Ebay postage micky takers!

[JimsMowing]

I dont know about you  but it does slightly grate me that when people sell stuff on ebay they mark up the postage by a considerable amount given the weight of the item.

This particular seller imho has overpriced the packaging on his items. Now im not trying to be all saintly but 2 leccy window switches £4.50 for a 2ND CLASS POST??? Come on!!

Rant over!  

[paul_humphreys]

Yes its true, but you should allways look at the P&P before bidding then bid less if the P&P is too high. I always try to make on the P&P on ebay, but sell the item for less, its a good way of making money :shock:

Paul

[JimsMowing]

Yes its true, but you should allways look at the P&P before bidding then bid less if the P&P is too high. I always try to make on the P&P on ebay, but sell the item for less, its a good way of making money :shock:

Paul

Ofcourse the whole point in selling your item is to make money, but marking up on postage sucks!! Maybe im turning into a grumpy old git!

[ne jones]

No fees to pay on P+P thats why sellers do it.

[Drift]

I offten see stuff, especially memory cards from china £1 but £16 p+p  :?
Ste

[laser_jock99]

Won't buy from anyone that takes the p*ss with P&P. In fact we quite often bait them by e-mailing the seller regarding them their pricing (even if we have absolutely no intention of buy their stuff). My favourite 'question to seller' runs something like this...."Hi- I'm really interested in your auction but the P&P is really excessive- please can you quote me for Second Class Post"....

Try it- great fun, espescially some of the worming and wriggling replies you get!

[Range Rover Blues]

Or "can I collect in person" as well.

[JimsMowing]

Won't buy from anyone that takes the p*ss with P&P. In fact we quite often bait them by e-mailing the seller regarding them their pricing (even if we have absolutely no intention of buy their stuff). My favourite 'question to seller' runs something like this...."Hi- I'm really interested in your auction but the P&P is really excessive- please can you quote me for Second Class Post"....

Try it- great fun, espescially some of the worming and wriggling replies you get!

Hahahaha!! So its not just me then! Brilliant, might give that a go!  :D

[MudRat]

remember its postage and packaging, i have to factor in the 15 mile round trip to the post office!  

[rollazuki]

If the price is too high, dont bid, no-one is twisting your arm.

Lets face it, for the fee ebay charges for the advert, then their cut from the sales price, then their cut if you pay by paypal(also ebay), I cant blame anyone trying to save a few quid.

hey, they might even be doing you a favour and keeping the overall cost down, by not letting ebay make quite so much money on the item you intend to bid for........

[Guardian.]

4.50 for a switch, my p&p is free for a winchbumper, and no we never did origionally price it in.

[redhand]

Also some seller have a really low BIN price and set the postage to cover the cost of the item I recently bought a car lighter plug with USB socket to power my mp3 player Buy it now £1 P+P 1.95 so total cost £2.95. Bargain especially as Maplins and PC World claimed the item didn't exist.

[hobbit]

A lot of the foreign stuff, sells at a quid, and with the postage to balance it out, you dont pay and duty on it

[Yoshi]

I do remember ebay saying something about this was going to get clamped down on.

Profitting from postage is wrong, it is supposed to be the ammount paid to recieve the item, not paying more for the item.

[andyhubbard]

I must admit i know i've paid over the top for postage £3 for an item that will come in a standard mail envolope and bought it BIN. But that's a week ago,now i am getting     .

[screwy]

Short answer is either a) ask them to reduce it if you win or b) dont bid!! :?

[Guardian.]

exactly!
but do remember also, i have to same as any other, wrap in packaging that isnt given to me for free, drive approx 12 miles return trip to carrier and time to wrap!
bear that in mind, but just way up for yourself how much you want to pay and bid accordingly.

[laser_jock99]

exactly!
but do remember also, i have to same as any other, wrap in packaging that isnt given to me for free, drive approx 12 miles return trip to carrier and time to wrap!
bear that in mind, but just way up for yourself how much you want to pay and bid accordingly.

I think we all know the difference between a fair P&P price and taking the mickey. I live next door to a Post Office but even if I lived twenty miles away I would still charge the same- I just wouldn't go out of my way to get a parcel off.- it would just have to wait till I was near the post office. All my packing is free (recycled stuff - as is most of the packaging I seem to receive) so why I should charge/be chared for that I don't know? Time- well if you're trying to make a living out of E-bay, charge for your time- but casual E-bayers shouldn't really be factoring this in!

[bullfrog]

Why not. Nothing in this world is free and anyone on ebay should know this .
Some folks dont have packaging to hand and have to purchase paper, tape, string etc.
I generaly use recycled wrapping and always choose cheapest courier but I do allow for my time .
As already said if you dont agrre then dont bid, I really dont see what the problem is ???