@xyz307xyz wrote:
What is the "question"? It already tells you to deselect Evri, in the picture you've posted, if you want collection. (As well as costs might then increase and your items may then be available to fewer buyers.)
Sorry, yes I forgot that it actually said that. While they state Evri should be deselected, you get hit with those other issues: often a higher shipping price and/or fewer buyer, as you said. Also that link states "Plus, there’s no fee for collection when done through eBay." ...when the service begins in future. So no 30p extra charge it seems.
So my proxy, they're pretty much incentivising non-collection and sellers manually dropping at post office/drop shop (printing can always be done at the drop, provided its a place that prints and their machines are working!).
@xyz307xyz wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "as if Ebay only offer you Evri when making the listing". If you mean you've deselected Evri but the item can't go Royal Mail Simple Delivery for some reason (e.g. too big) then it could/does go by Evri (if within Evri's sizing) - I don't know if you get any warning etc. from ebay when listing. I would assume you still get the benefit of the "both carriers selected" price - but it is certainly possible that ebay may not agree with me! I'm not on mandatory SD, I'm not sure if I can set up a test listing to try it - if I can I'll update. Of course, whatever happens for me on the day I do it, maybe different for another user, or even for me on the following day!
(In the reverse situation where you've deselected RM, but a buyer is in a postcode not covered by Evri, then it could/does go by RM - you wouldn't know when listing who is going to buy - I don't know if you get any warning if someone makes an offer, and I don't know if you get the chance to back out if the item sells to a buyer in a postcode not covered by Evri - I doubt it other than existing cancellation methods.)
"as if Ebay only offer you Evri when making the listing"
Meaning, you have both selected in your options, but the price that appears for shipping on the listing page is an Evri price – e.g. If it states £2.94, according to the table this makes it Evri <1kg). But yes, often you can't tell from the price Ebay tell you.
To cut to the chase rather than going round in circles, basically at this precise moment Evri has to be removed if private seller wants item collection. And if seller wants courier supplied labels, they'll have to wait until Ebay & RM allow it, hopefully sooner rather than later. (Why RM posties are simply not supplied with portable print-on-demand machines to do them on the fly, is another point to wonder about; likely cost! 🙄)
Over the next few months, Simp-Del will be the only option for most private sellers for most of the their items; so everyone will have to use it, anyway.
