Seller News: May 2026
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Resolved! How to turn off coupon codes?
One of my listings has had one of those "5% off" coupon codes added to it. This is clearly not aimed at me as a buyer, as I spotted it when using a browser I do not login to, but use only to check my listings occasionally I have not agreed for Ebay t...
Buyers fee taken off an offer price.
So I list an item for £75 with best offer. Buyer would pay £78.70Buyer makes an offer of £60 as a fair offer. I accept the 60 offer He thinks the seller will get £60.Wrong. Ebay take off the buyer protection leaving the seller with £57.50.Surely if a...
Paying £0.35 insertion fees for making revisions to existing listings
eBay Customer Services agent has advised that once a private seller has used up their 300 free listings within a month, they must pay a £0.35 insertion fee to revise any of those 300 listings within the same month. These charges are showing up as ins...
Postage charges make no sense
Please make this make sense!I have sold about 40 individual auction items, all the same size and weight as far as eBay is concerned.All are listed as free delivery - seller (me) pays - Evri £2.96.The bigger the parcel the less I pay?! And identical o...
Resolved! What went wrong?
I recently posted a small thin book after changing the postage option to Royal Mail 2nd class letter at 87p. Buyer selected this option. Book sold for £3.00 but I only received £1.18 as eBay charged £2.69 postage taking the shortfall of £ 1.82 out of...
Confused about buy-it-now price in the preview before listing an item
If I set the price as 79.99 and then preview the listing, it will show the buy it now price as 79.99. But when I publish the listing, the buy it now price goes up to 83.89. Why does the preview show the wrong price?
Resolved! Vinyl record sales have plummeted.
I’ve been selling vinyl records on eBay for over 25 years. For some reason, my sales have plummeted over the last couple of months. Could this be because the overall costs are too high or is my stock just not on anyone’s radar. I would be interested ...
Resolved! Royal Mail have lost the Simple Delivery parcel I sent. What should I/buyer do now?
I'm pretty sure the parcel is lost because the tracking shows it scanned at the post office (10 days ago) and then nothing more. (I was a bit worried about the packaging tbh but they grabbed it and scanned it before I could re-evaluate) . I'm a bit u...
Resolved! eBay Simple Delivery Scam & Fraud
An eBay user purchased an empty toolbox that I listed for sale. I shipped the item on 5 January 2026. As a private seller, I had no choice of courier and was required to use the eBay Simple Delivery label.On 14 January, the buyer contacted me to say ...
Resolved! Royal mail super slow needs rebrand to Royal Snail
I am getting an increase in clients claiming their items have not arrived, delivery times of up to 2 weeks are not unusual. i sell decals and stickers so not big ticket items the cost of tracked postage is way more than the cost of the item in some c...
Best Practice for Listing SEO
Just wondering what experienced sellers here consider the main things that help a listing get better visibility on eBay. From your experience, what tends to matter most for search — title keywords, item specifics, price, photos, description, or selle...
Items not recived
if items from a seller do not come on the last day of delivery how many days after the last est delivery day is the best time to say items not recived
Resolved! buyer charged incorrect amount
I made a lower offer price to a buyer and when they paid they were charged full price. How do I fix this please
Forget late delivery compensation from Royal Mail
Royal mail/Parcelforce took 3 extra days for a Parcelforce Next Day guaranteed delivery. Their terms assure you that a 3 day late delivery would be compensated, so I submitted a compensation claim 9 weeks ago today. Of course I've received no such co...
Simple Delivery
I have used simple delivery for a while now and it defaults to Evri mainly.I drop parcel at local post office, they scan QR code on my phone, print label for parcel and give me a receipt.Normally tracking shows parcel collected within a few hours.How...
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