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Income insurance/Critical illness quotation
Hello there everyone I hope you're all doing well. Just a quick one, I've been trying to work down my list of things I've long put off & came to my insurances more specifically income & critical illness cover. So I put i went to lifesearch as I had heard good things about them and got a few quotes : for 1 year, 2 year, 5…
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New Postage options EBay
This has been mentioned on other threads but thought would separate it in case some (like me) was looking specifically for something. I just went into a draft listing I had started and I noticed now four new discreet boxes that weren’t there yesterday as far as I remember. Basically says Postage or collection in person…
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Important changes to our policy on selling e-bikes and baby toys
We're getting in touch to let you know that we're updating our policy for selling e-bikes and their batteries, chargers, conversion kits, and baby toys on ebay.co.uk. To ensure that these products adhere to UK safety standards when sold on our marketplace, from 31 October 2024 only eligible business sellers will be able to…
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New RM online postage prices from 7th October
1st class letter £1.65 https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2024-09/online-price-guide-october-2024-v1-ta.pdf
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Parcel sent via Ebay postage not received
I sent a parcel last week via Ebay's postage which is supposed to inform the buyer of the purchase. It didn't. I dropped the parcel in a Royal mail parcel drop box and videoed myself doing so for proof. How do I proceed as this was last Friday and the estimated delivery date was 30th Sept ?
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Item received from auction completely different to what was shown/described (Raw Returns)
So I do a lot of buying from a less known online auction website, and I purchase a lot of returns/untested items from a business and get them delivered to me. I understand the risk that things might not work, but on occasion I've received something completely different to what the image shows and what the description says.…
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Increase in questions, answers in the listing
Is any one else receiving an increase in questions, where the answers are clearly in the listing. Bullet-pointed and easy to understand, but unfortunately not easy to see because of a plethora of other items, sponsored items, similar items to what you wanted, because you searched for... Some buyers just would simply ask…
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Sending a tactical knife from UK to USA, is this illegal?
Hello. I bought a sci-fi model from ebay from a seller in the US which I received. A few days later I received another parcel from the same seller. This contained an expensive gerber tactical knife which he sent to my address by mistake. I am very worried. I want to return this to him, but I am not sure I can. The post…
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Paying Tax to HMRC for selling my own personal collection?
Good morning I hope everyone is doing great. I've a question if anybody could help with please? I've been selling on eBay regularly for about a year now selling off the bulk of my personal items the amount has passed £2k now about 90% of these items are my own personal items with the odd few bits brought from charity shops…
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Vinted & Hmrc
I couldn't find a thread for this although I'm sure there is. I lost my mum,dad husband within a 10 month period. I was left to sell anything that wasn't donated. My parents were married 50 years and hoarded,as well as my mum was a crafter with lots of new items that she never got around to doing. I also have many items of…
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Do I have to complete a tax return?
Apologies if this is commonly asked or not the right place but I say I made £3,000 on eBay. £1,750 = sold old items at a loss £1,250 = sold for profit I'm aware you get £12,570 tax-free income and £1,000 trading allowance but I'm an unemployed student and nowhere near the £12,570 threshold. I know I don't have to pay tax…
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ebay reducing free listings for private sellers
From the 1st October the amount of free listings for private sellers is being reduced from 1000 per month to 300 per month. https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-private-sellers?id=4822 The main page still links to show the original 1000 that they currently get, there is now a highlighted box that…
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Ebay and Fedex import duties
Hi I purchased item on eBay which included VAT and had free shipping from Japan. I chose the option to "pay import duties now" rather than on delivery. I received item but then received a Duty & Tax invoice from Fedex stating i owed Import tax and disbursement fee. Fedex will not accept i paid eBay. What do i do?
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Wow....Scammer contacts his bank after eBay see in my favour as seller
So, good and bad here. Buyer opened a case for a brand new and sealed item, returning an empty envelope for a relatively expensive electronics item on my biz a/c. Couldn't have been more blatant. Pictures were taken the second it was put thru my door. After speaking with eBay at the outset, I was told to send a message to…
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Paypal - no mobile, cannot set up log in / 2FA, help desk no help, cannot get a human on phone.
I would appreciate any advice on this, as I have wrung all the Paypal options dry and just don't know what to do. I have a PC and a landline. I do not have a mobile, or a mobile number. I put my landline number in their mobile box ages ago as they were nagging me about it but it didn't seem to matter. Now however, they…
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Sell or block?
So I have a specialized external computer SSD drive. Retails value is £1,360 My listed price is £869.99 or best offer - listed as used, although its practically as new, boxed etc. The item has been listed and relisted for several months - I've had silly offers (one was £200!) , but am in no rush to sell so am happy to…
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ebay. Free to sell.
maybe final fine details won't be as clear cut as we'd wish but on reading this it looks good. edit: iv'e removed the link to the story as "this is money" appears to have pulled the article. probably waiting for tomorrow when it appears change will happen. oh, my next post is post 5k. better make it a good one. :p
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Item Not Recevied - Best Course of Action with Tracking Delivered
As title says, what would be best course of action if I have to open an INR but the tracking shows as delivered? I'm asking because of eBay automatically favoring seller due to tracking number. Basically, I ordered three items from a seller. Item A was sent but item B and item C were not. All the items have the same…
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Ebay scammed by buyer
Hello all. I sold a leather recliner and footstool on Ebay collection in person only. The buyer sent a courier to pick it up and took it some hundreds of miles away down the country. Buyer then claimed it was broken and opened a return claim. As the purchase price was only £135 and the cost of getting it back was over £70…
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Parcel insurance -high value items
I need to send a couple of electrical items to buyers in the UK and wonder if there is a better value insurance arrangement than using the insurance provided by the parcel courier. The items in question are valued at £1500 and £5500. The cost of delivery with one of the more reputable couriers is under £10 per parcel, but…