UK Seller News: April 2025
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Praise Due to Sellers.
Hello All,I just want to say a big "Thank You" to all Sellers. I know you are having a rough time with all the changes but I want you to know that your efforts are appreciated by us Buyers. I have been a Buyer ever since Ebay started many Moons ago a...
Confusion regarding (horrible) new shipping and payment system
Hi. I am a small private seller. I started selling around the late half of last year, and since then I've experienced what seems like 4 different complete overhauls of the payment system in barely over half a year. The latest one, before this change ...
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 .......
Selling expensive item to 0 feedback person
Hello I am selling a laptop and have today accepted an offer on it. However the buyer is now sending me weird messages late at night in broken English, and asking for videos etc even after they’ve paid. They asked for a detailed video of it working a...
Resolved! VAT on orders with Simple Delivery
I'm noticing that orders with Simple Delivery are now also showing a VAT deduction. Is this new? For exampleSubtotal£19.50Buyer Protection fee£1.25Postage*£3.56VAT*£0.71Order total**£25.02
Resolved! Got the dreaded letter from HMRC
Have received a letter from HMRC about online selling and money earned and they’ve asked me to contact them to disclose my earnings . The thing is my whole family use my EBay account , daughter sells her unwanted clothes , my son his toys , I sell my...
April 15th - The day Ebay died. (Yet another Simple Delivery rant)
The new Ebay controlled delivery for private Sellers becomes compulsory on April 15th, Ebay will remove the opt out option. I won't re-hash the many negatives for Sellers around the cost and delayed payments. For me the final straw is that the Seller...
Ebay Buyer Protection
Hi - Message from Buyer to say an item hasn’t arrived - only just let us know. We have proof of posting, so can refund - However who refunds the Ebay Buyer Protection, how do they claim that back - Thanks for any info.
Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning
Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...
Title: eBay Is an Absolute Embarrassment — Run by Greedy, Out-of-Touch Dinosaurs
eBay is hands down the worst selling platform on the internet today. It’s a bloated, broken system run by corporate parasites who haven’t evolved in over a decade. They don’t give a single damn about sellers — especially resellers — the very people w...
eBay as confused as us about Simple Delivery?
eBay help says this about Simple Delivery postage rates for items under £100: which I was pleased to see had a 2-10kg option at a price that was close to Yodel’s £5.21 that I use a lot. BUT… there is no option for this weight range when you select Si...
Ebay confirms when Simple Delivery will be Mandatory
Someone else posted this as a reply to an existing thread but thought I would post it separately. It appears to be taken from one of ebay's terms and conditions pages but I do not have a link.
Simple delivery - not!
I am very annoyed with this 'simple delivery '95% of the time I use Royal Mail as I arrange collection & this suits me. I dont have a local Evri & the closest opens 9am to 4pm so useless if you work. If I do have something larger to sell then I get E...
Resolved! Am I right that Simple Delivery cannot combine postage for multiple purchases?
Hi, I have not sold anything since last summer, but I want to re-home a few model railway engines. It is quite likely that the same buyer might want more than one. I have just found out about this Simple Delivery system and have been reading all the ...
Resolved! Buyer Protection
Just noticed all my items listed this week Ebay have increased my starting price by 75p+ 4% this will impact on my sales as some items are listed low to sell. If Ebay want to get Buyer Protection from the Buyer they should add it at checkout so not t...
