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Where you REALLY stand on shipping using Simple Delivery including links to sources......

So, there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about whether under Simple Delivery you're buying the service directly from E-Bay or whether E-Bay is acting as an agent, this is a critically important fact to have absolute certainty about as it would...

Offers, and confusion on pricing due to BPF

Hi GuysAnyone else noticed that when you receive an offer on an item it includes the BPF already? Yet when you send an offer it doesnt I have just received an offer on an item which I accepted not realising this and have now sold an item for half its...

Simple Delivery: general observation

Since SD has been introduced, I have noticed a drop-off in low item (<£10) sales on ebay.At first I thought it was my pricing, so I adjusted that. Nope, nothing selling.So I put the same items at the original price on an alternative selling platform....

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eBay has lost its way.

I don't care what you say , try and defend them. But eBay has completely lost the plot . It's all about how they can make more and more money from us now. Which is ironic as no one seems to be able to sell anything on here anymore for any kind of a p...

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Advice on none paying bidders

I've sold a car 3 times now on ebay auction. 1st buyers only reply to me was ":)". Second buyer paid a deposit, arrived to pickup the car and drive it 300 mile, with no MOT and oil leak (detailed in the listing). He decided it wouldn't make it, left,...

Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

eBay Is Dead

I am thinking eBay as a selling platform is dead since the seller protection was added ? I wonder if eBay have notice the decline in sellers since new rules started . In my 20 years of selling on eBay Ive never seen it like thisI have 20 watchers on ...

Selling a motherboard, tips, warnings?

as above, its a Asus Maximus X Hero, and I am aware still sells at a good price, I have soid such things before, with no issues, but am increasingly worried, about the 'empty cardboard box' scams, and other ones. I also have concerns about E bays lim...

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Fee Changes have KILLED Private buying & Selling

As a buyer and seller on here for 22 years, I'd like to congratulate the people who came up with this buyer protection scam. Let me refresh you with the original announcement and I Quote: "At the end of 2024, we changed our fee structure, making it f...

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eBay SD supplied an underweight postage label.

Hi i normally customise the postage to Royal Mail tracked 48. Unfortunately i made a mistake and sold an item with Simple Delivery as the postal method. The result being my parcel is 1.4 kg and eBay has supplied a Tracked 48 label with a weight up to...

Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning

Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...

Maximum box size now 61cm under simple delivery?

I have just had to cancel two listings for ikea prints as to safely package would have required a box/package ca 75 x75cm. After searching listing page the MAX size under royal mail is now capped at medium package 61cm so these would have been reject...

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