Every time I get an email from ebay regarding 25% off fees they SHOUT IT IN YOU FACE but 75% and the subject is "Thanks for selling on eBay this year". Some serious marketing flaws, would never have opened that email unless I seen this so heat up!

Brilliant, I can sell all the expensive stuff I bought last month, that I didn't really need, and not lose too much. Ready for re-investment in more HUKD :smiley:

Direct link: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/promos/2016/103402.html

I got this too, been waiting for one of these to come up as I have a bunch of stuff to sell. Wasn't expecting 75% though, results!

Invitation only - has appeared on the accounts I don't use much, but not on my 'selling' account with all the seller feedback.

Needs something like, invite only or account specific in the title as it's not available to everyone

Have you got a link to the eBay page?

Thanks for posting as my email didn't mention anything in the title so I would've just deleted it without reading.

Great offer. A bit annoyed as I had been holding out till last weekend for an offer, when one didn't appear I relisted everything then.

Thanks.. Got it. Listings should be done by 3rd July.

I got the email.

Got this offer last time. Listed a £250 item and just sold it 4 days ago. Great saving on the fees!

Except the buyer hasn't paid. And knowing the way people behave on eBay...he probably won't.

Pity I don't appear eligible for this offer so I can't relist.

People, grrrr, annoying.

Email too, cheers Op..

Could you post the link you got in the email? Last time there was an offer like this I didn't get an email but the link that someone posted worked for me :smiley:

Is there a direct link to the offer or somewhere on eBay site I can sign up for this?

Any chance you can post the direct link please?

Thanks, I was waiting to relist some bits.

got one of these at last, cheers for posting

Where to find offer;

- Login to eBay, go to 'MyeBay', then 'selling' ('All Selling' if already in the MyeBay menu)...scroll all the way down to the bottom, your current offers for selling should be listed there under an orange tab that says 'Promotional Offers'. You will need to click the blue 'Get Offer' button to acccept. -

Thanks OP - offer is in my account :smiley:

"Unfortunately, this promotional offer is by invitation only."

The fees on eBay kill it for me - I don't much care about the PayPal ones but eBay fees are too much which is frustrating because I Gumtree/Schpock etc don't have the same sales rates for me.

Nice one... Thanks OP. Offer accepted

Got it on mine the day after selling £600 worth

Worth it...ebay take so much money from me. Time to sell some rubbish on ebay!!

3 accounts? What are you up to? :confused:

Thanks for the share OP

Got the email too.

You sir are a star - I was literally only checking my eBay yesterday for offers as I have an iPhone 6plus and and apple watch I want to sell and was annoyed about having to pay the fees

didn't get the email, but the link worked and have accepted offer.

Unfortunately, this promotional offer is by invitation only.

They seem to like their usual 300 odd quid worth of fees from me

Oh well, we keep fighting

when it says ends july 3rd, is this the date the item has to sell by to get the fee credit, or is the last date you can list an item?

​it's the last day you can list and still be eligible

Don't bother much selling on eBay .fees are a ripp off and buyers protection covers all the dodgy buyers which eBay attracts .
Sell on Gumtree for cash no fees

Nothing for me :disappointed:

Unfortunately, this promotional offer is by invitation only.

Use all 12 photos and provie realistic description, send everything track and dont accept returns.
Shouldnt have any problems

I stopped selling anything unregistered post as you are totally open to abuse if you send untracked

Use all 12 photos and provie realistic description, send everything track and dont accept returns.
Shouldnt have any problems

I stopped selling anything unregistered post as you are totally open to abuse if you send untracked

I got this aswell :smiley:

hi guys I got a question if someone could help, I listed my items a week ago and just accepted this offer now, so will the fees apply to these items as well or shall I relist? thank you x

Just thought I'd add that you can't "refuse to accept returns". Ebay generally rule in favour of the buyer and if they have any issues and decide to send the item back to you via tracked delivery, you'll HAVE to provide a refund whether willingly or unwillingly when Ebay intervene.

