Seller News: May 2025
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Forum Posts
Postage
I have listed an item and ebay listed postage charge for package of 1KG weight, but I have checked item weight and found it is over 1KG how can I resolve this?
Resolved! Why are international buyers being able to purchase?
Is this another glitch? I only ship internationally with the GSP and still getting winning bids from people from puerto rico and canada etc....
No clear timescale now for mandatory Simple Delivery
Who remembers ebay stating that Simple Delivery was going to be rolled out from 7th April and mandatory from 15th April? A lot of us took our listings down on the basis of those given dates. As at the beginning of May, this is what the Simple Deliver...
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...
New selling rules
Does anyone else on here have issues with sales having plummeted since the new, free selling and postage rules have come in, I am struggling with eBay throwing out multiple items and forcing me to then pay to relist each item , I have been reduced fr...
Buyer Protection Fees Calculator
There are loads of discussions on buyer protection fees over in the buying section of these forums, but I think they are just as relevant to sellers! Let me provide an example, have sold a couple of high value phones recently and during the listing p...
Just noticed that I can't specify package size & weight when putting together a listing (Custom)
I can still use Custom Delivery but can't give details of the package size and weight - is this a new "development" or another glitch (of which eBay currently has many)?
fees
Since fees have been added for the buyer selling is has dropped by 90% just wondering if staying with ebay makes any sense
Royal Mail Collections
For the last two items I have sold on eNay I have selected the Royal Mail Collection Service, purchased a postage labeland booked acollection. The items have been collected as expected, but on both occasions I have been contacted by my buyers to say ...
Cigarette smoke smell rears it's head again.
Bit of an odd one this, so am looking for some ideas. In the last 2 months I have had 2 feedback comments ( Both still positive ) but also saying the item(s) had a smell of cigarette smoke about them. Now if I smoked or anyone else on the premises di...
One Last Try Wish Me Luck
Thought I would go out with a bang and not a "whimper"After eating my cornflakes this morning had this stupid brainwave to stick my fingers in the lions cage one last time and see if I was still able to fasten my shoelaces after.Why you may ask? Seen...
My item sold for less than I thought I'd listed it for
Hi,My table sold (which is great) but for much less than I thought I had listed it for. How would I check my original listing? First time selling on eBay so I may be missing something.Thanks
Resolved! combining items which are 'buy it now or best offer'
Hi, I am a new private seller on eBay. I have a number of items listed as 'buy it now or best offer'. I have been contacted directly by a buyer who is offering me a sum for 3 of my items if I can combine them. I am stuck! I have replied by accepting ...
3 x Olympus Nortec/Epoch 600 battery pack..
I sold the above to a buyer in Germany. It was shipped via the global shipping program, I shipped it to Litchfield. The item is extremely rare, 1 battery it self would be let alone 3 together, but additionally the battery packs have identifying marks...
Two offers received on one item from the same potential buyer within 24hrs, how is this possible?
Two offers received on one item from the same ebay user within 24hrs.How is this possible?Because I have not declined the first offer. Thanks
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