Ebayers posting items in carrier bags & other mad waysetc !

before_hollywood

one guy specified a cd had to be packaged 'very well'

in order that i didnt lose money on the p and p i wrapped it in a jiffy back in kitchen roll, and he still moaned.

didnt give a refund though, everyone else got theirs in normal envelopes and were grateful

tajna

I have received an item today, it was trousers wrapped in Asda carrier bag, nothing else. Seller charged £2.20 for the p&p and actually paid postage of £1.85. I know that the difference is not a lot but I am not amused.

So I am interested to see what feedback would you leave considering this?

I don't think they deserve negative however I would like to point out to them that they should pay more attention to the packaging in the future, rather then squashing it in a clear carrier bag. :rolleyes:

DaveAshton

tajna wrote: »

I have received an item today, it was trousers wrapped in Asda carrier bag, nothing else. Seller charged £2.20 for the p&p and actually paid postage of £1.85. I know that the difference is not a lot but I am not amused.

So I am interested to see what feedback would you leave considering this?

I don't think they deserve negative however I would like to point out to them that they should pay more attention to the packaging in the future, rather then squashing it in a clear carrier bag. :rolleyes:

The biggest thing to consider is if the item was damaged when it arrived. If not, it's irrelevent how it was packaged, it obviously was sufficient for the job.

As for the additional 35p you paid for the P+P, that will account for the time queueing at the post office, and also time spent getting there. I'd leave a positive, but mention how it was packaged in the comment bit.

custardy

i would leave a + with a plain comment like recieved
but mark down on the stars

debidoodle

Only last week I received a pair of shoes wrapped in 2 carrier bags, postage cost £2.15 and I was charged by the seller £4.95 :eek:

Nicolefury

I sell alot of my own clothes, and previously stated, I send everything in pink mailout bags nicely put into the bag, not squashed etc and I make no profit on the postage.

Received a dress today, which was folded so small and flat it was full of creases, wrapped in one layer of thin brown paper and had cost 76p to send where I was charged £3. The item was as described, but I've left a neutral because I don't think the packaging is good enough, especially on clothes which can be destroyed by the rain. A few layers of paper, or even a carrier bag wrapped in paper would of done. Just looks like they did the cheapest flattest option so they could send it as a large letter rather than a packet.

jasmineswhiskers

Nicolefury wrote: »

Just looks like they did the cheapest flattest option so they could send it as a large letter rather than a packet.

Other than being overcharged and not in a waterproof covering I personally don't see anything wrong with flattening something to send as a large letter and save on the postage.

Nicolefury

Fair enough save on the postage, but do it in a way that means the item won't be possibly damaged or even pass on the saving to the customer?!

DoWhatULove-LoveWhatUDo

All incoming packaging is saved and I try to use it for the items I sell.

My usual M.O. is to use a recycled jiffy as padding inside a new mailing sack, but recently I was able to pack some clothes in recycled tissue paper, recycled ribbon, and inside out recycled mailing sacks from QVC and Next etc. The tissue and ribbon might have saved my DSRs as I didn't take too much of a hit.

I had planned this all in advance so I charged for P&P exactly what the RM did - so that may have helped as well. I find when I do a lot of items on Free Postage I get marked down on postage more than when I charge an accurate amount.

People are funny. I bet most of the peeps who marked me down because of my recycled packaging - even though it was mentioned in the listing and the emails I sent - would say they were all in favour of recycling.

Worst packaging ever was a nail polish sent in a flimsy standard paper envelope. Needless to say it was smashed to bits.

fruit-loop

Oh no, I have a pillow to post out and was going to pack it in a couple of strong new black bags! Is this wrong? Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how it should be sent?

This is of course as long as my buyer actually pays as I accepted their best offer on sat, and sent an invoice but have heard nothing yet even though I added a message to the invoice asking that they email me if they were sending payment instead of using paypal!