Seller News: November 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
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.
£2.70 simply delivery
Newbie to eBay. I'm not sure if I've made a mistake or not. I've recently started selling 2nd hand DVDs. Mostly for £2.00 a dvd. But for it to be delivered (tracked) it's costing the buyer £2.70 Is this the cheapest tracked delivery available? I real...
Double postage refund?
I have sold 2 iitems to the same person. They brought each item at different times, but withing minutes of each other. I used simple delivery and printed 2 labels. Only realising as I'm packing that the items go to the same address. So I have put the...
Simple Delivery taking over everything
Purchased an item that was coming via Evri Simple Delivery. Overdue and the Evri tracking is so confusing they dont seem to know when it might be delivered. Messaged the seller to see if they can get a clearer idea their end and get an automated (fu)...
Resolved! Funds pending – awaiting delivery but Buyer has paid and collected item...
I sold an item on Ebay which the buyer paid for and then collected yesterday. I subsequently noticed that they had requested delivery and DHL turned up to collect it. The order is now in limbo, marked 'paid' and 'dispatched'. How can we mark it as 'd...
Simple Delivery
Hi everyone, I’ve come across many kind and helpful people here, so I’m hoping for your advice.I recently sent an item via Simple Delivery. A few days later, the buyer messaged me saying she had forgotten to update her address in the system as she ha...
What do i do
hi I sold a ring on eBay mens ring 22ct actual price was 450 asked for something better and I done it 400 he accepted 415 final price in the meanwhile he asked me about the weight that wasn’t in the advertising the ring so I said it’s 7 g that’s what...
Buyer won't collect item, but has paid. What now?
I sold a large heavy item on eBay which was listed for collection or courier at buyers expense. The winning bidder sent a message asking me to generate an invoice based on collection (so £0 postage). Since then I've been in contact with them every 48...
Resolved! Simple Delivery Mini PC
I hope I picked the correct forum for this, if not let me know.On occasion I sell Mini PC's. Small PC's under 1kg. For some reason they have never allowed Simple Delivery. Which, given the £300-£400 price, means I have to use Special Delivery to insu...
VEHICLE SALE
I sold a car by auction, the buyer had the car collected by a recovery driver not in person. The buyer was meant to provide details for vehicle registration. I have only been given a postal code and area, I need a house number, the buyer is not respo...
Simple Delivery is a nightmare and a total Con!
I am close to closing all my listings from Ebay as I am now forced to use the awful Simple Delivery. It may be simple but it is total rubbish and a huge con. I have just gone to list a dvd in a slim case, it weighs less than 100g so it would have cos...
Resolved! Simple delivery the last straw
After nearly 10 years of selling I stopped completely and closed my account because ebay started messing with a great selling platform. I started as a hobby when I retired selling a few old IT bits and pieces and this gradually turned into a great pa...
Feedback
How can I cancel a listing which I suspect a fraudster has done buy it now and paid without the fear of receiving negative feedback?
Vanishing Views
What is going on with viewing totals on ebay? The other day I had something like 12 views for an item I listed under a week ago, then those views suddenly disappeared and it now says 2. I have had other items that have lost views as well. Sometimes y...
Resolved! Private Sellers trying to Sell Valueless Stamps at Stupid Prices
I am a stamp dealer. I sell mainly GB Queen Victoria postage stamps. Has anyone noticed that some private sellers (since the free listing) are listing valueless stamps at ridiculous prices. In particular I have noticed quite a few listings showing QE...
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