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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...

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Printing 6x4 labels with simple shipping

Any way to change the label print format to 6x4 instead of A4? I have a dedicated thermal printer with labels set up with Royal Mail for 6x4, but obviously it can't handle A4.... I can just use Photoshop to resize it, but it's a lot more messing arou...

Resolved! A Ebay member has used my photos for their listing.

Hello. This can't be right surly. I have been browsing the site, and I couldn't believe my eyes. I've just noticed another ebay member has stolen my photos. What I've sold is a one off, so very unlikely they would have the same. I have also a few day...

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.

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Simple Delivery, just a couple of questions. lol

Hi,Reluctantly, I will be ending my listings by the end of the week, but will probably be dragged kicking and screaming into simple delivery. Having created my first simple delivery listing as a test, just a couple of questions. I have thankfully exc...

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Resolved! Ebay and the taxman

Hi, Like a lot of people I'm wondering about selling and whether I have to pay tax? It's a mix of my late mum and dad's stuff and stuff you buy from charity shops and car boots, a lot I've bought for myself over the years and have now sold. Obviously...

Ebay's new buyer protection scam

So I have been a seller on and off her since June 2001, Over the years I have sent items recorded delivery that either never turn up , or arrive with no notification of delivery. Now someone wants to charge a buyer a fee for safe delivery, when they ...

Bizarre code when listing

Recently, when I go to "Sell Similar Item", I see not only a new format, but huge amounts of strange incomprehensible computer code in the item description box. Before it was just plain text as you can see me writing now. Now it's "%@,&*....(type her...

prepaid

It is very frustrating when you want to post an item that has been paid for by the buyer and you are unable to do so because you cant print the prepaid postage label because the address has an error, an error that has not been recognized in the past ...

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Resolved! Buyer Protection

Just noticed all my items listed this week Ebay have increased my starting price by 75p+ 4% this will impact on my sales as some items are listed low to sell. If Ebay want to get Buyer Protection from the Buyer they should add it at checkout so not t...

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...

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Simple Delivery

I sold an item today, which for some reason included Ebay's 'Simple Delivery' method. I don't know why, as I normally sort it myself via Royal Mail 48 hour tracking using my local PO.So I am a bit clueless as to how this system works. I have no print...

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

With the MTD for IT becoming mandatory from April 2026 what low cost accounting software do other Ebayers use that will make this possible. With profit margins squeezed and postage costs forever increasing turnover can be high enough to make MTD mand...

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