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Royal Mail: April 2026 price changes
Royal Mail are changing prices again from the 7 April 2026. Details of how this will affect you can be found at https://www.royalmail.com/prices2026
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3 Royal mail parcels lost in a week
Never had a problem until recently but now 3 royal mail 2nd class large letter jiffy bags have gone missing, this is in the space of a week. The tracking number shows them dispatched and then just in the system now for around 3 weeks. I have put in a claim for the first one after the person who ordered it contacted me and…
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Why Do Ebay Sellers Tell Outright Lies ?
Purchased an item, loads available, chose this one because the listing shows RM T48 with delivery Friday which would be a reasonable expectation as we need it fairly quickly. Item now marked as despatched and tracking provided ……. but with Evri so who knows when we will actually receive it 🤬
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Royal Mail claim delivered. Not to me!
Just wondering where to start with this. eBay item sent tracked, no signature. I was in today when I get the notification that it's been delivered. That's strange I thought, didn't hear the door. Looked outside, no parcel. So I check the tracking. There's a close-up photo of my parcel with my correct address. Though the…
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Am I Opening myself up to trouble with an Ebay Buyer
I have an item I am selling and have been approached by a buyer offering less than half my asking price plus postage. I declined and reiterated my desired price plus postage which they responded with the same offer again. I highlighted the fact that my item is very reasonable and to buy it new would cost 4 times my asking…
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Lost evri parcel
Hello all, looking for any guidance you may have. I recently sent an item to a company who offer repairs. The company provided the evri label for me to use to send the item to them. Evri have proof of delivery but the delivery photo looks like it is in the middle of a road or at least nowhere near the delivery address…
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Rejecting a newly-bought used car
My daughter recently purchased a used car from a dealership 10 miles from her home address. She did a test drive beforehand with the dealer, who, apparently talked constantly on the test drive,and he also chose where she could go. She was happy with the driving of the car, took delivery of it 2 days later, BUT, on her…
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eBay/Online Platform Selling Separating Personal VS Trade Receipts HMRC
So currently I have occasionally only been selling my personal hobby possessions on eBay and keeping under the yearly limit as honestly don't want the hassle to be dealing with eBay/HMRC and having to explain or justify my personal possessions being sold. I have been contemplating on beginning to sell on eBay for profit,…
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Ebay Sale : Pre-printed Customs Declaration
I have just sold my first-ever item to a buyer in Guernsey and when I printed off the Simple Delivery postage label (RM) there was also a Customs Declaration form I've never seen one of these, so was about to look up online on how to fill it in, but then noticed it comes ready filled. Do i need to add anything ?
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Parcel Hero Domestic Address Surcharge
Hi everyone, Just a quick query. I recently used the Parcel Hero parcel delivery service and whilst everything went fine with the delivery they are now trying to charge me extra due to it being a domestic address and taking their driver "off the standard delivery route." Long story short I have since found out the charge…
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Seller Account Closure and Refund Of Positive Balance - Rasing A Small Claim Against eBay
Does anyone know the UK legal entity you serve small claim papers against? Has Anyone any experience of raising a small claim against eBay? The story: I used to sell on ebay but no more as I have had nothing but problems. My seller account has a positive balance and eBay said of course they would send me the money so I…
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Sellers - is there much point in blocking someone?
Discovered this week that a seller has blocked me. I needed an item & this seller is selling cheaper than others so I go to buy. "this seller is not accepting bids from you" Or wording to that effect. And then I remembered - I'd bought from this seller previously except the item didn't turn up. I can't remember why I had…
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eBay, Royal Mail & 25kg parcels
Asking for relative as I've not sold on eBay for years. They say that they've had a nightmare with posting a 25kg parcel as it was to go through Royal Mail. I asked why on earth they chose that rather than a courier, especially after they recently had issue on similar lines & said they weren't going to use RM. They said…
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Existing eBay listings when upgrading to a business account?
II've been selling my old stuff privately on ebay for years but I am now thinking of trading in some of the items I have been selling as well as making some items of my own for sale. I have a lot of listings that have been selling fairly well (repeat buyers) so with those (and my existing feedback/sales history) it would…
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FixPart customer service/returns frustration.
Hi. Not sure if you are familiar with this company. They sell parts for washing machines. My washing machine stopped working recently and my online research told me that my carbon brushes were at fault. After looking on eBay/Amazon etc I found FixPart who were much more expensive for shipping but claimed next day delivery.…
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Parcel from Europe Auction Company Damaged , claim rights
Hi there. This is quite complicated , so apologies in advance I won an antique from a European auction company (France). The auction company asked me to sign this disclaimer (translated). "<Company> undertakes to proceed with reinforced and professional packaging of any purchase made within the auction house. It also…
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Simple Delivery with R.M .. parcel heavier
I sold an item (well, a set of magazines) and the listing had 'small parcel (<2kg) as the weight' However, when I wrap them up I find the weight is 2.5 kg. The label has been pre-purchased by the buyer, so what do I do now please ? I have a few magazine batches listed so I decided to change all the listings, but see that…
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Automatic eBay Funds/Payments to bank accounts ending.
You can now enjoy better flexibility and control when managing your earnings on eBay. Starting today, available funds will stay in your eBay balance, instead of being sent to your bank account automatically every quarter. This makes it easier for you to build up your funds, set money aside for a future purchase or withdraw…
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Etsy seller wants me to buy outside of Etsy
Hi I have been in conversation with an Etsy seller through Etsy messages about a custom order and everything was great and then I asked for a custom listing so I could order but he said he's having issues with custom listings and so instead would like to send me his bank details and for me to pay that way and I'm not…
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Ebay advice buyer saying collected item has broken with use by someone else
Hi there i hope someone can help, i sold a dogs pushchair on ebay which was only used by me twice and for max 30 mins as i had to have my dog put to sleep it looked brand new etc zero issues. it was collection only, the buy came and checked it etc. messages on ebay before saying they are buying it for a homeless man and…
