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Royal Mail: updated delivery restrictions & packaging requirements for bladed items
Royal Mail has added delivery restrictions and packaging requirements to bladed items and sharp or pointed objects which will be in force from 7 May 2024. If you are posting bladed items such as cutlery knives that you have sold on eBay via Royal Mai...
Buyer claims Item is faulty on the last day of the return window
Hi all, i have recently started selling on ebay against many words of concern from various small business owners i have connected with. I recently sold a brand new sealed hoover to a chap that had been openly communicating with me about getting other...
Buyer returned wrong item from outside UK
Olympus camera 166409204997 Returns case 5327661781I sold a camera (listed uk buyers only) with a stated serial number, on 31st Oct '23, but it was bought by a buyer in Georgia, Eastern Europe, with a delivery address in Finchley, London. This was of...
Royal Mail - Supplemental charge will apply for drop off
I bought a label via the RM site, didn't hear the doorbell, missed collection, so took the parcel to the post office. RM charged me a supplemental 20p for drop off as they had my card details and I was notified via the email address they hold for me....
Resolved! Is this usual?
I am a little confused as i very rarely get a return. Sold an item and accepted an INAD (i may be about to be scammed but thats another story)So through the case i sent a Parcelforce label for the buyer to return it. The Buyer has been really slow in...
Cancelled shop sub middle of last month and its charged me again
Was horrified to find £33 odds ripped out my account for a store sub i cancelled early last month.......seen other posts about it but is this just another ebay scam u can't get out of easily?
Resolved! Anyone had a discounted fees offer recently?
I used to get a 70% off fees offer every couple of weeks, but haven't had any for a while now. Anyone else suffering the same fate?
Advice please
Hi, the buyer bought the lawnmower on February 25, 2024 for £399. After 2 months, on April 24, he writes to me that he used it for the first time (if this is true) and the mower stopped working after 2 hours of use. The mower was sold as used, in ver...
eBay 2024 1st Quarter Results - Groundhog Day
For those interested; late yesterday (UK time) eBay's first quarter results for 2024 were announced. As expected now, for the last 8 quarters, eBay active buyers were flat (although down 1% year-on-year). Active sellers, well we don't know that figur...
Have I gone crazy?
Buyer requested a return, after going back and forth stating i dont accept them and the description was accurate I eventually caved. When i reveiced the return, the camera was dirty but the serial number checked out. upon closer inspection - the cam...
Royal Mail tracked labels now have proof of postage -unable to use label printer
hi fellow sellers, this morning my labels have a proof of postage attached to most labels which stops me using my label printer, im having to resort to a4 and tape, is there any way of removing the proof of postage and return to just the label to use...
How much time does buyer have to accept partial refund?
Hi,I sold an item which I stated that was non refundable, but the buyer still wanted a refund and selected the reason as "item not as described". After a conversation I realised that he has not read the description. Anyway, I offered him a partial re...
eBay now allow defamatory comments!
Please be aware everyone that eBay now consider defamatory remarks to be perfectly admissable on their site! I was deliberately called arrogant in order to ruin my hard earned reputation. The very definition of defamation is to make remarks in order ...
HMRC data sharing
Can someone confirm when they have stated "starting January 1st 2024" they will being to share all data with HMRC does that mean that all sales starting from Jan 1st 2024 will be shared in the new format? I know historically that they have shared dat...
Evri via packlink wrongly charged
After years of no problems i am being charged £3.18 frequently for items well under 1kg with claims they are at least 1240g which is wrong as i have started double checking on checked scales.Will no longer use Evri as it means i'm selling at a loss.T...
Selling
Hi everyone Is anybody have problem with selling. From yesterday 0 sales and when talked with them again said its everything fine. I am selling everyday between 5-8 items per day, But from yesterday something hapenned, just stopped. :(. I have lots o...
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