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@papso22 wrote:

That could well result in ebay closing your account.  It's a type of fee avoidance because you are avoiding using Simple Delivery where Simple Delivery is mandatory.

 

That's different to a workaround which is necessary because Simple Delivery is not working as it should, as we saw last year.  Workarounds make things work as intended and overcome glitches.  

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Haha, fat chance of that happening! It's not fee avoidance at all, because I actually pay the shipping cost on BIN listings and make sure to cover my postage costs on auction listings without being out of pocket. I hope you don't work for eBay or are just here to promote their services?

I tried the simple delivery once and it failed me, since I paid well over the odds for a delivery label compared to my choice of courier. Simple Delivery is flawed and I won't be using it - ever. Ever since SD came in, listing items has been more of a chore than anything else, simply because of the hassle you have to go through just to make sure you use a postage option you're actually happy with!!

If eBay copied Vinted's approach exactly, I would have no problems. Vinted allows THE SELLER to select exactly what options they want to use and then THE BUYER selects exactly what service they want out of what the seller has enabled. None of this "oh you're getting Evri unless you deselect Evri", and no "we might just give you Evri anyways even if you did deselect them". 

Unless Simple Delivery becomes optional I will have no choice but to continue using this method (which wasn't even originally my method, I found it on these forums!) of selecting my own shipping service to post my items to my buyers. If you don't like it, don't buy from me. Simples.