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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

The demise of ebayuk

EbayUK is going down the pan big style - there`s no doubt about that. It can be fixed however but needs drastic action. It can start by getting rid of all those involved in policy making and replacing them with one or two people with at least half a ...

Sales have pretty much stopped.

Sales have pretty much stopped. So many sales have stopped for 2 or more weeks when before I had some sales. Interested lookers would track items and I would give a discount but no buyers returned to buy what they had marked. I don't understand what ...

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Add your tax information to your account to get compliant with UK digital sales reporting?

Information visible on my private seller's accout: "Add your tax information to your account to get compliant with UK digital sales reporting legislation, and to avoid upcoming restrictions". - UPDATE ACCOUNT DETAILS. I am a private collector buying ...

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Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

Return Postage

Can anyone tell me why it is that when a buyer pays for postage through eBay Simple Delivery, and chooses Royal Mail 48 tracked delivery, they pay up to £2.94 for a parcel up to 1kg in weight. However, when that customer decides they want to return t...

New reduced Dispatch time limit

Why has ebay reduced the dispatch time limit to 3 days? I do normally manage to dispatch within 3 days, but sometimes I am not able to, so would prefer to go back to 4 days dispatch to give me some leeway and not be subjected to complaints.I am a pri...

Simple delivery is far from simple

It's just stupid. A massive oversight from Ebay.So I have to pack every item I sell before I list and sell it.How else am I going to know how much it weighs?????Ridiculous ideaWhy cant I use all the other senders Yodel Parcelforce DHL etc etc

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 .......

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Has Custom Postage Now Gone ?

Please can someone offer some advice.I've read that we can opt out of the Simple Delivery and still use Custom postage but I cant see the Custom Postage option anymore when adding a listing ?I've tried this on new listings, revising a listing, listin...

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simple delivery

I have been changed over to simple delivery ,and I was concerned because I don't have a printer or smart phone ,but it was so easy without ,there is a 6 digit figure under the QR code for EVRI ,so i took my parcel down to parcel shop and on their pri...

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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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...

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