Thanks Op. Bad timing from myself again. Listed about 15 listings last night, ended them and relisted instantly with this offer! Saved me from the curse of ye olde eBay seller fees

I had the excellent £3 pay only selling fees for my listings the other day, advertised something and some idiot purchased it with zero feedback on June 13th. When asking when and how they would like to pay the responce was "sometime in the summer, I am skint right now"

you can imagine my frustration after speaking to eBay and they wont allow a unpaid item with promotion to be carried on until it actually sells!!!!

Appalling - you really do need to block zero feedback purchasers.

Just applied those settings seems only -1 feedback rating?

Thats correct, you cant block zero rated sellers. Just minus ones....and since sellers cant leave neg feedback, how does a non-payer get a minus one LOL........thats ebay for ya.

buy it now with instasnt payment.. only way to work on their

Nothing worse than listing something for 10 days to only wait another 7 days for them to not pay you

Why do people have multiple accounts - bidding on their own stuff?

possibly although I only list "buy it nows" so would be a bit silly

i opneed a few as they used to send you vouchers and paypal gifts at one point.. used to get £10 or £20 code every few months
They also made me upgrade one to a business account after 7 years of sales.. I dont use that anymore as fees are 13% or something daft

Some what off topic but are you able to sell "cash on collection only" to avoid paypal fees? Am assuming you still have to accept paypal even if you request cash only in your advert, but thought I'd ask.
Obviously you are still liable for ebay fees.

"Unfortunately, this promotional offer is by invitation only."

nothing for me :disappointed:

Indeed so. The way round that I use - successfully - is to add a line to the listing making it clear that you won't sell to zero or negative feedback buyers unless they contact you first for approval. It adds a degree of control, and it's never let me down - even with risky items such as mobiles.

I was thinking that myself. I listed an item in 2014, so if I accept this, should I expect a refund? TIA

Not working for me. Shame as I've got a fair bit of stuff to list too...

I sold something 'spares or repairs' a few months back someone tried to return the item as they said it didn't work.

eBay are a joke as their helpline told me to refuse it, but when they raised their claim, they upheld it!!

Managed to get it refunded in the end but it was a hassle!

There are people with -1 feedback, for example the person that purchased a pair of headphones from me then claimed they didn't work. eBay forced me to except he returned them but instead he sent back two g4 40w bulbs in order to gain a tracking number & signed for delivery! To eBay's credit they believed me although insisted I file a report with Action Fraud. Buyer became -1 feedback.

sorry to hear about the non-payment, I suppose not much you could do.

However if I were you I would try click the offer link,if it works it would show on your selling page, if don't nothing lose.

such horror people, but it's the first time I hear that ebay would listen to ebay seller, good for a change

gumtree is for dodgy sellers though.

I've never heard of a buyer getting minus one just from ebay siding with the seller. And you couldn't have left the feedback as thats impossible??

Shame - excellent offer but I prefer the £1 fee option when that comes up...

Thanks!

Pants. Not got it either. Gutted

got this on my account. Thank you for sharing!

Now you guys can offload of all the tat you've accumulated due to HDUK for a reasonable fee.

Thanks OP I wouldn't of known I was offered this deal if you hadn't taken the time to post :smiley:

Not available on my account. Shame.

can I just end the listed items I have at the moment and relist them for this to be applied?

I just tried the link and it says "This offer is by invitation only". I haven't sold anything for a while which could be why I'm not included. I have a pile of stuff to put on ebay or gumtree but I find the ebay fees really high.

Offer by invitation only,not available to everyone.
Title is misleading..

Yes.

nice....

Hurry, ends July 3rd!

It's worth checking your ebay account or seller dashboard every day in case there's a promo - some are for one day only, although that's very rare.
Wish I had a pound for everyone who posts on the ebay forums about offers they've missed by a day or so, because they don't check their account often enough.

Thanks, got this and assumed it was because I'd signed up to their silly ad a while back that gives you a billion emails a week. Not sure tho.

