate the people who came up with this buyer protection scam. Let me refresh you with the original announcement and I Quote: "At the end of 2024, we changed our fee structure, making it f...
Resolved! Got the dreaded letter from HMRC
Have received a letter from HMRC about online selling and money earned and they’ve asked me to contact them to disclose my earnings . The thing is my whole family use my EBay account , daughter sells her unwanted clothes , my son his toys , I sell my...
Mismatched search results - does anyone ever complain to ebay?
I put a few listings back a few days ago when I realised SD still hadn’t been applied to my account. I’ve just done a search for one of the items to see if there was an obvious reason as to why it hadn’t had any views. The sort order was Low to High ...
Top Rated Seller lost!
Hey everyone,Bit frustrated here – I just lost my Top Rated Seller status on eBay UK, and I’m not even sure what I’m doing wrong…I dispatch all orders made before 8PM the same day and drop them straight into a Royal Mail postbox. But eBay says my han...
Entering your own tracking number for non Simple Delivery items where compensation cover needed
Members should read this post first to understand that Simple Delivery, in many cases, will not give you any compensation coverage. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Where-you-REALLY-stand-on-shipping-using-Simple-Delivery/m-p/7860490 So...
Suggestions for music track in the next E-Bay advertising campaigns
I was wondering what track(s) E-Bay may wish to use for their next TV and Radio advertising campaigns? With their in house advertising expertise, I'm sure they'll come up with winners, but it can never hurt for members to offer suggestions, as we all...
Links In Listings - Weekly Chat Follow Up
Hey marco@ebay I was just reading through today's chat posts and saw a question about links in listings that could use some follow up. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Chat-with-the-eBay-Community/Weekly-Chat-with-the-eBay-Community-Team-21-05-25-2pm/...
I dumped eBay as a selling platform last November and (reading comments here) it was a smart move
Although my current account is fairly recent (2011) I've been using eBay since 1999 including successfully running three businesses here but last year, after reading more and more negative comments and talking to several very unhappy local eBay selle...
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...
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