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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.

Just a thought....I wonder if this might be in the E-Bay plan moving forward....

In the overly complicated and multiple sources requiring to be checked to see if items do/do not/might/'shrugging meh!' meet the E-Bay and courier requirements and exclusions for Simple Delivery at some point will E-Bay slip in a clause somewhere say...

Simple Delivery package size not large enough - Ebay changed an old listing

The problems with Simple Delivery, seem to be never ending. When I listed a large painting, I was able choose ParcelForce. Just accessed my listing now to reduce the price and see that eBay have changed it to 'Simple'. Not even the largest size liste...

'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...

Winning bid received, next step for seller, please?( this is collect in person sale)

Sorry, but it's been a while since selling on eBay and things have changed a lot!Could someone kindly tell me what the following steps should be for both parties?Many thanks in advance

Quick postage question.

Firstly, apologies if this has been covered elsewhere in the forums. I am about to get back to selling my comic collection and noticed a few changes, not happy with the new postage system. I used to sell multiple issues at the same time, normally aro...

Buyer Returns A Item Without Opening A Return Case

I sold a brand new Fragrence Defusser , on arrival the buyer said it was not as strong as a previous one he brought . I told him he would have to pay the return postage . He then said it had been opened already . It arrived today without him opening ...

Late Tax Self-Assessment for 2023-24

My partner has a large Lego collection he's being building up for 40+ years and a couple of years ago he started selling some of it via eBay. As he's mostly selling for roughly the same price he paid for it we didn't really think about the tax implic...

Resolved! Choosing Postage and charges.

I apologise in advance if I appear to be thick! I haven't listed anything on EBay for some time now and I have just tried to list a couple of things and I just cannot fathom out the postage. I used to choose to send by Royal Mail and it was usually a...

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...

Surcharge to recipient if Simple Delivery postage label supplied by eBay is not correct

I understand that if the Simple Delivery postage label supplied by eBay does not cover the ACTUAL and REAL postage cost than the sender / buyer has 2 options.Either the sender pays the difference at the counter or the Post Office will forward said pa...

New Buyer Fee = Good News For Private Sellers!

Now that ebay are adding this extra fee maybe they will actually allow private sellers to sell!Now that the buyer has to pay a buyers premium, ebay will be making money off the private seller from the sales!The more ebay push private sellers to reach...

selling for someone else

Hi all I have been asked by a friends widow (he died about 18 months ago) to sell his collection of book tokens/book marks. To obtain the best price I have been selling them in lots of about 6 at a time. There are about 500 plus items so I will clear...

Loosing sales as i can not combine postage

Yes, when a buyer buys multiple items of offers i have sent them, they have to pay postage for each one, crazy, i can not combine postage and they can not combine.I say i will refund the excess but a lot of buyers have trust issues and will not proce...

Simple delivery - being charged too much for the weight of the parcel

Hi there, it's another post about "simple" delivery! How can I specify the weight of the item so that ebay stops over-charging for the shipping? Earlier today I sold two items weighing approximately 35g each, but because the cheapest "simple" shippin...

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NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

Just a thought....I wonder if this might be in the E-Bay plan moving forward....

Simple Delivery package size not large enough - Ebay changed an old listing

'Simple Delivery' failed, now a test case - worried

Winning bid received, next step for seller, please?( this is collect in person sale)

Quick postage question.

Buyer Returns A Item Without Opening A Return Case

Late Tax Self-Assessment for 2023-24

Resolved! Choosing Postage and charges.

Suggestions for music track in the next E-Bay advertising campaigns

Surcharge to recipient if Simple Delivery postage label supplied by eBay is not correct

New Buyer Fee = Good News For Private Sellers!

selling for someone else

Loosing sales as i can not combine postage

Simple delivery - being charged too much for the weight of the parcel

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