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Royal Mail: updated delivery restrictions & packaging requirements for bladed items
Royal Mail has added delivery restrictions and packaging requirements to bladed items and sharp or pointed objects which will be in force from 7 May 2024. If you are posting bladed items such as cutlery knives that you have sold on eBay via Royal Mai...
Recommendations for a bank offering a business account to Britain-based seller?
I am about to start a business as a sole trader selling stuff (books) on Ebay and Amazon, from Britain where I live. What banks do people recommend for opening a suitable business account? The main requirements are1. Money in account protected under ...
Buyer saying item now faulty after 35 days
Hello ,I sold a CNC controller, which was shown delivered on 24th January 2024. The buyer has just emailed to say it has stopped working and they have contacted the manufacturer, who say it's most likely unrepairable.The buyer has asked if it had war...
Broken Item
Hi wonder if anyone can help me. I brought a car pump to blow my tyres up 3 months ok. I opened it for the 1st time this morning to find out it was broke. Im trying to get incontact with ebay to ask them for there advise but cant find where to go. Ha...
Resolved! How to read eBay statments!
Have been selling my own stuff, as aprovate seller, on eBay for some while.Now, am looking at how much I have earnt, due to the changes and HMRC. I don't earn anywhere near £1000 per year. BUT, it trying to look at how much I have earnt, I cannot see...
Those normal everyday cutlery knives you eat your dinner with about to be prohibited by Royal Mail
Seen this whilst logging into Click and Collect.Message from Royal Mail: "IMPORTANT NOTICE: on and from Monday 22 April 2024 Bladed Items are prohibited by Royal Mail"A click on the link suggests they mean the standard ones you use when eating - so t...
How to see my seller Fees for active listings?
Hello, my question is: How to see my seller Fees for active listings? I want to be able to view this in my ebay account. I know that Third-party Fee calculators exist but this is not what I want to do. I need to be able to see the potential fee for e...
Multiple listings of the same item
Wasn't there a rule against this?I don't mean variations in a single listing, but when a seller posts the same item half a dozen times or so, and does that with all of their listings, thereby filling pages.
Royal Mail to ban shipping of ALL bladed items from 22nd April 2024
Not sure if this has already been covered (I couldn't find anything about it using the Search function) so... From the Royal Mail website... IMPORTANT NOTICE: From 22 April 2024 we will be prohibiting ‘Knives or Blades’ defined by s141A Criminal Just...
Resolved! Royal Fail (Mail) Imminent job losses
To all our postmen, especially if you sell on any platform!Apart from destroying a sound British istitution you are also destroying many small businesses.So many members here on e-bay UK are suffering gross financial losses due to your unreliability ...
can not list ebay keeps saying page is missing
can not list ebay keeps saying this page is missing seems to go all the way to the end ready to list then get this page is missing ????????????? same on ipad is it safari or apple thats problem // picture keep spinning will not load been going on for...
"Item not as described" Return postage costs
Are there any other sellers out there that are sick of having to pay for return postage labels?It seems that as soon as a buyer states that an item is not as described eBay hold you responsible for the return label cost. This leaves you no other opti...
Resolved! £17.86 to post a 100g Large Letter !.
Hello,One of my listings is for the little poly' bags that 7" singles or CD's were put in when you bought them from a Record Shop. I started selling these off years ago but recently have been selling them £2.50 for 2 - Just wanting a fan of the band ...
Buyer from outside UK has made a bid
I only sell to the UK, but a buyer from USA has made a bid. I check my account i only sell to mainland UK and i also pay postage for uk only. How did this buyer manage to bid when i don't allow anyone outside UK to bid?
Item sold, but I'm not well at the moment
Buyer bought one of my items, but i have been unwell for several days, so don't know if i can stand in a queue at the post office. I have told the buyer this and they are holding off paying until the end of month. But said only i can cancel the the s...
Private seller
Hi this is my first post. So I'm selling a few items I no longer need mainly tools as auctions but now my bidders are saying there going to be charged 20 vat is this normal because I live in the UK so do my bidders . I've read a few posts saying ther...
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