Im really struggling with selling off my stash of kits and i dont know where else i can sell them?
You could list some here. You’re not the only person on the forum that’s in the UK. If they do sell here you wouldn’t have to pay eBay fees,
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Butterfly the reason your items aren’t getting any views is because ebay in the UK is in a horrendous mess as of this last week. They have introduced “simple delivery” where sellers can no longer choose their postage company or method, instead they (or the buyer) are forced to buy a prepaid label from ebay who now only allow either Royal Mail or Evri. NOTHING else is allowed by ebay’s say so. They are also using AI robots to guess the postage cost by size and weight of the item so many are having underpaid postage labels and post offices are refusing to accept them. There is a buyer protection fee added on every item (to get back the money they lose by offering “free to list”, it’s not free at all) so combined postage is out the window, buyers are having orders cancelled because sellers can’t add the correct postage, can’t get to the drop off points or plain don’t want to send by one of the two choices (mainly Evri) and if they switch to Royal Mail only option they have to pay more so are being effectively fined for using RM…
Sellers are furious and in uproar, many have removed their listings and are leaving or have left already, others are point blank not selling anything as it’s too uncertain or difficult to do so. Business sellers are complaining they aren’t getting many sales because many many sellers are also buyers so if they can’t sell there they aren’t able or willing to buy on there either. It is utter catastrophic chaos on ebay uk at the moment, that is why your items aren’t getting views or bids, the buyer protection fee is putting people off too. Simple delivery becomes mandatory tomorrow so it’s likely going to get a whole lot worse. Trust me, it is NOT a good time to buy/sell on ebay. You might be better off trying to sell on Vinted, I’ve seen dolls and reborn things on there.
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Sounds like Ebay is getting too big for their britches… they will mess about until they go under…
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It’s UK only at the moment, seems we’re the test bed. It will probably be rolled out in other countries before long but it is NOT going down well here at all. In fact in almost two decades on there I’ve never seen such uproar, people have grumbled a bit and complained about various bad decisions everytime ebay have implemented some hare brained idea or other but this is something else. It’s pure greed on ebay’s part and it has got people absolutely spitting mad and seething.
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Yeah i have noticed it