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EBay asking for national insurance number , I sell a lot but buy a lot hobby is collecting coins

I’ve started collecting coins and I buy a large lot of coins take out what I want and then Sell what’s left over. Been doing this for 9 months, I am about £500 out of pocket from my initial outlay but am selling about £1000 in sales each month, will ...

Confused over needing NI number and allowances

My non-related business *completely* died in May last year but I still had a huge tax bill from the previous tax year to pay off, so resorted to selling off a lot of my prized possessions on eBay to soften the blow. Today, I just got a notification a...

A Few Puzzling Simple Delivery Questions

Hey all.I have a couple of questions.eBay are also going to change the postage on items already listed next week.I have DVDs & CDs over 100g and under 100g.How will they know which items to change to the over 100g rate, and under?Also, they say any i...

How do listings like this, even when reported multiple times, still not get removed?

I won't post the acual listing as I'm not sure that's allowed. However, this is a screengrab from the listing, clearly showing that Samsung have locked the device as likely the trade in device was never sent in, thus Samsung still retain 'legal title...

Beyond Stupid

Simple delivery!Won't let me post small paper items in an ordinary letter. Insists I have to choose Large Letter and charge accordingly.Have no choice but to end all my small items.How much longer do we have to put up with this?Ebay will not survive ...

Ebay took few pennies from the money my item sold price.

I just got the money from my sold item. It was sold for £119.22 plus postage but the money I received was £118.79 I don't know where that money went. If my item was sold for £119.22 plus postage. Ebay get the postage cost and I should have received £...

Different prices?

Hi, New seller here. I've just listen an item for £14.99 however its displaying at £16.31?I've listed another one for £9.99 and its displaying as £11.11? What am I doing wrong?

Sales Are Too Slow Jun 2025 -

Hello everyone, how are you doing? I see many sellers are facing slow sales right now—it’s really difficult, especially when you have to pay for warehouse rent and other expenses. In my case, I have almost 1,000 listings and only get less than 17 sal...

eBay now refund your buyer if the item gets lost in the post

eBay are now responsible for refunding buyers where items get lost or damaged in the post and are sent after 4th February when the new Buyer Protection kicks in (private sellers only) https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/returns-refunds/returns-missing...

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...

Royal Mail Trials

Sellers should be aware that Royal Mail are trialling a new delivery system in several UK locations. Priority is being given to Tracked 24 and Tracked 48. 1st class should be delivered as normal (but isn't), second class every other day and not at al...

Ebay now seem to pay faster if buyer fills in Positive Feedback.

I sold an item last weekend, was delivered Tuesday so should have received payment today. However, buyer filled in feedback on Tuesday evening, E-bay released funds Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning. So, it would appear, on a sample set of one, that if...

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 ...

How to chaange Postage Label size in ebay?

Does anyone know how to get the label sent from ebay for simple delivery to be a 4x6 size? I can't find anywhere that says select label size - it's the little things that niggle the most!!!