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eBay SD supplied an underweight postage label.

Hi i normally customise the postage to Royal Mail tracked 48. Unfortunately i made a mistake and sold an item with Simple Delivery as the postal method. The result being my parcel is 1.4 kg and eBay has supplied a Tracked 48 label with a weight up to...

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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Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning

Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...

Offers to watchers problem

Does anybody had a problem with offers to watchers recently? Like last 3-4 days? I'm sending offers to watchers, but nobody has taken any, and that is not normal at all on my account.Contacted some sellers that I know, and all report the same. With o...

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Entering your own tracking number for non Simple Delivery items where compensation cover needed

Members should read this post first to understand that Simple Delivery, in many cases, will not give you any compensation coverage. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Where-you-REALLY-stand-on-shipping-using-Simple-Delivery/m-p/7860490 So...

Simple Delivery

I sold an item today, which for some reason included Ebay's 'Simple Delivery' method. I don't know why, as I normally sort it myself via Royal Mail 48 hour tracking using my local PO.So I am a bit clueless as to how this system works. I have no print...

Selling a motherboard, tips, warnings?

as above, its a Asus Maximus X Hero, and I am aware still sells at a good price, I have soid such things before, with no issues, but am increasingly worried, about the 'empty cardboard box' scams, and other ones. I also have concerns about E bays lim...

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Maximum box size now 61cm under simple delivery?

I have just had to cancel two listings for ikea prints as to safely package would have required a box/package ca 75 x75cm. After searching listing page the MAX size under royal mail is now capped at medium package 61cm so these would have been reject...

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'Simple Delivery' failed, now a test case - worried

Private Seller here, I sold a gold sovereign for £590 on ebay and was forced to use "Simple Delivery" as you all know. Both ebay and RM tracking show it as delivered, RM say they left it in a safe place and uploaded a photo. Seller says package has g...

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