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Royal Mail Price Changes: October 2025
Royal Mail are changing prices for various products from the 6 October including: Royal Mail Special Delivery GuaranteedRoyal Mail Tracked1st and 2nd Class ParcelsRoyal Mail Signed For Parcels Full details on https://www.royalmail.com/prices2025
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First time filling out self assessment for ebay sales
As above this year will be the first time filling out a self assessment form for year 24/25 due to my ebay activity. I have a record of all income and outgoings but is it only for my ebay activity or do i include ALL income? i have no idea.
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Royal Mail Issues ?
Hi. Is anyone experiencing Royal Mail mega slow delivery issues at the moment ? Dispatched 2 items to different buyers via Tracked 48 last Wednesday 17th. Neither have updated on Online Tracking and buyers haven't received items. Normally, T48 lands within a couple of days without fail. I appreciate 48 hours delivery isn't…
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How long to leave it to chase progress?
Won item, paid, item not sent yet. Not saying how long in between yet, just want to gage replies first. Seller messaged apologising for delay as death in family and will send asap, but no update as posted yet on Ebay. How long would you chase up from the message?
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Ebay Evri drop off issues
My local Evri drop-off is very handy as it's just 10 minutes walk away. However, they now only accept small packages. Anything larger than a typical shoe box gets refused. I just tried to drop off a shoe box containing a pair of boots (so a little larger than your typical shoe box) and the shop owner refused to take it. I…
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Using PayPal on site like Timu rather than my own bank details
hi, having looked at Temu etc, I am reluctant to use my own bank details to make a purchase. I was wondering if it would be better to use PayPal, that way it would be more secure. I was wondering what peoples experiences with PayPal have been like in addition would there be an alternative. Many thanks
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Do Charity Listings On Ebay Affect My Tax Quota?
I understand that I have a £1000 allowance selling on eBay before I'm liable to pay tax. Also, that I have a 30 sold listings limit (per year?) before being flagged up for tax scrutiny. My main question is this: If I sell to declutter, giving 100% of proceeds to a charity via the eBay checkout system and using "eBay Simple…
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eBay simple delivery (merged)
This thread has been created by combining posts from more than one thread
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Selling on ebay after a few years away
Have a few queries, What is with the payment holds and how long do they last? I think I will get some due to a break. Why is there a code in the middle of the address, something like ebaylt7dfc (made that up), is it relevant if you aren't using ebay's printed postage (which is what I assume it is for)? What happen to Royal…
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I never learn- waiting on a facebook collection -again
Having vowed never to try and give anything away again on facebook - i relented and offered up a small item of furniture that's far too good to throw away, it's also on freegle and similar places. Listing showed lots of photos , full measurements (inches and cms) , a part post code - plus the usual no delivery available.…
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ebay simple delivery refunds not received
Is anyone else struggling to get refunds for unused simple delivery labels? These are items I have sold with me (seller) paying postage. I now have over £30 outstanding in refunds due that are all over 30 days. Mostly items that were sold and paid for but the buyers then requested a cancellation. Plus a couple where the…
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Yodel is rebranding to Yodel by InPost
I suspect sellers on Vinted all have received this message, not sure if they have also sent them out on Ebay as I don't use Yodel at all on there. "Hi, Earlier
this year, we announced that Yodel became a part of InPost UK. From 15th
September 2025, you may notice some changes as we update our brand to Yodel by InPost.…
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Vinted, a few months ago i was advise i had to become a pro seller, now i have to provide business
Morning,I started selling on Vinted last year to clear out items I had accumulated. For context, I went through a period of binge buying and collecting things like backpacks, slings, and EDC/travel gear (I use to travel alot for work at the time). I’d often buy multiples of the same item over period of months, and…
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Large letters RM delays
I know we have had threads regarding RM delaying letters and potentially LLs as well, but I've now had 3 'where's my item' messages in less than 24 hours. I personally think the buyers are being a bit prompt ,1 was sent Tuesday and 2 on Wednesday, but according to ebay all should have arrived by now. Luckily 2 of them were…
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Seller change mind after deposit was paid
Hi, Might not be the right category but I found this as the closest one. I'm the seller of 1kg silver on Facebook. Someone is willing to buy it and he said he will collect it in 10days and for that he paid £120 in advance. But in the meantime I've changed my mind and I let know the buyer that I wanna sell it somewhere else…
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Ebay International Buyer - VAT and IOSS number
I've sold something to a buyer in Austria. He has paid VAT to Ebay on the item and I have been provided with an IOSS number from Ebay. Ebay tells me: 'Please ensure that you share Ebay's IOSS number electronically with your courier'. However, when I go to purchase a postage label with Royal Mail, the box to enter the IOSS…
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Question re collection in person and returns
Hi, I only sell occasionally on eBay, and usually only small bits that I can post. I have listed 3 large kitchen appliances as collection only, as certainly cannot post them. I understand that there is now a code that eBay sends the buyer, which they must show me on arrival. And that this gets around the old scam of paying…
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Ebay - Buyer unable to pay due to 'Unable to deliver to address'
Hoping for some advice. I'm a private seller, one of my items has sold. The buyer contacted me shortly after to say they couldn't pay as the item 'couldn't be posted to their address'. The buyer is based in Northern Ireland. It's Simple Delivery, large envelope using Evri. The item is a video game. Not sure what my options…
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parcelforce lost / delay - Ebay buyer wants a refund
Advice needed on a stressful eBay sale I sold an item on eBay about 10 days ago. I shipped it the same day by dropping it off at the Parcelforce depot, where it was scanned into their system. However, a week later the buyer contacted me saying it hadn’t been delivered, and the tracking still only shows the initial scan.…
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EBay 'messages' - format has gone awry using Firefox. Ok in Chrome.
Hi.This happened around a week or so ago, and could have been around the same time as a Windows 11 update, but not certain. In essence, when I click on my 'Messages', it appears spread over the whole page, as tho' zoomed in to a daft and distorting degree. My Firefox is set to the standard 100% zoom, and all the other eBay…
