Selling PS3 on ebay - postage query

chivers1977

All of the sellers are doing £14 postage when the cheapest that I can find with insurance up to £300 is £20.

Am I missing something or are they either just swallowing the cost or under-insuring??

soolin

They are probably using a courier rather than Royal mail. Whether that suits you to wait in for collection needs to be factored in when choosing your postage options.

You will also find that some people will merely copy the postage quoted by other people and then get a shock when the post office charge more.

chivers1977

soolin wrote: »

You will also find that some people will merely copy the postage quoted by other people and then get a shock when the post office charge more.

I have looked through all of the couriers and they come out at £20 as does RM SD for the weight and insurance.

I think that your comment is the key. We may just have to list with a "mythical" £14 postage and swallow the difference to get the thing sold!

soolin

chivers1977 wrote: »

I have looked through all of the couriers and they come out at £20 as does RM SD for the weight and insurance.

I think that your comment is the key. We may just have to list with a "mythical" £14 postage and swallow the difference to get the thing sold!

I'm surpirsed couriers came out as expensive as Royal mail for an item of that weight. There appears to still be some showing at around the £10 mark with a small supplement for extra insurance on the parcel thread.

chivers1977

Thanks for your input soolin

Bringing the insurance down to cover £250 rather than £300 that my OH thinks he will get for the PS3 makes a big difference

Freightsearch says that extra insurance is for business use only but comes in at £12.95 (BTW I am registered as self-employed for mystery shopping - does this count?)
Parceltogo is £25
Interparcel is £17.25

anniecave

have you tried royal mail parcels? It takes longer to arrive than SD or 1st class/2nd class but compensation can be added at additional cost

soolin

anniecave wrote: »

have you tried royal mail parcels? It takes longer to arrive than SD or 1st class/2nd class but compensation can be added at additional cost

That's not a bad idea.

A parcel up to 4kg would cost £6.85 and add £500 of insurance would cost a further £3.50. Not tracked though for paypal purposes so any claim against the seller could not be defended especially as items over £150 must have a signature available online.

chivers1977

The problem is that the parcel weighs in at 7kg!

Do you think that buying the extra insurance from Freightsearch would be a problem? Could call obviously but don't want to flag it up to them if not necessary!

durham_girl

chivers1977 wrote: »

All of the sellers are doing £14 postage when the cheapest that I can find with insurance up to £300 is £20.

Am I missing something or are they either just swallowing the cost or under-insuring??

I can answer that question as I've just listed a Wii.

It won't let you put any postage over £14 as that is the maximum postage costs allowed in that category. It must have been sneaked in with the new postage limits on books etc

_sleepless_

As per post #9 postage is capped since 27th January, £14 is the maximum charge

sleepless


Video Games
Subcategory
Maximum Postage and Packaging Charge
Accessories
£5.00
Coin-Operated
£14.00
Consoles & Systems
£14.00
Games
£3.00
Vintage & Retro Gaming
£5.00
Internet Game Accessories
£3.00
Merchandise/ Books
£5.00
Other Video Games
£3.00

chivers1977

Oh poo! That answers that question then. Sorry for wasting everyone's time!