Seller News: August 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...
One of the happiest days of my life ......
This morning I sold my last item of stock on ebay. After 21 years and over 12,000 feedbacks I'm done with it.In the early days I was grateful for the exposure it gave for me but over the years my views have turned to despising their business model. A...
Some listings have recently gone missing, not removed or hidden, any way to get a list and re-list
I have just been auditing my inventory and have noticed that a number of listings (probably 20%) are no longer present for sale. They cover a variety of items. I have not received any messages or emails stating that the listings have been removed or ...
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...
Introducing automated positive feedback... April 2025
Introducing automated positive feedbackThe great service you provide to your customers deserves to be recognised. This is why we are excited to introduce automated positive feedback. Starting late April, automated positive feedback will be added to y...
Lets Talk About Simple Delivery - (Suggestions for Improvements)
Ok so this is a less ranty post Since eBay is going to be making us use this, what is peoples experience like of it? Do they take full control of it if there is any issues with shipping, in transit or lost or stolen? How much is Simple Delivery insur...
Global Shipping to the USA
Can somebody please explain what is happening with Global Shipping to the USA? From what I can gather (and I may be mistaken,) items priced under ~£25 are elibigble to be shipped to the USA, while items above ~£25 are not. And there's no way for me t...
Collection
Apologies if this has already been answered before, I did look! I've sold an item on Ebay. As I work, collection has to be late afternoon/evening or weekends. Buyer has asked me to leave item outside so he can just collect it, as he wants to collect ...
Entering your own tracking number for non Simple Delivery items where compensation cover needed
Members should read this post first to understand that Simple Delivery, in many cases, will not give you any compensation coverage. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Where-you-REALLY-stand-on-shipping-using-Simple-Delivery/m-p/7860490 So...
Possible way around Simple Delivery....
This is posted from my Business eBay account, but relates to my Personal Account. So, this morning I spoke with Customer Services about the fact that eBay had changed my listings to allow Evri delivery to be chosen by the buyer, despite it being a 15...
Simple Delivery Experience
So i sold a graphics card for £600. Buyer chose Express Delivery on my request, Its Royal Mail Tracked 24..... But its more Royal Mail Tracked we will deliver it when we want. Item was picked up on Monday and is due to be delivered on Thursday..... T...
Sending Items Under 100 grammes
I try to post items up on eBay which weigh less than 100 grammes but I keep getting pushed to Simple Delivery for large letters, parcels etc. Can somone advise me as a private seller how to list an item under 100 grammes without using Simple Delivery...
Disappearing listings
I've noticed my listing for a surface plate has disappeared. I've just revised it, and it's disappeared, nowhere to be seen under any of the listing categories with a day or so left on it. Can someone please advise. Cheers.
Increase in undelivered or delayed Royal Mail parcels over the past few weeks
I've noticed an increase in undelivered or delayed Royal Mail parcels over the past few weeks. Have you noticed anything similar? Does anyone know why this is happening?
ebay allowing Packlink to over charge for postage
I recently posted two items via Evri using labels bought off ebay. Packlink, who facilitate all the transaction on behalf of Evri and other carriers, claim that the postage was underpaid and have charged me £3.18 extra per parcel, which ebay are tryi...
Selling to UK only but bidder is from Africa
Hi community.I have listed an item for auction, and my postage preferences clearly state I will post to UK only. However, I've received a bid from Zambia.How has eBay let this happen? I've now added the bidder to my blocked list and added all African...
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