Simple Delivery opt out?

FFHillbilly

I'm just looking at that, I began by checking how much to charge the buyer the 2nd time, I don't know if this is an error on the ebay postage tool but it's telling me I can send a 20kg parcel RM tracked 48 61x46x46 for only £6.65. if thats the case I could just send this and it'll be fine? 
the buyer probably selected the simple delivery as it was cheaper than my option, I thought it would cost much more!
turns out they had paid £3.55, so it's now been cancelled & relisted.

savergrant

FFHillbilly said:

I'm just looking at that, I began by checking how much to charge the buyer the 2nd time, I don't know if this is an error on the ebay postage tool but it's telling me I can send a 20kg parcel RM tracked 48 61x46x46 for only £6.65. if thats the case I could just send this and it'll be fine? 
the buyer probably selected the simple delivery as it was cheaper than my option, I thought it would cost much more!
turns out they had paid £3.55, so it's now been cancelled & relisted.

Buyers don't get to 'select simple delivery' either the listing is simple delivery or it isn't. That price for RM48 is definitely wrong.

TerryMSE

For those that do not know.
When listing an item and you only see the option for simple delivery, if you click collection only then click post, the option to customize your shipping will appear at the side of simple shipping.
It looks like ebay are trying there hardest to force sellers into using simple shipping.
One more thing once it has changed to allow you to choose your own method of shipping I also noticed, some times during picking the shipper it would jump back to simple shipping, if this happens you will need to click customize shipping again.
I have had this happen in around 30 listing over the last week.
Simple shipping only option
Click Collection only
Click Post only
Two boxes should now appear side by side
Simple shipping Customize shipping
Click customize shipping
choose shipping method
enter shipping cost
Hope this helps those that did not know.

soolin

TerryMSE said:

For those that do not know.
When listing an item and you only see the option for simple delivery, if you click collection only then click post, the option to customize your shipping will appear at the side of simple shipping.
It looks like ebay are trying there hardest to force sellers into using simple shipping.
One more thing once it has changed to allow you to choose your own method of shipping I also noticed, some times during picking the shipper it would jump back to simple shipping, if this happens you will need to click customize shipping again.
I have had this happen in around 30 listing over the last week.
Simple shipping only option
Click Collection only
Click Post only
Two boxes should now appear side by side
Simple shipping Customize shipping
Click customize shipping
choose shipping method
enter shipping cost
Hope this helps those that did not know.

This is probably too late now as supposedly all existing eligible (?)  listings regardless of how they were listed will magically be switched to SD before tomorrow morning.

LottieBun

WE'RE ABOUT TO BE FORCED INTO SIMPLE DELIVERY !
I just came off support with ebay, having discussed 2 issues: 1/ my default handling time of 5 days has disappeared and 2/ I cannot opt out of Simple Delivery by default. While waiting for the agent to reply I googled and got information from the ebay site itself saying "Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing eligible items. The option to opt out will only be available for items under £10 and weighing 100g or under. We'll be introducing this change in phases over the coming weeks". That sucks! Buyers are already being overcharged with the new so-called "Buyer Protection" and now they will be forced to pay excessive postage charges rather than the genuine postage cost I would apply to each listing (since I find the Simple Delivery cost is always excessive).  I have already had to start to making my listings cheaper to compensate for all these charges being layered on top by ebay. I appreciate that i no longer pay charges as a seller but if I have to knock a few quid off everything that works out more than the amount I'd pay in charges. And the support agent told me that 3 days is the maximum allowable handling time with Simple Delivery!  I can't always do that and I don't feel it's up to ebay to dictate it either.  Surely it's for me to decide what I can do and the buyer to decide if they are happy with that. I made my dissatisfaction clear to the agent and all I can suggest is that others do the same as like the song says: "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

soolin

LottieBun said:

WE'RE ABOUT TO BE FORCED INTO SIMPLE DELIVERY !
I just came off support with ebay, having discussed 2 issues: 1/ my default handling time of 5 days has disappeared and 2/ I cannot opt out of Simple Delivery by default. While waiting for the agent to reply I googled and got information from the ebay site itself saying "Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing eligible items. The option to opt out will only be available for items under £10 and weighing 100g or under. We'll be introducing this change in phases over the coming weeks". That sucks! Buyers are already being overcharged with the new so-called "Buyer Protection" and now they will be forced to pay excessive postage charges rather than the genuine postage cost I would apply to each listing (since I find the Simple Delivery cost is always excessive).  I have already had to start to making my listings cheaper to compensate for all these charges being layered on top by ebay. I appreciate that i no longer pay charges as a seller but if I have to knock a few quid off everything that works out more than the amount I'd pay in charges. And the support agent told me that 3 days is the maximum allowable handling time with Simple Delivery!  I can't always do that and I don't feel it's up to ebay to dictate it either.  Surely it's for me to decide what I can do and the buyer to decide if they are happy with that. I made my dissatisfaction clear to the agent and all I can suggest is that others do the same as like the song says: "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

