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...
Have eBay given a date for reversing compulsory use of Simple Delivery?
Anybody heard anything yet? I can’t list anything other than large ‘buyer collect’ items. I keep hoping. I already have Royal Mail postage stamps and sell about 30 items a year. Currently have three things listed. It must be worse for sellers who rel...
Simple delivery labels
Hi guys first of all I would like to apologies for my miss behaviour yesterday on here. So I am back today with a quick question, about simple delivery. Sent two so far, yesterday no issues. Today the post office worker said there is no address but j...
NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY
AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.
SIMPLE DELIVERY - COMBINED POSTAGE PROBLEM
The problem with the above continues !! I would welcome comments from people as to if they have come across any recent updates from Ebay.
Sales to USA after August 29th - Tariffs / End of de minimis
I asked about this in the weekly chat, specifically whether ebay are alerting US buyers to the fact that they will shortly have to pay duty on anything delivered from outside the US and marco@ebay helpfully later posted this link showing that there i...
Resolved! Accepting buyer offers
I sent an offer and received a counter offer from the buyer, which i accepted however nothing has happened, the listing is still active and I’m going round in circles trying to figure it out. I attempted to message the buyer with the item number but ...
Resolved! No funds being deposited into my bank account since 1st July
No funds being deposited into my bank account since 1st July. I have had a few sales but the money is not in my bank account. Wasted hours trying to find out why not. Woman in Mexico was not helpful and insisted my bank was at fault. Don't know what ...
New postage policy seems a bit dodgy...
Anyone else find the ‘new’ postage process for sellers frustrating and a bit suspicious? Specifically: Ebay now require sellers to select the postage service during the listing and only allow them to use that postage service once the item has sold. T...
Ebay simple delivery opt out
So ebay have decided to force private sellers to use simple delivery for all listings.Previously you could select advanced options in postage and select your preferred postage method as before.Did ebay announce this to private sellers - did they .......
Resolved! Buyer Fraud – Sellers Beware – Ebay Won’t Help
I have been the victim of a buyer fraud and Ebay say it is not covered by Seller protection In February 2024 I sold a £4000 Computer part I decided not to use to a buyer who had joined ebay one month before – zero feedback. I discounted the part from...
Are People Still Using Yodel?
They don't have a great rep. but i'd been using them pretty reliably for a while. However, with the uncertainty over possible administration i went back to Royal Mail and FedEx. As things seem to be resolved now, is it safe to return? What would happ...
Sending by Royal Mail Special Delivery?
Hello, I seem to only have the option for "simple delivery" and while that has worked fine for lower value items I am trying to list something that I'd want to specifically send via a guaranteed service.The problem with the simple delivery system is ...
Simple delivery is awful
I list a few things on ebay occasionally, but this new simple delivery is just rubbish for sellers. It assumes that ebay actually know the size and weight of items And that everyone can easily get to Evri or other courier services easily. Why did the...
Simple Delivery - Click & Collect only available with Evri?
With Simple Delivery is it still possible to do the old style Click & Collect from branches of Argos, etc with an eCP number?Or is it only supposed to work if you have Evri enabled and to collect from Evri shops?
Resolved! Simple Delivery
Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage
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