Seller News: August 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...
Simple Delivery - buyer paid £2.75 for Royal Mail Tracked 48 small parcel postage?!?
I sold a record yesterday for just under £150 which was being sold with Special Delivery postage, having chosen Small Parcel size and a weight of up to 1kg. At some point last week, most of my items automatically switched to the dreaded Simple Delive...
Ebay's response to Post Offices who refuse Simple Delivery packages with the wrong label on them
This was Ebay's response in the chat today:
Simple delivery oversize parcel
Hi. Seller novice here. How do I post a 122x23x23 parcel when Simple Delivery option is mandatory and max size is 65cm? Do I end up paying excess postage at Royal Mail?
'Simple Delivery' failed, now a test case - worried
Private Seller here, I sold a gold sovereign for £590 on ebay and was forced to use "Simple Delivery" as you all know. Both ebay and RM tracking show it as delivered, RM say they left it in a safe place and uploaded a photo. Seller says package has g...
Resolved! Selling fees are too high on ebay, time to call it a day and just bin it all
I have been a loyal and faithful member of ebay for 20+ years now, till quite recently it has been good, but of late not so good, sadly. The fees are just too much for me and also for other sellers too.So what to do, I think that the options for me a...
SIMPLE DELIVERY AGAIN!! EBAY CAN MAKE IT SIMPLE!!
I mainly sell media from my collection I ALWAYS use Evri because it is convenient for me and it covers 90% of the stuff I sell up to 1kg I offer free postage saves complications and my wife works opposite a drop off point. I have never really had a p...
eBay will only allow seller do cash on collection
Buyer won item and therefore contract to purchase.Buyer willing to pay and tried paying via PayPal several times, however eBay will not allow it.Seller happy to be paid via PayPal and stated when placing the advert eBay would not allow him to do so a...
Counter Offers switched off.
Hi, Has anyone noticed that when you send offers to buyers and have "counter offers" switched off , buyers are still able to make them.
International retune
Sold an item to a buyer in France through the eBay international shipping programme the buyer wants to return the item claiming INAD, although I’m not totally happy with that I’m happy to accept the return how do I go about doing this as the only opt...
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...
Potential scammers working together?
For several days, I received numerous silly low offers for a patio set, which I politely rejected.The "buyer" then ceased contact. 1 day later I received a more sensible offer (but still low) from a different buyer, which I accepted. I messaged askin...
EBay’s stupid postage system
I had listed a large kitchen tap and it just sold at auction for its start price of £5. Which is hardly worth my while bothering but at least it means it will be re-used. But I see somehow eBay decided the postage cost is £2!But it’s a large kitchen ...
Resolved! Ebay has not paid me.
Sold an item that was delivered on the 5th July. It said my funds would be available today 7th July but they are still not available. Tried to go to the live chat but all I got was a Bot which was a waste of time. I am getting sick of ebay hanging on...
Simple delivery. Compensation for damage
I listed a vintage ceramic jug and bowl set which sold. I carefully packed it up with lots of bubble wrap and wrapped 'fragile' tape around the outer packaging. Simple delivery indicated it had to go via Evri. Buyer reported it smashed on receipt and...
Im leaving ebay, their greed is never ending.
First it was Buyer's protection fees, then it was payments on hold. Now simple delivery. What is next. Sacrifice your First born on the alter of never ending corporate greed for your chance to sell on platform hell bent on destroying itself. Such a s...
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