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Are you putting your postage up or is this incorporated in the eBay price.I'm beginning to wonder if overseas is worth the effort….. The €3 EU Customs Duty: Since 1 July 2026, the EU applies a flat €3 customs duty per line item on low-value commercial goods and non-exempt gifts imported from outside the EU (for values up…

Some good news from the budget is that Ebay and other large sales platforms will be required to collect VAT from accounts with a turnover above the annual VAT threshold (£90k). Above this figure, sellers should register and collect VAT. Hopefully this will level the playing field to stop people who avoiding paying taxes as…

So the Truro town centre Post Office has died with it's host WHSmith. The parcel locker at the Shell petrol station only co-operates occasionally for drop offs and the next nearest drop point is a Spar shop that's not accepting parcels because the printer isn't working. But there has to be a printer because Vinted enforces…

I sold an item with SD postage at rhe weekend, postage was with Royal Mail. I printed the label booking collection for Monday (yesterday) but the bite was not collected . UUsually I get a "unable to collect your item" email but nothing this time. I waited again today but still no collection. How do I arrange another…

hi I bought an auction for a pair of airpods, https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/LotDetails/587227791 I only looked at the first pic, which is 2gen AirPods, but the rest are 1st gen AirPods, so I think the ad is misleading I wanted a gen2 AirPods so I’m not happy purchasing those. What do you reckon I should do? ir is…

Hello I ordered 2 items from the same seller on eBay and he used simple eBay delivery and on the day of delivery I had an email from both evri and eBay to say both where out for delivery however only one item was delivered and i asked the driver he told that's all he was given so I then contacted the seller who never got…

I bought a 32 inch Smart tv and realise its not big enough for the lounge I cant return to amazon as its too late next best place to sell it ?

Next door neighbour moved and didn’t leave forwarding address. They had a parcel delivered to the old address next to me which I took in because otherwise it would’ve been nicked - delivery people left it in full sight outside the front door I can’t track them down at all. I’ve tried local Facebook groups, contacting them…

I ordered an item from an eBay seller 4 weeks ago. The item had estimated delivery of a week. Within a day or 2 of ordering the the item was down as delivery stage No tracking was available then but then after about week it was down as despatched and still no tracking. 14 days before getting my delivery tracking was…

I sold an item which I checked before listing and again before sending to a buyer on Ebay. The buyer is claiming the item does not work. I've told them to open a case with Ebay and will refund upon returning. I understand that the item could have stopped working between despatch and receiving by the buyer (unlikely) and…

First time this has happened to me. Buyer on Etsy has requested a refund after not receiving the item that I sent. The Royal Mail proof of posting picture is not their door. They know where it is, but when they knocked no one opened the door. It's in London so I guess it could be a second home. I have refunded them and…

I've just noticed on a couple of my listings, it states that the seller pays the postage. I didn't make this an option during the listing process but now I want to change it, but I can not see how this is done.

I have just sold an item to Italy, its telling me there ia now a fee of £3.54 to pay on top of the postage, I usually just post buying a stamp but thought I'd do their posting, is this a new thing? If I buy a stamp will it be the same extra cost?

Hi Apologies for posting so soon after my last thread. That had a lot of questions which have either been answered or ended up irrelevant. I'm now left with one old and one new question, as per the title. There are many warnings not to put the ARN on any of the address lines. I can't put it anywhere else on the online…

When trying to login on Ebay today, I found my account was locked, and that I need to speak to a customer representative (their words). But there seems to be no way of doing this on their site. There is no telephone number given to speak to anyone, and all one can do Is use their 'AI bot', which just sends me round in…

Back in March I ordered an item on eBay, paid the asking price and sat back and looked forward to receiving it. Sadly this wasn't to be - initially the seller said there was a delay in sending the item. This went on fo some time until I decided enough was enough and contacted the seller to ask for a Refund. I was…

I'm finding Ebay very hard work recently and just wondered if anyone else is seeing the same thing. I use the app but for some reason I keep being asked to login and it won't allow me to use my biometric login, I have to use the email address and password. But that still isn't enough! I then have to enter a passcode that…

Just to clarify the business service I'm using; as a non-vat registered company I save at least 20% VAT plus some further discount for using the Universal Service Obligation (USO) PPI which is code BPL or UNH in the case of large letters. This service once called PPI has a simple bar code and not the 3D tracked type. This…

I last sold an item last week. Got the postage QR code, all good. This week I've sold an item. My buyer has paid postage (chose Evri small parcel 1-2kg £3.20) but when I select "post your item" ebay takes me to purchase your label Evri £4.15 Please help, as I don't understand what has gone wrong.

I'm interested in what folks think about what feedback I should leave on ebay. I was looking for some adapter/connector widgets. I filtered for item location as UK. All the prices, pictures and descriptions were similar, usual for this type of thing. I picked a seller, 99.4%, and ordered 3, total just under £10, delivery…