Seller News: July 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
Resolved! How long ebay will hold back funds for not giving NI number on Blackmail.
Used to sell on ebay but no more as refuse to give ebay my details.ebay is not my employer but just a selling platform, HMRC are not my employer but deal with my yearly earnings where i pay no tax what so ever after calculating my way.so now i cut of...
Override Simple Delivery
Hi, Up until 2 days ago I was still able to list with customer or advanced options for postage to override the (not so) "simple delivery". Yesterday, and today, when adding some new listings, I have not got the option for any of them. It is strictly ...
What's happened to postage options?
Went to list something just now and the post service options have completely changed since yesterday. I usually list with free post (I then select yodel as that's my nearest/best priced drop off centre), but there's no option to offer free post. I'm ...
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.
The Omega Seamaster 176.007 Automatic Chronograph and Bracelet from 1972 is a vintage wristwatch des
Can I obtain any suggestions on a value of this watch, in a private sale using eBay in the UK.The watch was bought in Vicenza Italy in the Autumn of 1973.After extensive research into the Omega Seamaster range, I can find no examples of this exact mo...
Resolved! valid userid but cannot add to blocked buyers list as says user is not valid..??
Hi - am trying to block a buyer but when I enter their userid a message pops up which says that their userid is not valid so it cannot be added. I have double-checked the spelling ,their account is live and I can look up their feedback etc... so why ...
AI Feedback
Another bad idea thought up by ebay’s lower or middle management to justify their existence “Order successfully completed, tracked and on time” It makes your profile and feedback profile look fake and manufactured
Ebay Scam
I'd like to share a scam that happened to me, which I believe eBay employees are involved in. I sold an item on eBay and then the buyer risesd a dispute directly with his bank without returning the item. Of course the dispute was found in the buyer's...
SIMPLE DELIVERY + BUYER FEE = NO SALES
Since Simple delivery and buyer fee I think I have only made 2 sales. And tonight I have lost a sale because it is Friday night 8pm and Ebay want me to post by Sunday - in other words next day.I had no idea they have been able to change my listings s...
QR mayhem at post office
I am about to sell at least 7 items in auctions that end in one day. I will be going to the post office and getting them to scan the QR code and print the lables for me. Has anyone figured out a system to ensure that the QR code you give matches the ...
Simple Delivery and Royal Mail Collections
I’ve seen this question asked over and over this weekend, will I be able to get a Royal Mail collection with Simple Delivery?According to the FAQ you can… “Collection is available for items sent through Simple Delivery with Royal Mail labels only. Yo...
Giving up selling because of stupid "Buyer protection Fees"
Anyone else feel this way? As a private seller. I am seriously contemplating stopping selling because of these rip off "buyer protection fees". It is very, very off putting for buyers to see these strange buy it now prices. All it really does is forc...
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...
Ebay simple delivery opt out
So ebay have decided to force private sellers to use simple delivery for all listings.Previously you could select advanced options in postage and select your preferred postage method as before.Did ebay announce this to private sellers - did they .......
Sales to USA after August 29th - Tariffs / End of de minimis
I asked about this in the weekly chat, specifically whether ebay are alerting US buyers to the fact that they will shortly have to pay duty on anything delivered from outside the US and marco@ebay helpfully later posted this link showing that there i...
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