Mark Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) Has anybody else noticed the number of UK based EBay sellers who are away until a date a few weeks in the future? Given the country is in lockdown where are they? Mark Edited February 3, 2021 by Mark Spelling correction 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 There could be lots of reasons, including not wanting to go to a post office frequently, using that function I imagine gives a bit of clarity for impatient buyers to make a decision if they are prepared to make the deal on the understanding there will be a delay, or deal with someone else. In my case I've got one last auction item from Sunday to post tomorrow, everything that was paid for by Monday morning was shipped on Monday, but a single payment was 'held' by paypal/ebay, so I couldn't post Monday, and I live in a flat weeknights, miles from my parents house (and my trains/auctions) so I won't be able to post until I get back there (into my support bubble) because I don't have a printer to do the postage labels. jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted February 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Mark said: Has anybody else noticed the number of UK based EBay sellers who are away until a date a few weeks in the future? Given the country is in lockdown where are they? Mark Deleted Edited February 3, 2021 by chris p bacon Incorrect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators AY Mod Posted February 3, 2021 Administrators Share Posted February 3, 2021 40 minutes ago, Mark said: Has anybody else noticed the number of UK based EBay sellers who are away until a date a few weeks in the future? https://chinesenewyear.net/ Not all Ebay UK Sellers are actually in the UK. Looking at the trader name/address may give some clues but they may be giving the address of the drop-shipper in the UK where the stock's being stored. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 21 minutes ago, AY Mod said: https://chinesenewyear.net/ Not all Ebay UK Sellers are actually in the UK. Looking at the trader name/address may give some clues but they may be giving the address of the drop-shipper in the UK where the stock's being stored. Yes this is what I normally do. However the sort of items model related are unlikely to be sold by none uk based sellers. It just struck me as odd that there were a lot more people away than usual and I wondered how many of them were in second homes in other parts of the country! During the first lockdown I cancelled the listings I had because I wasn’t sure about being able to post in a reasonable time. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted February 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2021 Hospital? Self-isolating? Steven B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 A lot mention in their description that they may only post twice a week, say on Tuesdays and Fridays So long as they mention this, just good manners maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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