Doesn't matter that they take less fees when the buyer scams you by returning their faulty/fake item instead of your working/genuine one and PayPal/eBay automatically side with them - you end up losing all your money anyway!

Very useful promo this one, as it spans two different months, so you can decide whether to use it now or wait until the start of July - I'm still getting the 100 free listings per day for this month, so I'll wait until July in case they decide not to continue them, and I can then use this promo to get an extra 100 for unsold stuff. :smiley:

Thanks for the reply :smiley:

75% OFF

Everyone should really have multiple accounts, they're quite legal and can sometimes mean you get slightly different promos on each.
Another reason, and perhaps the most important one, is to use different accounts for buying and selling, so nobody can check what you're up to - whinging buyers I mean really, the sort who might see you bought something for a fiver, it wasn't suitable for some reason, so you are able to resell for more than you paid. Along comes ar*e*ole buyer and leaves you negative feedback because you didn't give it away free or something (It's happened to some sellers).
Yet another reason for multiple accounts is to use one for posting on ebay forums, so if you say something to upset somebody, they won't buy one of your listings and claim not received, negative feedback etc - that has also happened to some sellers.

Brilliant, I can sell all the expensive stuff I bought last month, that I didn't really need, and not lose too much. Ready for re-investment in more HUKD :smiley:

"Unfortunately, this promotional offer is by invitation only." Had some stuff to sell, but I suppose I'll hold off for a while. Cheers eBay.

I got "Unfortunately, this promotional offer is by invitation only."

3rd of July is annoying. Do I have to list by then or does the listing have to finish by then?

I have 3 accounts also. I like to call them

The 3 Amigo's

Everything I have to sell, goes on Gumtree first. Only if it doesn't sell then it reluctantly goes on eBay. eBay is really crap now and I've been a member for 15 years.

Fees are high which are just about tolerable. What isn't is the fact that its completely geared to the buyer and screws the seller.

eBay is not about private sellers nowadays, they put most of there eggs into an SEO platform for chain stores.

This was really helpful thank you. Despite not receiving an email or message, I can see this offer in the location you suggested.

2.5% should be as standard, not 10%! Proper UK style rip off.

the £3 offer was much better

Err I think ebay t&c is you should only have one account.

Thank you so much mate <3

Not had email but followed direct link and got it, cheers op

Argh...just sold a phone and a camera yesterday. Wish I knew that earlier :disappointed:

anyone else noticed a trend of eBay becoming more and more desperate?... seems like their monopoly of selling second hand goods is eventually coming to an end.. long live facebook local buy/sell groups and the like... bye bye greedy corporations taking the p**s ripping people off...

same as last time's £1 offer: accepted successfully but not appearing on my seller's dashboard...

Thanks for that. I'll close the others immediately :stuck_out_tongue:


Really?

My eBay > Selling > (scroll to the bottom) > Promotional offers.

Step One. Sign up.
Step Two. End all listings.
Step Three. Relist all listings.

That's a 75% saving on an entire 30 days of sales now. :smile:

Also if you are buying, there's a 10% off code if paying by paypal knocking about. It shows you a hint where nectar card points are shown on a listing page. I only noticed by accident earlier. Ends today (29th) apparently! Maximum discount of £50.

Every time I get an email from ebay regarding 25% off fees they SHOUT IT IN YOU FACE but 75% and the subject is "Thanks for selling on eBay this year". Some serious marketing flaws, would never have opened that email unless I seen this so heat up!

So I setup auctions last night at 8pm but just accepted this offer now, will this apply to those items I listed? Would save me a s*** ton!

The offer only applies to listings that go live after you have accepted the offer. So end all those listings, and relist to get the offer :smiley:

Thanks.

I had an offer for one ebay item with absolutely no ebay fees for one listing but I only saw it after I had accepted this promotion, and now it shows as "active" but it remains 0/1 when I list an item. The 75% overwrote it! :disappointed:

Cool thanks I had it good deal

Thanks OP...I listed a PS4 a few weks ago and all I had to pay to Ebay was £1 !!!....

