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...
Problems with buyer
I have been an Ebay user for many year both buying and selling, recently a buyer purchased one of my items, I posted it out the next day as usual. It was not delivered for some time, must have been a problem with Royal Mail or something. The buyer th...
Spread the word of ebays criminal practices!
Please spread word of ebays manipulation and total control of our funds after a sale! Highlight their monopolizing of shipping options for sellers! Their removal of all ways to make formal complaints! There feedback system for sellers that has "one" ...
EBAY FARCICAL BUYER PROTECTION FEES & POSTAL CONTROL
23 YEARS OF SELLING ON EBAY AS A PRIVATE SELLER AND I'M AT THE POINT WHERE I CONSIDER IT'S BECOMING MORE TROUBLE THAN IT'S ACTUALLY OF WORTH. THE BUYER PROTECTION FEES ARE A JOKE. EBAY CLAIMS IT'S FREE TO SELL. IT IS NOT. THE BPF IS INDEED AN EXTRA C...
Small item but with extremely high shipping
Hi, I’ve seen a few posts now where the item is listed for a very small fee. but very high shipping costs? Doubt this is aloud or is it? example: small electric item just bigger than an iPad and weighs under 1kg £11 purchase £80 shipping what exactly...
Royal Mail will not compensate for any simple delivery over £150 plus any amount for collectables
I have now been locked out of anything other than simple delivery even though on the info page it states Stamps / coins etc will not be by simple delivery.My choice to go bespoke has been removed on anything I try except for items £10 and below or £7...
eBay now refund your buyer if the item gets lost in the post
eBay are now responsible for refunding buyers where items get lost or damaged in the post and are sent after 4th February when the new Buyer Protection kicks in (private sellers only) https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/returns-refunds/returns-missing...
Auto Relist has now gone for private sellers on the app 😔
So the latest eBay tactic to get rid of private sellers - you now can’t auto relist items on the app. This means it’s even harder and takes even longer to do. Ughhhh… The option is still there on my laptop.. but it’s not easy to find and is much more...
Are we being blackmailed into using Evri?
It seems to be the case where if you choose both Evri and Royal Mail, the postage prices are the same. If you don't want to use Evri, you have to pay more for Royal Mail. It seems we are being blackmailed into using Evri otherwise you'll pay more if ...
Confused over needing NI number and allowances
My non-related business *completely* died in May last year but I still had a huge tax bill from the previous tax year to pay off, so resorted to selling off a lot of my prized possessions on eBay to soften the blow. Today, I just got a notification a...
EBay asking for national insurance number , I sell a lot but buy a lot hobby is collecting coins
I’ve started collecting coins and I buy a large lot of coins take out what I want and then Sell what’s left over. Been doing this for 9 months, I am about £500 out of pocket from my initial outlay but am selling about £1000 in sales each month, will ...
How do listings like this, even when reported multiple times, still not get removed?
I won't post the acual listing as I'm not sure that's allowed. However, this is a screengrab from the listing, clearly showing that Samsung have locked the device as likely the trade in device was never sent in, thus Samsung still retain 'legal title...
Ebay took few pennies from the money my item sold price.
I just got the money from my sold item. It was sold for £119.22 plus postage but the money I received was £118.79 I don't know where that money went. If my item was sold for £119.22 plus postage. Ebay get the postage cost and I should have received £...
Different prices?
Hi, New seller here. I've just listen an item for £14.99 however its displaying at £16.31?I've listed another one for £9.99 and its displaying as £11.11? What am I doing wrong?
Ebay now seem to pay faster if buyer fills in Positive Feedback.
I sold an item last weekend, was delivered Tuesday so should have received payment today. However, buyer filled in feedback on Tuesday evening, E-bay released funds Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning. So, it would appear, on a sample set of one, that if...
How to chaange Postage Label size in ebay?
Does anyone know how to get the label sent from ebay for simple delivery to be a 4x6 size? I can't find anywhere that says select label size - it's the little things that niggle the most!!!
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