Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels

Hello! I was hoping for some advice on what to do next regarding a complaint I had about a lost parcel. On New Years Eve last year, I sent a large parcel from a Post Office branch, who sent it with tracking via DPD, to an Ebay buyer. They had spent £120 on the item (some vintage toys I had kept in my parents attic for…

Hi Ive bought a new electric rise and recline chair off ebay recently, and it’s faulty. It doesn’t rise and recline and is very unstable on its base. This was an expensive purchase, over £400. The item came from the UK in 2 huge boxes via 2 different couriers with weight in excess of 54kg, with a 3 day delivery. So I…

I sold an item last week, but because I was going away for a few days I posted it off immediately, the same day in fact. A couple of days later I noticed the buyer had left a note, asking me to wait 21 days before posting .. but I never saw this .. It's possible the note wasn't even there when I actually did post it .. but…

I've suddenly stopped getting notifications from ebay. Total silence on both my phone (text) and my pc (emails). I've checked that notifications are set (I'd not made any changes). I tried to verity my mobile number and the verification code did not come through. I tried to verify my email but the verification code did not…

Sold something Friday , just low cost but it did have 2 unique bidders in on it. - buyer has so far not paid. Sent a polite message saying it was ready to be posted - I never send an invoice as it stops the 4 day clock. Then and only then I checked out buyers feedback. 117 feedback received, 26 left for others. Of those 26…

Just wondering if I could do the following on eBay: Say I have 20 x DVDs for sale. 1 costs £2. If you buy 2, then they're £1.95 each If you buy 3, then they're £1.90 each etc. Seems to only give me the option of "buy it now" or "auction"

Hi Ive bought two items from the site but have had two offers I made to sellers as "pending". Does anyone know how long offers sit at this point? 

I bought a bicycle on eBay. This is probably the 6th time or so I am buying a bike on eBay and previous experience has been mostly positive. Alas, this time it went wrong, and the bike rapidly developing issues one after another (described in excellent condition and 2 years old, but I have many reasons to suspect the…

I bought an item from eBay, but it has still not arrived and should have been here a week ago. I had a tracking number but it just says it’s in the possession of RM and they won’t say any more until they’ve attempted delivery. It’s a fairly rare item, so not easily replaced, the seller seems really decent, plenty of 100%…

last weekend i took two parcels to the yodel/collectplus drop off at my local petrol station, the cashier was dodging between serving me, serving shop customers and petrol customers and looked exhausted my two parcels were clearly identified (for my own use) by the initials on the recipients relevant parcels and the…

First-class stamp prices will rise by an inflation-busting 8% for standard size letters from 2 April, Royal Mail has confirmed. Other stamp prices will also rise, including second-class stamps by a larger 13% – though if you buy stamps at their current price, you'll still be able to use them after the price goes up.…

We heard a noise from the letterbox and then a knock on the door at 7:20pm, someone trying to stuff something through. Opened the door to find a Royal Mail guy with a small 130mm x 160mm packet that was just a little to fat to go through the letterbox cleanly. Must be the latest we have ever had a RM delivery, around here…

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I can only ever marvel at the absolutely awful advice some ebay reps give - if you followed their advice in some instances you could easily lose your account. I am selling off a large collection of widgets- all BINs and the system requires immediate payment (I cannot over ride this) due to it being a vintage collectable…

Royal Mail Prices March 2024 I'm sure there is much to discuss beyond my concern, however small business (non VAT registered) maybe interested to know code BPL small parcels 2nd class are increasing to £3.19 which I think is up 25p. Bit of a shocker. I know Soolin has helped me in the past if there's another code that is…

I'm packing and labelling items ready for an RM collection tomorrow and the system seems to be going a little crazy. I've only booked 6 for collection so far (a couple of RM48 and the rest are large letters) and so far for those 6 items I have received 24 email confirmations of collection - I've never had these duplicates…

Hi, I sold an item to be collected and the buyer has paid. I have an email from ebay telling me to contact the buyer to arrange collection. I tried to send a reply with my address and phone number to arrange collection but ebay blocked it as it contained my contact details. My question is, has ebay given my contact details…

For the past few years, my mother has been selling items on eBay as a way to pass time and clear out some space. These items mainly consist of old toys, unwanted presents, and clothes—personal belongings she no longer needs. Over the last 12 months, she has successfully sold around £1,000 worth of goods through…

when i list i only list BIN and require instant payment. when i make an offer to BUY something i am told that if the offer is accepted i will be charged straight away. i have "sent offer" to potential buyers on an item that had "watchers". it has been purchased from one of those offers, but, no payment has been made in 12…

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