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Has anyone else noticed a 'boost' overlay on some of their listings if they see them in a search?

I just noticed this and honestly have no idea why it's being marketed at me, I've never, nor would I ever, use any kind of promoted listings system. There's a couple of reasons, the first is the recent changes to the promoted listings policy seem to ...

Resolved! Simple Delivery

Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage

'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...

Royal Mail collection not available

I just sold an item, with me paying for postage, and the seller chose Royal Mail as the delivery service - great. However the only RM service available for me to buy was “Royal Mail Tracked 48 | drop off” (ie QR code) and it said booking a collection...

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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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Resolved! Simple delivery, Royal Mail - where can I specify Collection?

Another Simple Delivery query... I can specify my courier as Royal Mail.I can - with some tinkering - specify the postage rate.I can't see where to specify Royal Mail collection.This means I have to go to town to drop off my parcel.Can anyone advise ...

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Pointless New Actions Buttons!

Once again ebay seems to have introduced an ‘upgrade’ which makes things worse! Using the website, an ‘Actions’ button has now appeared at the start of every listing for Sale.previously it was just a drop-down menu with all your options (Edit, End li...

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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Ebay sales non existent under new conditions.

Been on Ebay 20 years and it was a great way to finance my holidays and little luxuries. I did well and met some lovely people who bought my items. Now sadly it all seems to be finished - no sales for the last 3 months, totally unheard of in the past...

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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Buyer Protection Fee Woes

I see the Buyer Protection Fee has been added to our items for sale (not for the toys category yet). I know that if someone opens a not-received case for an item and then rings Ebay, that Ebay will often refund them out of their own pocket. Thus enco...

VAT threashold/ restriction

I have recently had my account restricted for a month (now back on) as I hit the VAT threshold of £90k. I have subsequently registered for VAT on the Global system. In my situation approx 50% is UK sales 40% is to non EU buyers and 10% (due to brexit...

Resolved! Help with getting Simple Delivery fee back.

So. I made a sale and chose to pay the shipping myself as I wanted to bypass Simple Delivery and send it Royal Mail Special Delivery as I want the parcel signed for (the "custom postage" has gone from my site, so it was Simple Delivery option) When t...

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