Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels

what a lot has changed. just done a "test" listing run through so as to get a handle on whats changed. i'm ok overall but postage has me a bit baffled. i always used to price things up with a BIN and free postage via RM tracked, BIN requires immediate payment. i had hoped to do the same going forward. do i not have the…

I've noticed recently I don't get these when an item is sold on ebay and I produce a label. finally got round to checkng what it says on the page beofe I complete it to make sure I'm not missing anything, it definetly says "we will e-mail you a QR code" but I've not been receiving them, on 2 different accounts too, for…

Hi, I posted a large letter second class on Thursday 23rd July. On Wednesday 29th the buyer opened an INR case. I messaged them saying Royal Mail are awful at the moment, but could they give it till Monday and if it's still not arrived I would refund in full. No reply. I noticed on Friday that they have posted positive…

Hi MSE-ers (First the usual apology if this has been covered - I have browsed and tried to search but not found anything). I sold an item on Vinted recently, and the buyer chose Relay which I had never even heard of before, didn't know it was an option. I found a local shop that does it and sent it off, however the buyer…

I'm a private ebay seller. I recently listed a number of my used household items for sale. I check sold prices to get an idea of pricing. Whilst listing, ebay also suggests a price, and shows if your price is low or high on a sliding scale. I've complied with all this and I'm getting a message in my "Manage active…

Hi Everyone, hope I've put this on the right Board? We are having a declutter and looking to get rid of a lot of old jewellery. We see that we buy vintage are in our area tomorrow - does anyone have any experience of using them and would you recommend them? If not, any other suggestions on the best way to get rid of…

Please can someone clarify the Vinted QR Inpost shipping codes for me? I always printed labels before with no issues. The other day I tried just the QR code method for shipping and since Tuesday my parcel hasn't been collected from the locker. For what I understood, I don't attach anything to the package, I scan the QR…

I recently wanted to return a Bathroom Vanity Unit & Basin to the retailer. I found Parcel Hero online, entered the weights & dimensions of the 2 items and was offered a choice of 2 services from UPS. The 2 items weighed 50kg & 18kg and had a value of approximately £400. I made my selection and increased the insurance…

Have traditionally been a long time seller on EBay selling all sorts but majority other halves vast clothing resources (😬). Haven’t done so much lately as finding Vinted more successful but just as one personal example, did decide to list a pair of trainers on EBay and “paid” to promote them. 2 and a bit weeks and no…

I have a balance from a couple of sales so decided to spend it on a few bits and bobs. I added items to my basket then tried to check out using my ebay balance but the pay button was greyed out. As a workaround I paid £7 with my balance and 29p with paypal. This worked OK, another ebay glitch?

I've found several of these at home when trying to clear out old stamps, and wondering what to do with them. The royal mail person couldn't tell me when I rang up, other than that they don't do them anymore. I don't need to write to anyone abroad, but can I just use them as letters to uk addresses? May keep one for…

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Sold a watch on ebay to a buyer from Austria, the watch was £35 and the buyer paid £66 total. The resin strap got broke in the post and the buyer wants to return it. I thought I was protected from this when using GSP? Ebay want me to refund £66 to get back a broken £35 watch, it was damaged in the post after ebay posted it…

I don’t know if anyone else has encountered this, but Royal Mail are refusing to allow claims for compensation for lost or damaged items if the postage label is purchased through eBay, irrespective of which service is used. You may know as a private seller you have two shipping options, “simple delivery” or “custom…

For the past 2 days I have been unable to change my custom postage options on my listings, I just get a message saying they are not available. I called eBay and they advised it was a global issue and wouldn't be fixed until Monday because being the weekend they don't have the resources (Staff) to fix it, surely as a…

I'm really getting frustrated at Royal mail as I once again have 2 INRs open, both items sent at the end of January, both LLs. One is a business sale so all I can do is refund the buyer, and because it was a low cost, to me, stock item there's no point in wasting time fighting for a refund from RM so I've lost the original…

Anyone else experiencing extreme problems or unable to login to ebay at the moment? Typically, when I try to login I get a screen like this: I try a dozen times, then I get a screen like this: this refreshes itself for maybe 10 minutes! then I get the infamous MCaptcha screen: but it doesn't matter how many times I…

anyone had any experience of this please and advice on what to do? last time i sold on Ebay was probably about 18 years ago and my god it has changed! I put some lots up for sale and one of them sold to a buyer lets call him Frank some didnt sell so i just deleted them (was going to just donate what didnt sell). so I got…

Hello all, hoping for a bit of advice please. Posting on behalf of a family member. He's always been quite an avid collector of things, a bit of a hoarder. He bought some pokemon cards in the late 90s which we have now since found out they are worth a lot of money (had them valued). We are talking 10s of 1000s. He is…