Recent content by M_Chavez

Don't think so. If you used to ship with tracked delivery, nothing changes, just now you don't have a choice and you'll be overcharged shipping. It also means that HMRC will be bullying all the upright private seller folks into paying taxes on selling their used things. Illegal, but taxman...

Got an email from them today: Starting from 15 April, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing most items. There’ll be a few exceptions, such as low-priced, bulky items, and local pick-up, which aren’t eligible for Simple Delivery. They are...

By the way recently these bastards were overcharging for shipments compared to going straight to courier. Now I'm wasting time talking to either some AI gizmo or a braindead customer service assistant.

Mine sold through an accepted offer. And it looks like ebay just atomatically charged the buyer £4 for posting an 8kg item :oops: Or it is possible that the listing got renewed straight onto "easy" bullshit a couple of days ago. Oh also they refuse to pay me the money unless I provide my NI...

Apparently you have to as of today, as I'm not getting any other options on item that has been bought already & listed weeks ago.

Ok folks. Ebay's done. You have to use their fecking delivery service now. Which also means that the contract is between courier and ebay, not you, so you have no say if courier loses it or returns it etc etc. Just sold an item and ebay insist I post with their fecking service even though it...

Meh. I can get one of these in blue for £1.49.

Quality of buyers has really gone down as well. Since ebay introduced offers, everyone's making you an offer now, even if offers are turned off (they just message you). So everyone lists items for 5-10% more. Recently I had 4 newly registered accounts trying to low ball me with £600-800 for a...

It's daft, but in addition to that it looks like if you advertise for sale a higher value item, say £3-4k with international shipping, you'll get £150 less if it happens to sell internationally. That's some serious racket from ebay. Unfortunately, no other platforms with half as decent...

What really threw me off if that the feckin bastards charge you for international sales it seems. So if you sell at £150 in UK, buyer pays around £155, but if you sell the same item at the same price internationally, buyer pays £150 (+ whatever tax his government robs him for), but you're only...

Not quite. You still get paid, just with a delay. I.e. if the buyer hasn't raised a non-delivery, you still get paid, even if there's no tracking confirmation. Bollocks excuse for delaying payments and earning interest on all the cash they are withholding.

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Oh, and yes, I've tapped my own M25x1 nuts to install a threadless :LOL: headset to a French-threaded steerer. Still have the taps that I can sell as I no longer need them.

Almost 50 pages of it. It's the New Superb! https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/retro-modern-fusion-gravel-build-madness-the-new-superb.449335/ In a nutshell: Early 1950s randonneuse frame (for 650B 50mm balloons + guards😍) with all modern components. 9x1 drivetrain. I am extremely proud to say...

The bridges are quite far away, but there's 3 of them (if you look hard enough). I'm hoping to get extra points for the dodgiest bike parking though: Frannie's kept standing up by a pedal wedged against a rock on a downhill slope towards the waters of the Forth :eek: .