You can no longer send items RM Special Delivery......

[j.p.greenwood]

I am a private seller of over 20 years on E-Bay.

While a lot of people complained extensively about the recent changes with payment systems frankly it never bothered me as I only sell bits and pieces and occasionally will have a burst of selling some specific items when I'm in an upgrade cycle (which I am currently).

The items I sell when in this 'upgrade cycle' are Tablets, I'm currently upgrading to the most recent Tab S10 series from earlier models, so as I buy one, I'll list the one it's replacing to sell.

However, some of these Tabs can have quite high values, up to £700, therefore I'm *bleep* about the shipping I use and even detail in my listings that I'll only use RM Special Delivery.

There reasons for this are numerous

Firstly RMSD is tracked all the way through the system, every depot and truck, so I know where it is within RM's network.....that gives me peace of mind.

Secondly it has a one day guaranteed delivery time, the other new Simple Delivery options do not give a guaranteed time (and I wouldn't even contemplate using EVRI to delivery high value electronics items).

Thirdly, on the very rare cases where RMSD has gone wrong, I usually get a refund cheque inside a week, once it was three weeks when we had a too and fro about the packaging, but when I provided the photos of what was used they paid out.

Fourthly, as the delivery time is guaranteed it means I get paid faster by ebay.  I don't want to wait an extra three to four days before I get paid because there's now no premium shipping service.

Lastly, buyers like it, not everyone wants to save every last penny.  By buying RMSD in the Post Office my package is weighed and the weight is on the Postal Receipt, I photo this and send to the buyer so they can see exactly what was paid and that's what the RMSD premium pricing provides......Simple Delivery is just rubbish in comparison.

[five-in_five-out]

You are correct, it's not legal in the UK, but is legal in the EU and the USA. That's the get around.

Correct name for BPF is a buyers tax, very similar to VAT.

This is completely fine in many countries and acceptable.

What isn't correct is calling it a buyer protection fee when you where fully protected before BPF.

So the challenge is, if you buy from a business seller and have to pay the burdensome VAT@ 20%, ok that's fine, but then you get another 4% + 0.75p So excellent you now pay the purchase price + 24% + 0.75p of our lovely Kings Great British Pound. Oh and postage, my Lord it gets worse.

Bless all private sellers.

[five-in_five-out]

What ebay private sellers should do is Strike, yes strike all of us, just like the doctors are doing now in the UK.

All private sellers come off ebay for 1 month, that would band a big bell. Think about it. We may get OUR voice back.

Ebay and Evri will marry, I will not be going to the wedding!