UK Seller News: April 2025
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Infantile compulsory delivery options - just to deter private listings?
So Simple Delivery has been enforced on some of my listings this morning. "Simple" in terms of brainless. At the moment, there is the option to change things back but I don't know if that will last. Some fool decided you could pack a glass sugar & cr...
eBay now asking for NI numbers
I set up a new private account not long back for selling off genuinely unwanted goods (as I said before, better off selling them on a private account than paying full fees or watering down the clothing business selling nans old china stuff). 30 sales...
GoodBye, so Long and thanks for all the fish
Right, thats me leaving for now After having sold abook cheaply, and having eBay force me to try and use Evri, after it was specifically excluded. I had to cancel the sale and received a really arrogant msg back from the buyerI spoke to CS and they o...
Simple Delivery postage costs problem
I think I'll be done on the 15th as well. I've been trying to switch over to SD before the deadline and it's just not working. I've excluded Evri, for obvious reasons but when I try to use SD for an LP I get shown (when revising the listing) that the...
No more cash on collection.
Just saw the new seller rules. I've got no issue with the reduction in free listings. But no more cash on collection I do mind. It means there is no way to make a buyer check on collection and once they accept it pay with no risk of them changing the...
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 buyer protection fee? Genius move or own goal?
I've got a lot to unpack about ebays recent performance so please scroll on if long stories bore you.So I've seen a couple of threads on here about the new buyer protection fees but other than a couple of tiffs between the "die hards" and the "have n...
A SALE - AT LAST!
Today, in a departure from the post 4th April norm, I actually had to deal with a successful auction bid!!I received the normal email which showed the bid value, the BPF of £1.01 and a postage charge of £3.00 instead of the £1.00 p&p shown in my (pre...
How to stop ebay giving away my personal information with Simple Delivery
The Royal Mail online postage site allows sellers to choose not to display their home address on the delivery label when sending out items to buyers. Now that we have to use Simple Delivery, the Simple Delivery Royal Mail labels appear to show seller...
Resolved! Where can I find a listing I cancelled 6 months ago
Hello. I published a listing about 6 months ago and for multiple reasons I had to cancel it. I thought it wouldn't be a problem if I wanted to list the item again at a later time. Turns out I need to sell the item now and can't find the listing anywh...
Feedback (or lack thereof)
I've been a seller (and buyer) on ebay for many many years...... and one of the best features of eBay in general is the feedback facility, for both buyers and sellers. I can't count how many times viewing a sellers feedback comments good and bad has ...
Only Royal Mail selected as courier for Simple Delivery yet 2 postage options for buyers...
I only have Royal Mail selected as courier in my postage preferences for Simple Delivery as I will not use Evri under any circumstances. Listings are set as Buyer Pays postage. I've looked at what a buyer sees as postage options when purchasing an it...
Resolved! Just relisted item and custom postage still an option
Just relisted an item and was able to select custom postage. Item over £10.00 limit for mandatory simple delivery but able to select custom postage and specify cost, what is happening here! And simple delivery cannot be selected as a label when posti...
Letters and Large Letters and Simple Delivery
Letters and large letters with items that cost less than £10 and weigh less than 100g are exempt from Simple Delivery.
Is this a scam? eBay to delete my account if I don't log in
Recieved this email this morning. Google Mail thinks the sender is legit (i.e. it is actually from eBay). --------------Sign in to keep your accountHi Vicky,We noticed it’s been a while since you last signed in.We plan to close your account to help k...
