Selling on ebay after a few years away

savefortherain

Have a few queries,

What is with the payment holds and how long do they last? I think I will get some due to a break.

Why is there a code in the middle of the address, something like ebaylt7dfc (made that up), is it relevant if you aren't using ebay's printed postage (which is what I assume it is for)?

What happen to Royal Mail and signature prices, they're pretty steep now, a fiver for first class large letter under 100g, yikes. It seems tracking is the better option, not sure why a signature is necessary with tracking though. I'm also guessing online is cheaper and I'm a mug for still going to the post office?

soolin

savefortherain said:

Have a few queries,

What is with the payment holds and how long do they last? I think I will get some due to a break.

Why is there a code in the middle of the address, something like ebaylt7dfc (made that up), is it relevant if you aren't using ebay's printed postage (which is what I assume it is for)?

What happen to Royal Mail and signature prices, they're pretty steep now, a fiver for first class large letter under 100g, yikes. It seems tracking is the better option, not sure why a signature is necessary with tracking though. I'm also guessing online is cheaper and I'm a mug for still going to the post office?

A lot of items are now under an included postage scheme called simple delivery, although if your items are large letter under £20 and in an exempt category you can still use your own postage. This will be clear though as under simple delivery you get sent a pre paid label.

Online prices for RM are in most cases cheaper online than at the PO or using stamps, you can print labels direct on eBay if needed, I do it that way. Realistically for items under £20 standard postage is fine, labels on eBay have a delivery confirmation number which is automatically uploaded at point of label purchase anyway which is fine. I don’t think anyone really uses signed for now as it’s horrendously expensive and doesn’t give any additional compensation for loss. Again do you need 1st class? You will be charging a lot more than most people , my LLs between 100g and £250g for instance are just £1.80 (I might be 10p wrong on that as I’m not at my PC where my charts are). My LLs under 100g though are definitely £1.55 as I send a lot of them.