It’s all well covered here on this thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6597156/ebay-simple-delivery-merged#latest

Pollycat

LottieBun said:

WE'RE ABOUT TO BE FORCED INTO SIMPLE DELIVERY !
I just came off support with ebay, having discussed 2 issues: 1/ my default handling time of 5 days has disappeared and 2/ I cannot opt out of Simple Delivery by default. While waiting for the agent to reply I googled and got information from the ebay site itself saying "Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing eligible items. The option to opt out will only be available for items under £10 and weighing 100g or under. We'll be introducing this change in phases over the coming weeks". That sucks! Buyers are already being overcharged with the new so-called "Buyer Protection" and now they will be forced to pay excessive postage charges rather than the genuine postage cost I would apply to each listing (since I find the Simple Delivery cost is always excessive).  I have already had to start to making my listings cheaper to compensate for all these charges being layered on top by ebay. I appreciate that i no longer pay charges as a seller but if I have to knock a few quid off everything that works out more than the amount I'd pay in charges. And the support agent told me that 3 days is the maximum allowable handling time with Simple Delivery!  I can't always do that and I don't feel it's up to ebay to dictate it either.  Surely it's for me to decide what I can do and the buyer to decide if they are happy with that. I made my dissatisfaction clear to the agent and all I can suggest is that others do the same as like the song says: "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

Of course it is up to eBay to set their rules.
It's their platform.

FTR, I'm not happy about it either and have said so in a thread I started.
I'm particularly hacked off that there seems to be only a choice of RM or Evri so far under 'simple delivery'.
IMHO, eBay should have sorted out postage with Yodel and Inpost before introducing this change.
But we are where we are.

You can continue selling on eBay under their rules or find a different platform.
Have you considered Vinted?

shapala

Pollycat said:

LottieBun said:

WE'RE ABOUT TO BE FORCED INTO SIMPLE DELIVERY !
I just came off support with ebay, having discussed 2 issues: 1/ my default handling time of 5 days has disappeared and 2/ I cannot opt out of Simple Delivery by default. While waiting for the agent to reply I googled and got information from the ebay site itself saying "Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing eligible items. The option to opt out will only be available for items under £10 and weighing 100g or under. We'll be introducing this change in phases over the coming weeks". That sucks! Buyers are already being overcharged with the new so-called "Buyer Protection" and now they will be forced to pay excessive postage charges rather than the genuine postage cost I would apply to each listing (since I find the Simple Delivery cost is always excessive).  I have already had to start to making my listings cheaper to compensate for all these charges being layered on top by ebay. I appreciate that i no longer pay charges as a seller but if I have to knock a few quid off everything that works out more than the amount I'd pay in charges. And the support agent told me that 3 days is the maximum allowable handling time with Simple Delivery!  I can't always do that and I don't feel it's up to ebay to dictate it either.  Surely it's for me to decide what I can do and the buyer to decide if they are happy with that. I made my dissatisfaction clear to the agent and all I can suggest is that others do the same as like the song says: "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

Of course it is up to eBay to set their rules.
It's their platform.

FTR, I'm not happy about it either and have said so in a thread I started.
I'm particularly hacked off that there seems to be only a choice of RM or Evri so far under 'simple delivery'.
IMHO, eBay should have sorted out postage with Yodel and Inpost before introducing this change.
But we are where we are.

You can continue selling on eBay under their rules or find a different platform.
Have you considered Vinted?

I've just sold something on my private a/c.....what I don't like is you can't organise delivery independently and manually add that it's been shipped with tracking number. Item in Q I'd send RM48 but has to go with Evri (no other option). I don't like evri who I've had a couple issues with, both as sender and recipient over the years.

For ref, I have both a 15 y/o biz and private a/c and prefer to sort/organise my own delivery.

Guessing there's no way of opting out now since it looks like eBay have forced every item on to it (talking about private a/c)? If so, will add my items to Vinted and FBM and close my eBay private a/c. 

