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Maliciously Suspended - What Are My Rights ?
I believe I have been maliciously suspended by EBay’s Authentication Team to prevent me from making a complaint regarding their conduct. I have been a member for almost 15 years w/ an exemplary record as both a seller & buyer. In January they removed a jewellery cleaning kit from my buyer’s parcel without any prior…
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Global Shipping Programme - parcel lost
I sold an item on ebay using the GSP - a buyer in the US won the auction; I sent the parcel to the hub in the UK, which was then sent on to the US. However it appears to have gone astray on the other side of the pond. The buyer hs understandably raised a case (he contacted me first, and I advised him to do so if he got no…
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Bidding glitch
I attempted to bid on two items this evening, but on both occasions eBay threw up a system error message. The item had not reached the reserve price but edged up selling for the bid that had failed to make that reserve, so I assumed the glitch was caused by the seller doing something. Having failed to win that item I had a…
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eBay Advanced/Custom postage options
Is there anyway to auto enable the above option? When creating new listings eBay is auto defaulting to 'simple options' and I have to spend time changing it to select the postage service I want.
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HMRC to increase trading allowance to £3000
It looks like the trading allowance is going to be raised from £1000 to £3000 in a future year. Threshold for filing ‘side hustle’ tax return to rise to £3,000 in UK This article doesn't give a date, but I've seen dates as early as 26-27 being suggested.
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Vinted is there an ombudsman!!!
So brought my son a pair of walking boots a parcel with my name and delivery address came filled with cheap shien tat and bits of plastic I raised dispute immediately and sent the requested pictures and explanation this was all done within the 48 hour time period! you can imagine how furious I am to see that vinted have…
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Ebay buyer wants money back
I sold an Aga cooker for my Dad in mid-November. The listing said that my Dad had used it for 26 years and was selling it because he had air source heating put in and the Aga ran on oil, so he couldn't use it anymore. It was collected on the 15th November by the buyer. On the 10th January I received a message from the…
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Businesses sending from mainland to UK, changes from March 31 2025
I've not seen this mentioned here before. It's not applicable yet but my RM account just made me fill in a CN22 to send a parcel to N. Ireland. As I understand, if you don't use it from March 31st the parcel is unlikely to arrive and will be returned. It's just another Brexit bonus for businesses.…
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Vinted withdrawal issues for over two months
I’ve sold many things over the year on vinted and as soon as my item have been successfully received i’ve always withdrawn my funds to my bank account, I never have a build up. My account is verified and never had any issues in the past. I have over £50.00 sat in my cleared funds and i’ve been trying since January to…
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Less Freepost since 'Buyers Protection Fee'.
Has anyone else noticed this? The buyers protection fee is on the item only so I am seeing more of the cheap item/expensive post listings to reduce the BP fee. This is going back to the time when final value fees were only charged on the item and we had a lot of 99p items with £20 postage.
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MSE Local eBay Deals tool discussion
Hi all, we've built a new Local eBay Deals Mapper tool find pick-up only bargains near you. If you could let us know what you think, that would be fab. How are the results for you? Is there anything you'd like to see added? Thanks for your help! MSE Jenny
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ebay to request NI numbers from sellers
This thread is an off shoot of the thread below as there is a part that needs to be highlighted eBay Private Seller - Self Assessment Tax Return?? — MoneySavingExpert Forum This bit in the Guardian article needs to be checked carefully against anything formal from HMRC, the Guardian article is poorly written and I would…
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Ebay gone to far with new policy change from 4th Feb 2025!
So ebay are upsetting a lot of people including myself
viewing endless comment on ebayuks facebook page/facebook ebay groups and this
forum alone, with the new disgusting policy they want to introduce from 3rd February
2025! Firstly I wonder if this I legal because I searched to see
if a company can not only legally hold…
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Ebay items just not selling any more - not even getting views, what has changed?
I first started selling a few odds and ends on Ebay about 20 years ago, and then when my parents died it was a good way to find new homes for obscure unwanted items that I couldn't really donate to charity (think vintage toilet paper or Shredded Wheat memorabilia). Generally the strange odds and ends I offered would get…
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Vintage and Collectables Roadshow
Can anyone give any feedback on this firm which distributes brochures, advertising these roadshows where apparently they buy things for cash?
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Auction House Refused Refund
Hello All I have a small company in Scotland and we bought a vehicle from a auction company in England (not Ebay). Initially we bid on one vehicle them moved to another as the reserve was not met. The first vehicle had its reserved dropped last minute and I won the second. We had a small set to as I argued I the last…
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Anyone used Haru app?
You send them clothing and shoes to sell, anything they don’t want they return to you. (The cash is upfront, you don’t have to wait for them to sell each item via their eBay shop.) They’ve paid me for accepted items, but have not returned my rejected items since January, and have not sent any meaningful updates when I…
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Will there be a stamp increase in price this year ?
as per the title .. Will there be a stamp increase in price this year ?
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Vinted - Parcel not delivered but refusing to refund me
Hi Guys Happy Friday! I’m keen to get others thoughts on this as it’s eating away at me. At the tail end of June I purchased a top off vinted ; nothing expensive - literally £7 inc fees and postage. The item was sent by the seller and marked as delivered to my house ….. however it never reached me. I contacted vinted who…
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Help thread for 4th Feb 48hr hold for payments
I thought that it would be useful to have a new thread just for the 48 hour hold on funds to point any newbies or worried existing users to from the 4th Feb. I am sure many private sellers will be unaware of this change or do not gully understand it and may post on MSE for clarification and hopefully a dedicated thread,…
