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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...

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Still Anti-Simple Delivery

Not sold anything since the changes in April, when I sold anything I sent by RM in a normal stamped addressed envelope with the correct postage.Always did it this way so have still got a draw full of postage stamps I purchased for it.Suppose one of t...

Global Shipping Programme

Hi, I received an email this morning saying ..... We’ve opted you into the Global Shipping Programme. It’s an easy way to reach millions more buyers with minimal change to the way you already sell on eBay. I am a private seller, who sells mainly clot...

Ebay shop

Hi all, Sales have been reducing a fair amount over the past couple of months, possibly due to a lack of potential customers using ebay these days compared to previous months? Looking at views on items we sell, many have zero views at all in the past...

EBay Confusion

Like many others..confusion reigns!.. Latest point…. so, I’m a private seller dealing in small quantity, low value.. postcards. If I post abroad from the UK it costs £3.25 with Royal Mail.However with EBay’s new policy, they charge £2.72 SD…..it’s so...

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...

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.

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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 .......

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Simple delivery - over estimated postage

All my slides are under the £10.00 limit and fit into a standard 1st. class letter, yet Ebay have changed the format to simple delivery 'Large Letter' showing £2.72 postage instead of £1.70. Any way of amending this error.

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New Fees calculation.

OK, I understand that there are new fees applied, and I have just noted that an item I had listed at £9.99 is now listed at £11.11! The odd 11p makes it look a very unappealing price. I could list it at £10.99 and take the hit, but my question is ......

'Promote it' - How does it work?

eBay keep offering me this 'Promote it' thing, but how does it actually work and what precisely do they charge? They seem remarkably coy about explaining this. I agreed to two of my three items being 'Promoted' but it seems to have made little or no ...

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Buyer bypassing shipping rules by using third-party

I'm feeling quite uneasy about a watch I just sold for £240. The delivery details indicate the buyer is using GGBG, a third-party shipping company in Dartford, to forward the watch to Bulgaria. My listing was strictly for UK delivery, so even though ...

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