Flippin Ebay

[winchman]

Just won some thing on Ebay for £3.21
Lives about 2 miles away and if I collect wants 7.50 postage!
Am I over reacting or is this robbery?
She tells me she had to buy packaging materials, must be good packaging!

[tomarse]

i think it is a bit cheeky, though she could legitimately have packed it all up in gold leaf bubble wrap ready for posting.

Did she say she would accept collection in person in the auction description? if so then it is very cheeky and i would refuse to pay for postage or packing!

If she didnt say collection, then you might have trouble complaining.

if youre paying anyway, then make her post it and state that you expect the packing to be good if youre paying that much for it!

it looks like she is counting the postage cost as being part of the final item price like a lot of ebay sellers seem to.

[winchman]

I only bidas it was handy to have but I feel its worth £20 ish, but Its the principal and this is what drives me, its not the cash, I asked If I could collect one of her other items this was no problem, think its to do with making up for the low sale price.

[ChrisW]

Surely it's her risk if she wants to go out and buy the materials for P+P?
What's your feedback like, is it worth risking one negative, you can always respond to the feedback.

[winchman]

182 posative no negs for me.
I try to be as honestas I can, we all might make a quid on P+P but this is a rip. Bubble wrap etc isnt cheap but shes flogging enough stuff to compensate for it.


any one want a caravan????

[landraver]

is it bubble wrapped? :lol:

[bensonsnuts]

Tell her you want to pick it up......I'd be interested in seeing what £7.50 worth of packing looks like  :D

[sashbash]

lots of sellers put a high postage price a bloke i buy dvds from charges £5 post and £1 for the film it keeps his fees down as ebay dont rob you on postage fees

[Range Rover Blues]

My mate tried it once with his oils, everyone wanted to collect in person :roll:

Have you seen this stuff from Chian though, buy it now £0.99, postage £20.

[Boggert]

If you complain to E-bay they may force her to play ball, however if its a good deal I would take the hit!

I always include the postage as part of the bid price.

Still some good deals to have on e-bay, jus be aware of some of the cons.

[bezzabsa]

surely if the description doesnt mention no collection then the 3 quid as all you have o pay..or asy OK i'll pay the postage if you pay my fuel :D:D
and why does she have to buy packing materials if you have already said you'd collect??????
smells fishy to me -

[Boggert]

Just had a luck escape on E-bay

Sold a set of 15x6 wheels for 1.20! eeeeeekkk :shock:

the buyer e-mailed me to say he has to pull out due to the fact his zuk has been smashed last night! Very sorry to hear that but.... Phew

[Jake]

We had an Ebay problem like this a while ago.
We won a childs scooter for not very much money and the seller was only about 10miles away.
So we asked if we could collect instead of paying the £20 p&p but they declined.
We asked again stating it was for childs birthday the next day and they still declined.
Aparently they dont do collections, hence the rather large £20 p&p.
When it turned up it had been wrapped in bubble and sent by snail mail couriers (1 week).
Not exactly £20's worth of p&p but i guess thats how they made their money back on the low finishing auction.
Read over the item you have won carefully. If it does'nt say you can collect they have the right to say no to it.
Its all in the wording  :roll:
Good luck

[bensonsnuts]

I guess some sellers would prefer you not to know their address regardless of where you live. As an occasional ebay seller..it is a bummer when your item sells for less than you hoped  :?

[redneck]

If she hasn't stated that you can collect and not pay postage costs then it's all part of the overall cost.
You could maybe ask if she'll compromise, say pay half her postage cost if you pick it up. if not then you might as well get her to send it.

[fudge]

Surely if you actually read all the listing you knew prior to bidding that there was no collection and the postage was costed accordingly......

Like what's already been said I always price inc postage, not the price of the item, I sell bits on eblag, I dont offer collection and I charge proper postage on items,

My aim is to cover costs, maybe make on it, but certainly not loose.

In my opinion what your complaining about is just as bad as the idiots that bid on cars and collect only stuff then back the deal because they didn't know where <insert> is.... tough! get a map!

you bid on their auction, by bidding you agreed to the terms of that auction, now pay up!

Harsh,

But Fair and Acurate.

[thermidorthelobster]

If I want to collect, I always email the seller to check if that's OK.  I wouldn't assume that it will be unless they've specifically said.

In fact, by doing this I managed to avoid a fraud auction for a non-existent satellite phone - the guy was funny about me picking it up and I smelt a rat so walked away.  The winning bidder lost several hundred quid.

[fudge]

The time that I agreed to let someone collect, she asked before she bid and I was upfront and said that basically I wanted a minimum amount for the item, we agreed an amount and she collecte from my work, my point is that complaining now the action has ended and the item won is tooooo late unless the item and aution was miss described.