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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.

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Ebay & HMRC

Hello! A couple of days ago I got a message on my eBay account that I need to provide my national insurance number because of my sales. After some research, apparently I have recently sold my 31st item this year, so I've triggered this check-up, appa...

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I NEED HELP

I'm using Ebays Custom Post Royal Mail Tracked, but iI'm having to wait two weeks for payment from Ebay , even when buyers have left positive feedback

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...

Parcel too large for simple postage

Hi, I am trying to list a new item on eBay and this new simple postage option is causing some problems. The parcel will be slightly too large for the largest option available to me and there's other options.Royal Mail are very strict with size and we...

Buyer opened a request a month after the item was posted claiming that he has not received it

Hi all, Anyone could share some advice? I sold an item a month ago, and then the buyer opened a request claiming he has not received it. Given Royal Mail 2nd class was used and not tracked therefore I dont have any evidence that the item was actually...

paying tax

i have a shop i now have to pay tax how do i do this does ebay take it every month do i pay the tax man at the end of this year or am i going to pay for the year past 2024 does any know how to find this outthank you

'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...

Does ebay Realise It's Made A Mistake ?

Just noticed the Featured Posts on the SC, Forum Posts page. "Seller Meet-Up in Wales" Looks like 3 people in someone's living room. "Seller Meet-Up in the Chamberlain Room, Birmingham". A bit more ambitious with a couple of dozen chairs. But it does...

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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Resolved! Preparing to issue a refund - EBay simple delivery

I’m foreshadowing an issue that’s going to arise & want to know how to proceed once it does. I sold an item via EBay’s simple delivery (EVRI was used). Dropped the parcel off at the shop, slip received, tracking shows it scanned in, then send to sort...

Resolved! HMRC tax on £1000 sales

Does the £1000 p.a. sales figure include postage? I sell low value items & the postage is usually higher than the value of the item. On £1000 sales i'd be lucky to make £200 profit. Seems the end of Ebay for sellers like me.

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Year to date total before having to pay tax.

Hi, I'm a private seller and I sell used items from my attic on eBay.I've sold over 30 items this year.eBay sent me a message and a banner in April I believe it was saying I've reached the threshold (30 items or a total of £1740) so therefore I neede...

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New postage policy seems a bit dodgy...

Anyone else find the ‘new’ postage process for sellers frustrating and a bit suspicious? Specifically: Ebay now require sellers to select the postage service during the listing and only allow them to use that postage service once the item has sold. T...

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