Seller News: November 2025
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WARNING! Ebay are not properly refunding unused Simple Delivery postage!
TL;DR: Ebay SD refund rules are misleading and are not being followed by Ebay themselves! For the SECOND time now, even after filling out the postage refund form and the form saying on it and after submission at the end "Please allow up to 14 days fo...
listings after restrictions - where are they?
For the first time I had a restriction on my personal ebay account. I had no idea what was happening but they started de-listing some of my listings and marking them as unsold I think. I saw them going but assumed they would be put into a folder so I...
Gold Coin
I recently listed a Gold Coin, value approximately £1500, I would have sent it Royal Mail Special Deliveryso far so good, but it crossed my mind, what if the guy said I sent a 2p piece and he wants a refund, sends back a 2p piece and demands a
Resolved! Withdraw funds
I see quitea few posts on withdrawing funds from sales, but no answers! I have looked and looked butfor the life of me I cant see it - I must be stupid (don't answer that!). I don't sell a lot, ie a private seller, A buyer collected the goods & gave ...
Is there a list of prohibited words or phrases?
I recently set up a new account to sell specific items in the collectibles / model railway category (no nothing I thought would be prohibited) and the first sales went well with positive feedback (not from all as I know not everyone leaves feedback, ...
worldwide and uk postage
what is the cheapest way to send something over £30 that fits in a small envelope under 100g worldwide that includes po box address just in case anything goes to australia and the same to the uk
Buyer Got Full Refund But Won't Return £230 Laptop - Any Solutions?
Hello Everyone, I sold a laptop with a damaged screen (clearly described, no returns policy). Two weeks later, buyer requested return (they claimed it was not same as described) and threatened to open case unless I gave 50% refund. Buyer opened a cas...
Beware the DHL Express phone call charges
I had to order two wheels for my car from two different sellers on ebay.Both of these wheels were sent using the DHL Express courier.Because i couldn't take delivery where i am at present living i had to arrange with DHL over the phone for me to coll...
Funds pending – awaiting delivery - Why has this suddenly started?
Hi, I've been using eBay for 24 years now and I have never had a 'Funds pending – awaiting delivery' show on any sale. For some reason this has shown on three items I have sold over the past couple of days, when everything else I have sold over the p...
Should be excluded from Simple Delivery but not working!
This is so frustrating. A small sub 100g item, for just £3, why can't I list it without Simple Delivery? From what I gather it should be excluded, but the option is not available to me at all to get rid of that POS! I tried the trick I read in the co...
Delivery label cancelled and refund
Hi I sold an item and postage was buyer pays Evri £2.74, when the label was created it was £5.46, now I know there can be a difference in cost due to postage address etc so that is not what my query is - straight away I cancelled the label and it is ...
APPALLING ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
RE: Untracked Oversea Mail. Has anyone else experienced lost overseas mail?All of my low ticket items (ie under £20) sold overseas are sent untracked because buyers will not pay the £8 or so for tracked mail. In the last few months around 10 items to...
Category for listing job lots of books
As a matter of interest what category is best suited to sell job lots of books (Books or Wholesale/Job lots?)Thanks in anticipation
AI Activate?
I have just been reading the absolute drivel that some eBay associate has written in the `Featured Posts` article to the right of the screen on the seller forum, and it states that...... `At eBay, we’re here to power you / in search of data-driven in...
Resolved! Variation with a control stock
Is there a way to sell an item with variation but have a control stock item?For example, Say I have 10 glass jars but have 10 blue, 10 red and 10 green lids.I want to be able to list the jars with the option of having either colour lid.Variations at ...
