Seller News: July 2025
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Simple Delivery Is A Killer - A Change Of Tack Is Needed And I Have Some Questions.
Hi. I've been a private seller for 5 years now and I've hardly sell much, but if I list something, it's usually gone within the week. Since these, changes were implemented, I've not sold a thing since February. Buyers will only accept the absolute lo...
SIMPLE DELIVERY AND BUYERS PROTECTION FEE WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTABLE TO SELLERS & BUYERS
Simple delivery will never be acceptable to sellers and buyers. Inflated postage prices created by eBay just to make them more money.What was wrong with sellers deciding for themselves how THEY wanted their items to be despatched … what service to us...
Resolved! Simple delivery - is there any way around it?
Hi guys, I sell pokemon cards on Ebay and just like everyone else I've been forced into this simple delivery thing. When I am selling cards it isn't a problem as the system always gives me a Tracked 48/24 large letter. I've decided to sell my old Xbo...
Am I paying postage twice?
I just received payout for an item and I'm struggling to make sense of the payout. It appears that the cost of shipping has been deducted twice.Here is the breakdown What your buyer paidSubtotal 28.15Buyer protection fee 1.85Postage 3.71Order total 3...
Resolved! Unable to list item - eBay say offering to sell off eBay
I keep getting this message in emails from eBay Your listing didn't follow our Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay policy. Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay, including sharing direct contact information prior to an eBay purchase, is not all...
Automatic renewal of auction listing?
I have noticed that all the unsold seven day auction listings I made a week ago, have not been automatically renewed. I am having to manually relist.However, unsold listings from several weeks ago are still being automatically relisted every seven da...
Resolved! Broken teapot
I sold a willow tree Sadler teapot to a buyer through Yodel. I packed it tightly in bubble wrap, yet the buyer said it arrived damaged. He sent me photos and demanded a refund. I rang up Yodel, who said it had arrived unbroken. Apparently, the photos...
Listing (upto 8 times)
Hi, just a small query hoping someone can clarify. After I have used my free listings I understand I will be charged 35p there after. However, I thought once re-listed the item would not need to be listed for another 8 weeks, (it states listing free ...
Payments displayed on orders list
On the orders list, it shows a total sales price (for a certain period) at the top, but if you add all the individual sales up, the prices do not tally. Is the total displayed what eBay get including payment protection? I'm trying to keep a record fo...
Mismatched search results - does anyone ever complain to ebay?
I put a few listings back a few days ago when I realised SD still hadn’t been applied to my account. I’ve just done a search for one of the items to see if there was an obvious reason as to why it hadn’t had any views. The sort order was Low to High ...
Seller inconvenienced again
Another mini gripe.Buyer places 2 bids,wins and pays for an item which is collection only.Then after several requests to arrange collection has disappeared off the planet.Looking at the rules the onus is on me to cancel the order and eBay then give t...
I dumped eBay as a selling platform last November and (reading comments here) it was a smart move
Although my current account is fairly recent (2011) I've been using eBay since 1999 including successfully running three businesses here but last year, after reading more and more negative comments and talking to several very unhappy local eBay selle...
Where are Simple Delivery postage rates hidden?
I've looked all over the Simple Delivery pages and documents but can't see the postage rates anywhere. They're supposed to be available at a link on this page...https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/posting-items/setting-postage-options/simple-delivery...
So, when EVRI and DHL merge, will they take parts of both names.....
.....and rename themselves EVIL? I think we should be told!! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwywd2wzxp2o https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/postal-services/monitoring-reports/2023-2024/post-monitoring-report-2023-24.pdf?v=38...
