Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels

A bit of advice please , I have an Ebay business account selling mostly collectables and toys but have started to sell Hi fi gear including some high end valve gear which I normally buy from auction or private collections . Do I need some sort of insurance to cover myself in case the item is faulty and hurts the buyer or…

Monday :Told me delivery on Tuesday morning. Tuesday morning: told me rescheduled to afternoon. Tuesday afternoon: rescheduled to Wednesday. Too bad if I had taken time off work for this 🙁

I sent a parcel early Friday 29 November and took to the Post Office. However the tracking has not altered since then when it said it had been accepted. Should I be concerned yet or might it have been delayed updating? The buyer has not contacted me to query non-delivery yet.

I have an eBay offer to get 100% off of ad fees for Cyber Monday. How doe this work? Is this to do with promoting an item? How long should I promote for? I have never use this feature before and do have 1 expensive item that may be helped with a promotion.....if it's free!!!

Sorry if this is a really stupid question. I was buying something on Etsy via PayPal and as I was offered £20 to pay by PayPal credit, I did. I expected the amount I owed - about £15 - to go onto my credit card linked to my PayPal account, but it hasn’t, so how do I pay it? I can’t see any way to do it, so please feel free…

I bought an item on Wednesday on Ebay and was given a tracking number that day. Lots of feedback mentioned very quick delivery so I stupidly didn't ask the Seller if it could be sent quickly, especially as I had the tracking number. On Thursday the tracking was still saying 'we're expecting your parcel to arrive with us…

I need to have a parcel collected from a Polish seller who does not post to the UK. I don't know what the requirements are for customs documents into the UK, and am wondering if the information I might be asked for by UPS will be sufficient if customs have any issues? Is it a requirement to at least have a commercial…

Hi all. I had a RM SD by 1pm turn up after 1pm the following working day and upon trying to put a claim in, a message pops up saying 'sorry, we cannot continue with your claim.....you must allow 1 working day from the posting date before we can treat the item as being delayed'. Unsure if RM have changed their terms on this…

I can see that this has been going on since at least 2017 but is it legal for them to refuse pre-paid Royal Mail 24 or 48 labels? they will not give me a reason, or show me a directive or memo! I only send one or two small parcels a week and had no issues until around 6 months ago! I generally book using parcel2go as it is…

I came across a discussion elsewhere regarding new general product safety regulations (GPSR) which will affect selling into the EU and Northern Ireland. Here is Ebay's page regarding thishttps://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/global-sales/general-product-safety-regulation It requires all sellers outside the EU to have a…

Hi All, I am very new and I apologize if I am posting incorrectly. I made an order from US to UK and there was no tracking available so after some time I contacted the company and they said they also can't track it or help me so they decided to send a replacement for me and to wait until the 29th Nov and contact them if it…

So i agreed a price for a piece of kitchen equipment from the seller, she agreed to post it and i sent the money through. Then after a few days nothing, I sent contact emails which after a few days she complained i should be more patient as she'd had a family crisis. I said sorry about that and she'd send it out. Nothing…

Hi! I have a number of unused home ware still in their packaging and wondered what advice Ebay veterans would advise when selling such items. Thank you

A parcel never arrived, which I forgot all about, although I previously refunded the buyer. On Monday this week I completed the online claim form and have today received a cheque, for the selling price and the postage paid, which I think is pretty good .. well done Royal Mail. A few years ago I had to make another claim,…

I browse a number of categories on Vinted and have noticed that a few posters whoo have zero reviews have listed a range of items all at the same price. E.g. one seller has 20 items all priced at £6.10, another with all priced at £7.89, another at £9.28. Why would somebody price a BN Barbour jacket the same as a used Next…

I'd like to buy something - a piece of jewellery - costing around £950 from Canada off eBay. Items from the US have all charges paid at point of sale inc duty etc. This does not appear to be the case with Canada - it just shows the postage charge. How can I find out what other charges I'll have to pay? TIA

Not that many people bother to leave feedback these days, so I was surprised to receive a full paragraph of flowery, meaningless nonsense in respect of a recent transaction. It's the very same standard of gibberish generated by the eBay AI listing tool, so it wasn't much of a leap to arrive at this conclusion... anyone…

My child opened an account with eBay, I helped her open it as she wanted to sell off some of her old clothes etc. Both my childs mum and i have eBay accounts, mine since the year eBay started trading in the UK my parter in the early noughties, we have approx 1800 sales between us (which over the years we’ve had the…

I regularly buy/sell on eBay and have done so since 2005. I have noticed a substantial change in delivery service, when trading in breakable items, in the last month. Each time I purchase crockery or breakable home-ware, the seller has carefully packaged the item in a sturdy box and made substantial efforts to protect the…

I'm selling a decent watch, ends tomorrow. It's not had a lot of traction, is it worth promoting it (never used this option before)? If so any tips?