Pollycat

shapala said:

Pollycat said:

LottieBun said:

WE'RE ABOUT TO BE FORCED INTO SIMPLE DELIVERY !
I just came off support with ebay, having discussed 2 issues: 1/ my default handling time of 5 days has disappeared and 2/ I cannot opt out of Simple Delivery by default. While waiting for the agent to reply I googled and got information from the ebay site itself saying "Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing eligible items. The option to opt out will only be available for items under £10 and weighing 100g or under. We'll be introducing this change in phases over the coming weeks". That sucks! Buyers are already being overcharged with the new so-called "Buyer Protection" and now they will be forced to pay excessive postage charges rather than the genuine postage cost I would apply to each listing (since I find the Simple Delivery cost is always excessive).  I have already had to start to making my listings cheaper to compensate for all these charges being layered on top by ebay. I appreciate that i no longer pay charges as a seller but if I have to knock a few quid off everything that works out more than the amount I'd pay in charges. And the support agent told me that 3 days is the maximum allowable handling time with Simple Delivery!  I can't always do that and I don't feel it's up to ebay to dictate it either.  Surely it's for me to decide what I can do and the buyer to decide if they are happy with that. I made my dissatisfaction clear to the agent and all I can suggest is that others do the same as like the song says: "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

Of course it is up to eBay to set their rules.
It's their platform.

FTR, I'm not happy about it either and have said so in a thread I started.
I'm particularly hacked off that there seems to be only a choice of RM or Evri so far under 'simple delivery'.
IMHO, eBay should have sorted out postage with Yodel and Inpost before introducing this change.
But we are where we are.

You can continue selling on eBay under their rules or find a different platform.
Have you considered Vinted?

I've just sold something on my private a/c.....what I don't like is you can't organise delivery independently and manually add that it's been shipped with tracking number. Item in Q I'd send RM48 but has to go with Evri (no other option). I don't like evri who I've had a couple issues with, both as sender and recipient over the years.

For ref, I have both a 15 y/o biz and private a/c and prefer to sort/organise my own delivery.

Guessing there's no way of opting out now since it looks like eBay have forced every item on to it (talking about private a/c)? If so, will add my items to Vinted and FBM and close my eBay private a/c. 

When I'm listing, I opt for custom postage which allows me to offer RM 48 tracked.
I write my own labels and drop off at my local post office.
I can manually mark the item as despatched and enter the tracking number.

FTR, I'm a private seller.

soolin

Pollycat said:

shapala said:

Pollycat said:

LottieBun said:

WE'RE ABOUT TO BE FORCED INTO SIMPLE DELIVERY !
I just came off support with ebay, having discussed 2 issues: 1/ my default handling time of 5 days has disappeared and 2/ I cannot opt out of Simple Delivery by default. While waiting for the agent to reply I googled and got information from the ebay site itself saying "Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing eligible items. The option to opt out will only be available for items under £10 and weighing 100g or under. We'll be introducing this change in phases over the coming weeks". That sucks! Buyers are already being overcharged with the new so-called "Buyer Protection" and now they will be forced to pay excessive postage charges rather than the genuine postage cost I would apply to each listing (since I find the Simple Delivery cost is always excessive).  I have already had to start to making my listings cheaper to compensate for all these charges being layered on top by ebay. I appreciate that i no longer pay charges as a seller but if I have to knock a few quid off everything that works out more than the amount I'd pay in charges. And the support agent told me that 3 days is the maximum allowable handling time with Simple Delivery!  I can't always do that and I don't feel it's up to ebay to dictate it either.  Surely it's for me to decide what I can do and the buyer to decide if they are happy with that. I made my dissatisfaction clear to the agent and all I can suggest is that others do the same as like the song says: "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

Of course it is up to eBay to set their rules.
It's their platform.

FTR, I'm not happy about it either and have said so in a thread I started.
I'm particularly hacked off that there seems to be only a choice of RM or Evri so far under 'simple delivery'.
IMHO, eBay should have sorted out postage with Yodel and Inpost before introducing this change.
But we are where we are.

You can continue selling on eBay under their rules or find a different platform.
Have you considered Vinted?

I've just sold something on my private a/c.....what I don't like is you can't organise delivery independently and manually add that it's been shipped with tracking number. Item in Q I'd send RM48 but has to go with Evri (no other option). I don't like evri who I've had a couple issues with, both as sender and recipient over the years.

For ref, I have both a 15 y/o biz and private a/c and prefer to sort/organise my own delivery.

Guessing there's no way of opting out now since it looks like eBay have forced every item on to it (talking about private a/c)? If so, will add my items to Vinted and FBM and close my eBay private a/c. 

When I'm listing, I opt for custom postage which allows me to offer RM 48 tracked.
I write my own labels and drop off at my local post office.
I can manually mark the item as despatched and enter the tracking number.

FTR, I'm a private seller.

All eligible items will be switched to SD goi g forward, eBay have delayed their complete start for an unknown period of time, several threads suggest all will be switched by end of April.

items eligible to opt out, and that hasn’t been fully outlined yet, should be OK, but that appears to be just LLs under £10 and overweight parcels. 

RM48 is the Royal option under SD with either a label or a QR code being offered.