Seller News: December 2025
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Funds on hold - item delivered and good feedback received
I started selling on ebay a couple of months ago after being a buyer for quite a few years. I got off to a good start selling some motorcycle / mtb parts.All was going well, until my last 2 items were sold and ebay are now withholding my funds.Both i...
EBAY AND 2026 ??
With only a few days of this year left on the eBay site which has been a disaster for its users, I trust they will have to change things around some time soon in 2026.Over several previous years, we have experienced up and downs with them, but this p...
Haven't been here in a while - nice to see the old issues are still plaguing sellers(!)
I don't know who is left on the boards anymore from the 'old' crew but hello to old and new crew alike! I was thinking of selling on ebay again after a couple of years hiatus, so I thought I would visit the boards to see what changes I need to know a...
Fraudulent Return
A buyer requested a return claiming it faulty (this is for an LP record), I accepted return, I received a very scratched copy of the LP, not the original copy, I opened a case with ebay giving detailed info. A few days later the case was closed givin...
Can I protect myself from an illegitimate buyer?
Someone has just made a large purchase for one of my items - the day before Christmas. They have 0 feedback and only joined eBay on the same day they made the purchase - YESTERDAY. I’m concerned they’re going to scam me / request a refund once it’s d...
Resolved! how do you list anything bigger than 61cm?
Ebay is now forcing me into SD with no custom delivery option The largest postage offered under SD is 61cm There seems to be no way to list anything over 61cm and get the correct postage, even if you declare the dimensions in the listing height, widt...
Listings removal bot gone mad!
So earlier the auto bot removed some forks for 'not following their knives policy'. (That will be because they are forks.) Now its removed a crumb scoop (picture below to show said scoop) Of course, "This determination was made using automation or ar...
Rip off Britain's AVIOS points scam
Ebay management were made to grovel on national telly last week for allowing the selling of Avios points which they agreed was against their own policy and were fake anyway. So they took the listings down. I was watching Rip off Britain on my phone i...
Does anyone know how to set the label size under Simple Delivery?
Does anyone know how to set the label size under Simple Delivery? I have made my first (possibly last) sale using Simple Delivery. All seemed to go well except for printing a label, it comes as one of four on an A4 sheet and prints a quarter of the e...
Verifying Bank Account For Over a week
I've been waiting for a payout for over a week but eBay are still trying to verify my bank account. I've had 1p go in and 1p go out. Surely it can't take this long usually. I use one of the biggest banks in the world, I'm not sure why it's taking so ...
Why do eBay blame us when a courier looses a package????
Why do eBay blame us when a courier looses a package????I have had a few parcels go missing during the Xmas post and each time eBay have counted it against me for my "Late Delivery Rate" because its overwriting the initial dispatch date with the disp...
Item returned to sender due to incorrect address, but buyer wants a return?
Hi all, Have a weird situation where an item posted to a buyer has been returned to me due to an incorrect address. The item was delivered back to me this morning, and immediately afterwards the buyer opened a Return request, stating they had changed...
Buyer protection fee. What is it for?
What is buyer protection for? For example one of my items arrived slightly damaged in the post. I refund immediately , I was not interested in them sending it back. What is the fee actually for? What is it protecting?
Do you actually make a profit selling on Ebay! I wonder!
With my eBay fees as high as 35% with promoted selling fees mainly - I think I am making 5% profit if that!Anyone else know what profit they are making? If any?If you don't promote it doesn't sell ! Ebay now is getting greedier and greedier !
Resolved! To promote listings or not, what works for you? Are you increasing %, unchanged or switching off?
With the new changes coming in on promoted listings where you "pay if your promoted listing is clicked" and sells within 30 days, causing some debate, was interested to see if other sellers use promoted listings, what percentage do you set, what type...
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