Sorry if this has been asked already, but I've got this offer, so if I listed items tomorrow, but the auction actually finishes after 3rd July, does that still get me 75% off, or does the auction need to finish in the next 4 days?

​i know mate I don't understand why people on eBay buy your stuff then kinda forget to pay ! the last few sales I have made I need to chase folk up after about 5 days , I don't get it , if I buy on eBay I just pay immediately thats the way things work ...don't they ?

Didnt work for me - invitation only

Thanks OP. Worked for me and I never knew about it.
Time to find some rubbish to sell!
:smiley:

Does anyone know if the offer still applies if you revise an item (eg to lower the price) after the promotional period ends please?

Why do you need more than one account?

All sorts of reasons, such as the offers eBay come up with, which vary according to account usage. Also for posting in the eBay forums - most people don't use their 'real' account for that.

Just been conned by paypal I'm £94 down poor company sold 500+ items on ebay used them regular over 15yr .
Think twice before selling not worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where might I find this voucher?

Oh no! How have you been conned? Some details might help the rest of us see what happened / avoid doing the same.

Sold gift card, posted guft card recorded delivery.now 3 month later seller says never recieved .
Recorded delivery information long gone .
Sold over 700 items on eBay i had to pay the PayPal the money back and was told just pay the money and thank my lucky stars only been conned once.
I will NEVER use EBAY or PAYPAL again

Thanks

Just incase anyone didn't know buy it now with more than one item are not included, I had two things to sell and got stung for the full fee's :disappointed:

Either keep your recorded slips or add the tracking reference to sale.. Proves items been delivered

Someone tried it on me 6m after sale

Found the slip and they'd signed For it

Common scam

Thanks op - accepted offer.
Quick question, I`m going to end a few items to relist to get the offer, can I just relist them, will that count, or do I have to list them again from scratch, can anyone advise please? I`m sure a while back I read somewhere relisting wouldn`t qualify? Hoping I`m wrong mind, otherwise it`s` going to be a pain in the rear...

You can relist and you'll be able to see that it's worked because your remaining listings under this offer will start to reduce (visible from the selling page).

I'd still like to know whether it's possible to revise a listing after the offer has ended and still be eligible for this offer? I may have to ask ebay that one...

Thank you dodgymix, that's a great offer.

​I would also like to know this. I listed a few things on the £1 offer a few weeks ago but would now like to reduce in price. Did you contact ebay?

Just looked it up but it seems ebay can only be contacted by phone! A quick email could have resolved this...

hello I accepted offer but it has applied to 4 items and not 3 items all up for auction no buy it now any ideas ?

Seems this ended yesterday. Was looking to put up alot of unwanted things on, would have been nice with discounted fees

DO NOT ASK EBAY...

Yes you can do this - but please do not bring attention to it as they will probably stop it.

Thanks.

It will be back next month - seems to be a regular thing now imo.

​Are you sure? I would still like to reduce a few things I have with a £1 fee on them. If I do revise them is there anyway I can tell to see if the offer still applies?

I have done this a few times. To the point where I completely change a listing. It still applies to it. I have about 40 blank listing and use them every time an offer comes up for 30 days so I can list for a quid for a month.
Ebay have not stopped this and I hope they don't hence I asked not to email them and bring attention to it. Knowing my luck that will now change :disappointed:

What do you mean by 40 blank listing and £1 for a month?

I mean when this offer comes up I create 40 "blank" listings as "bookmarks" and change them as and when I get a chance to proper listings. That way I can change all month and only get charged the offer price. IE I dont have to sit there and list lots in one day and take my time over the month.

Ok thanks. Once I've changed the prices is there any way to make sure the offer is still there, just in case ebay have changed it? I don't want to risk it as I would lose quite a bit if the normal fees applied.

Don't think so no. Never bothered. I just see my final value fee after sale. As you are just changing price I'm sure you will be fine.