Seller News: July 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...
Customs requirements re sending to US & buying postage through eBay (non-GSP)
Well, it looks like the Global Shipping Programme might not be feasible for some time re sending items to the US, so I'll have to consider posting to the States the way I used to pre-GSP days. Are relevant customs forms filled out when buying postage...
Resolved! Buyer want's to cancel an order he has just made
As above seller want's to cancel an order he has already made. This is the second time this has happened. (not from the same buyer). I haven't sent it yet but I am tempted to tell him I have. The monitor is brand new there wouldn't be a genuine reaso...
Funds on hold item sent How long before I get paid?
Hi again all, I've been selling on eBay for around 4 months now. I've sold a decent amount of items, have great feedback and dispatch items same day. I posted on here last week after my funds got placed on hold. It's happened again but this time as t...
simple delivery
I think that everyone who has a problem with this enforced simple delivery should phone ebay and complain to them in person, the more complaints they recieve the more they are likely to do away with this ridiculous concept
HMRC guidance on 'side hustles'
This might help sort out some of the confusion regarding paying tax on ebay sales. https://taxhelpforhustles.campaign.gov.uk/?&utm_source=hmrc_intranet&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sidehustles&utm_content=news https://taxhelpforhustles.campaign.g...
Contacting bidder no advanced search
Hi, I discovered damage on an item I am selling but there are 3 bids. I want bidders to know about the damage (item is still usable) but cant contact them. I cant find advances search as per instructions and I have searched for bidder via their usern...
Can someone please explain to me why Private Sellers are receiving 'adverts' from E-Bay to 'promote'
....listings? Surely most (genuine) Private Sellers aren't really timescale motivated by when their item sells as they're not relying on the sale. However, over the last monthish I guess, I'm getting increasingly inundated with 'push banner adverts' ...
Dispatched!
Over the last four weeks I have sold and dispatched 12 items. ALL are showing as `Dispatched`, not one is shown as `Delivered`. I know that there has been a Bank Holiday during the period, but that should not make too much difference. I believe that ...
EBAY IS A SCAM - DO NOT SELL FROM HERE
Do not sell your items here.I am having to post this on my partners account as conveniently eBay has indefinitely suspended my account. Please if you was like me an honest customer that had a hobby/ passion for selling luxurious items as a little sid...
Moribund
After over 20 years of selling I am close to hitting the off switch. Ebay seems to have juddered to a halt. Has everyone else abandoned all hope or are there any souls out there who see a pot of gold at the end of this faded rainbow?
Resolved! Low priced items £10 and under
I read that "Simple delivery will be optional for items that are priced £10 or under and lightweight( 100g or under) so if your items are in this range then you should be able to continue with your own postage"If I list a Buy it Now item for £9.99, w...
Simple Delivery, why change simple things that work?
Why change the way we do things all the time? A buyer buys an item, pays and you pack it, take to the post office line up and pay the postage for whatever service you the seller choose for security reasons.I only use Royal Mail, certainly not EVRi as...
International parcel not picked up
Sent via via RM International tracked & signed, 21st April, cleared customs & attempted delivery & notified of it's location to be collected. No contact prior, case opened yesterday for INR.Tracking entered into case with screenshots of tracking info...
eBAY SALES NOW AND BEFORE
Reading recent and current postings on this forum, I note so many experienced private and business sellers reporting their sales are at an all time low. Alarmingly some of these sellers have been with eBay several years … 10, 15, 20 years plus. Being...
buyers postage costs automatically refunded off sellers account
hijust an heads up to sellers.my regular seller had my postage cost refunded to me from his account because he was unable to use ebay's new postage options, so he bought a stamp and posted at his local post office. this option seems not to be allowed...
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