I have been fairly inactive on eBay for over a year and have recently returned to selling again and sold an item Saturday 14th June 2025 which was the first since January 2025 I ignored "Simple Delivery" and arranged for a collection from Royal Mail ...
Lost 3 orders yesterday due to postage costs deemed to be too high at checkout for the items concerned.... Buyers are right to feel this way....... and I was unable to raise another invoice in the 'old' way to pacify them..... Spent an hour on CHAT a...
I have been on ebay for 16 years now. 2800 feedback at 100%, I have a system that works, that I have perfected, that I have invested in. Ebay now steam roll their way into my postage system/strategy and dictate how I have to post my items. I have bee...
As if "Simple postage" wasn't enough to try and derail sellers...As from today, they seem to be adding buyer protection or some other UNANNOUNCED fee onto custom postage!I put in "3.70" Tracked 48 parcel. Ebay lists postage on the item as "4.42"I put...
On my recent purchases, there doesn't seem to be any tracking numbers on ebay. These are physically large packages, so I would expect tracking numbers. What have ebay broken now?
I just printed off my first label . The postage selected was incorrect and this was "the buyer selection".I have always used Royal Mail. If any other courier is selected by the buyer I fully intend to cancel the order. My item, my sale, my choice of ...
I have sold a suit to a buyer who has messaged to say they are unable to pay. They live in jersey , but i don't know if that is why. I have checked my preferences and I have not excluded the channel islands. I thought it could be to do with the new s...
Evening all, After some advice please! I sold an item to the value of £900, bought the shipping label via Ebay (Not via Simple Delivery) - The buyer chose Evri as his preferred courier. I sent the item off, it was supposed to arrive yesterday, it did...
Hi all, I'm wondering how anyone is managing to sell a watch over £2,500 in value and posting to the Authenticator, fully insured? £2,500 appears to be the RMSD limit (so anything exceeding that value renders the compensation element in the event of ...
This posting lark is doing my head in. I listed this item so that the buyer pays the postageIf a buyer looks at my listing it says how much the postage is.So why on my seller page does it say that I'm paying?
Simple Delivery is now the default setting but it is possible to opt out of Simple Delivery by selecting "Switch to Advance Options". Why is Ebay pushing this? Simple, Ebay gets a discount on the postage and creams off some of the cost the buyer pays...
Evri allows parcel “tubes” which they request are triangular to be posted up to 120cm, and Royal Mail also allow tubes to be posted upto 90cm. However, eBay’s so called “simple” delivery service only allows buyers to select from either company upto 6...
Having just learned that items above £10 disqualify Custom Postage, I was intending to post my item using postage stamps instead of eBay's postage label, because the label is minimum £2.70 while the item only costs £1.55 to post (and I have quite a f...
Why has my postage charge changed on its own? I currently have a sewing machine for sale which weighs 18Kg including packaging.When I listed it I was forced to use Simple Delivery which offered two couriers Evri and Royal Mail.I decided to exclude Ro...
Just had the misfortune of selling an item, then the fun started, i have always used Royal Mail Tracked 48 and signed for, now there is NO option to get the item signed for by the buyer, therefore if the item goes missing or the buyer says he;s not r...
