Model Railway Forum

Back in the day ( 1987 ) This was my mobile phone, yes Del boy copied me.
Back then they cost £1500 dont think it will make that on ebay now

Sorry if this has been asked before.

I just went to create a listing for the first time in a while, and now I can only see the postage options via ebay. Previously I could arrange my own postage and just list how much I would charge. Can I still do this somehow or is it all tied into ebays system now ?
Also I note that buyers pay a seller protection fee, does this mean someone who bids on an item pays more than the bid reaches and it goes automatically to ebay, or does the seller pay that fee ?

The new system does seem a backward step to me !

As a buyer, I pay the extra 'buyer protection fee' not the seller so if the fee is £1.20 and my successful bid is £50.00 with free postage I pay £51.20

I've not sold anything lately but have seen comments that suggest only the options within Ebay for postage are allowed.

Postage can still be arranged by yourself Tel, i use RM collection service, cheapest and covered fully 24hr or 48hr. Tracked and keeps you informed.

brian1951 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 10:23 am Postage can still be arranged by yourself Tel, i use RM collection service, cheapest and covered fully 24hr or 48hr. Tracked and keeps you informed.

Yep, that is what I would prefer and do when selling stuff through forums, but I cant find a way to set it up and list my own potage costs, I can uncheck evri (useless around here), but still have to use the ebay system and their fixed pricing, unless I have missed something ?
I did switch between easy listing and advanced, but still no option I could see to manually set a postage rate/courier.

IanS wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 10:07 am As a buyer, I pay the extra 'buyer protection fee' not the seller so if the fee is £1.20 and my successful bid is £50.00 with free postage I pay £51.20

I've not sold anything lately but have seen comments that suggest only the options within Ebay for postage are allowed.

I rarely bid TBH, i usually use buy it now unless I happen to be around near the end of a listing and I REALLY want the item. I havent seen any additions to the BIN pricing, but I have seen when a seller makes an offer, they do come in at their offer plus the fee on top !

The "free" listing obviously was a hook to get more sellers on board, and they are clawing it back via these seller protection malarkey. you would think with the competition out there in the form of social media and app based sellers they would need to be more competitive, not try to make even more out of it !

I bid and win too often!