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eBay charity listings
I have created charity listings on eBay for a few years as a private seller. If a buyer bought something for £4.30, eBay waived the fess and all of the money went directly to charity. Now if a buyer pays £4.30 for a charity item, the charity only gets £3.45, the other 85p goes to eBay as a buyer protection fee. I'm not…
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Trouble Buying Stamps
Has anyone else had trouble buying large letter 2nd stamps from the post Office?
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Can we still pay by card for postage on EBay?
I have funds on EBay and just getting used to their postage changes. Does anyone know if we can still pay postage by credit/debit card or must we buy through EBay? I use my M&S credit card for absolutely everything because they send out vouchers in the form of £s off. Even lots of small postage prices can help to add to…
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Ebay Permanent item location UK
Do any members know how to fix Ebay so that the item location just stays on the UK all of the time, I get fed up resetting it. I have Googled this problem without success. I'm sure that my PC was set up this way but I had to do a reboot and now I have lost the permanent UK item location.TIA
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eBay Removed Negative Feedback I Left for A Seller
I have 100% feedback on eBay and have been there since 2014. I purchased some A4 260gsm photo quality paper from an eBay seller. When it arrived I weighed it. It didn't weigh what it should have. It was the weight of 240gsm. Inside the front of the cellophane wrapping was a sheet of A4 with the sellers brand on it and a…
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eBay price search not working
Not sure what's going on with this. I have an item that i listed at £22.49 After the buyer fee is added it shows on ebay as £24.11 If I copy & paste the item title into the search bar it is the first (and only) listing returned in the search results. If I go into filter and set a price range of £22.25 to £25 the item no…
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Vinted clothing sales
Has anyone heard about the tax that will be on old clothes sold on vinted and ebay? i'm a single working mom, and have sold on there for a bit of pocket money for past 2 years. unsure on the tax implications, it's not a lot of money but don't want to get in trouble. thanks
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How do I find the buyers address?
I use Royal Mail to send my items sold on Ebay and buy the postage and print the label online. I have an item I want to send out today but I think the address may be to one of these lockers rather than a home address. When I try to print the label the system tells me the address is wrong because there are over 35 digits on…
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Demand from eBay to verify my account
Is there any way around this? Been a customer since 2007. Only a buyer for last few years....some of you will understand that decision. I don`t have a smartphone up & running & my camera-desktop PC connection has failed, the problem is within the PC gubbins. No way I want to provide a poxy company with my mug shot, private…
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Vintage Cash Cow
I sent a box to this company in good faith containing some 22ct gold coins plus other gold silver and antique items. After waiting a week I heard nothing from hem so contacted them via email I enclosed proof of sending they said they hadn’t received my box, so I tracked my box and obtained the proof that the box had been…
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Selling some unwanted/sealed Minoxidil (options?)
Hi, strange question I know but i bought some Kirkland Minoxidil (six months supply still within expiry date for the entire 6 months) around November last year. And basically decided that i was too far gone for it to make a difference, and now the stuff is just sitting there mocking me... I initially searched on eBay and…
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Sold phone on EBay - but can’t bring myself to send it
Yes sold my old iPhone on EBay and was happy watching the bid gradually climb up and up over the week, eventually finishing in an exiting last minute flurry at £400 odd pounds - excellent no fees to pay either ! Only problem is that now I cannot bring myself to send it,I did intend to ,otherwise wouldn’t have spent so long…
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eBay withholding payment till I prove my ID
This discussion was created from comments split from: Ebay withholding future payments.
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What’s the best way to cancel a sale on EBay please?
Reluctantly having to cancel a sale ,seller has paid (although I think the actual money is held nowadays ) what’s the least damaging way to cancel ? ( cost and sanctions wise ) thanks
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Ebay holding private sellers funds until proof of delivery from 4th Feb, 2025
From 4th Feb, 2025, Ebay will be holding on to all private sellers funds until an item is deemed delivered. Part of the T&C's update also states that private sellers will have to buy postage via Ebay only...no more paying at the post office (it states Q1 2025 for that but I'd be sure it would be implemented at the same…
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Buying bags of old watches
Do local charity shops sell joblot bags of watches? Wouldn't be something on display but the major charities do sell watches like this on their ebay auction sites. Looking for a regular supply of old watches.
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Info printed on Royal Mail Tracked 48 return label
Not sure if this is the right board or not, but before I return something using one of the above labels I'd like to know what the different numbers on the label mean because I want to reference them in a covering letter. For example, is the tracking number on there? If so, is it the number under the barcode in the top…
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eBay UK - Buying item from Europe, How much do I pay in fees?
I wish to buy an item in Europe (Germany) The item is a car part, costs €1400 +(€100 postage and packaging) It is a spoiler that weighs roughly 5kg and is roughly 1.5m long Anyone know how to calculate the VAT/custom charges to UK please? I don’t understand how to get the correct price to expect
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Where is Martin Lewis getting this info from?
The new eBay Buyer Protection fee - the guidance just released on this site states that 'A buyer protection fee isn't applied to items priced below 99p.' eBay have no knowledge of this exclusion, can somebody from MSE please provide a link to the source they're getting this from?
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ebay closed a return too early and refusing to reopen it
Hi I bought a console sold as fully working. It arrived and was not only defective but was also loaded with a lot of 'jailbreak' firmware and pirated software. I opened a return. Seller ignored it so ebay stepped in after a few days and gave me to the 20th January to return it, I got the royal mail QR code as per usual and…
