To be fair to eBay with the 'balance' thing that's no different to how it was under PayPal. It's only since Adyen have been the payment processor that you've had your payments sent automatically each day. Of course they want to hold your money, because then purchases are "free" so you're more likely to buy stuff!

Quote from: Firstone18 on October 02, 2024, 09:37:51 AMI also received the email. I've just sold an item on eBay, and got caught by the postage label link as it does not offer the Royal Mail free collection option, or label printing service.

Ebay does offer the Royal Mail collection option if you choose one of the Tracked options. Or you can copy and paste the RM number that Ebay give you and paste it into the Royal Mail collection site.

Quote from: montyburns56 on October 02, 2024, 04:52:29 PM

Quote from: Firstone18 on October 02, 2024, 09:37:51 AMI also received the email. I've just sold an item on eBay, and got caught by the postage label link as it does not offer the Royal Mail free collection option, or label printing service.

Ebay does offer the Royal Mail collection option if you choose one of the Tracked options. Or you can copy and paste the RM number that Ebay give you and paste it into the Royal Mail collection site.

Thank you, I know what to look for now. I'll try it when I (hopefully) sell my 75' Inter-City coaches and HST set which I no longer require.
Cheers

Hi all, I am still a bit confused about these changes to eBay, or as I like to call it, EvilBay

So my question is why is eBay charging 3% commission on any sales outside of the UK (for UK based sellers)? What is this money paid for? Is eBay trying to stop all int'l sales, which in any event are very very costly due to shipping/postage rates?

My current list of items for sale is about to expire in 4 days and I am wondering about renewing them, as I don't want to get charged fees and there is no more '75% off final listing fees', as I guess they are supposed to now be free. I am just a bit leery of eBay, as they always want something.

Hope some of you out there have some answers. Thanks in advance!

You don't need to renew your listings, the move to the new fee model was instantaneous (I couldn't find anything definitive on this, but had it confirmed elsewhere). Anything that sells now will not incur fees.

Presumably the fee for international orders is to make sure they don't lose out from any currency fluctuations. I assume that's in addition to the high postage fees paid by buyers, which cover eBay's GPS handling.

eBay are not a charity. So yes, they do "always want something", it's how businesses work...