On ebay do I have to accept it if the seller sends it t ome or could I get around thi

saenbateman

This person is making his money of sending the item but do I have to accept this ? if could I say I'll pick it up?

basmic

If pick up in person is listed in the auction listing, then you can ask to pick it up.

Otherwise, don't assume.

saenbateman

Sorry I wrote this fast.
Edit: So just to make clear do I have to accept how he wants to send it? If I say to him I'll get a courier could he decline?

zzzLazyDaisy

You need to go back and look at the listing.

The seller will have stated what the delivery options are.

If you bought the item, you have accepted his terms for delivery.

cyril82

the delivery terms stated and the price are what you agree to when bidding, if you don't like the price or terms of shipping either don't buy or ask before bidding, not after, is there any cheaper alternative.

Don't get a bee in your bonnet because you think the seller is making some money on the postage, if he's a business what do you expect him to do, supply at cost?

some sellers make on postage some don't, for example if you went on dhl's website and they quoted you £19.99 for delivery that may be what someone would reasonably expect to pay, it's there on the website, same for everyone, so it can't be argued that it is a rip off, however most seasoned ebayers will know of certain sites where they can get that delivery for around £9, they pocket the difference, that's business.

Same as when a large business charges you standard royal mail prices for delivery, you think that’s fair because it's the flat postage rate, it's not what they pay though as volume senders get discounts on postage even from royal mail.

All you need do as a buyer is add the postage to the asking price and then ask yourself this, is it a good deal? if the answer is yes buy it, if the answer is no don't buy it, other than that don't concern yourself with where/how the guy makes his money.

Jakg

You can ask to arrange your own courier (I often do for this very reason) but the sellers don't have to let you.

mrcol1000

I think its a bit out of order asking a courier to pick up from a domestic property as its usually 8am-8pm. Someone I sold to demanded this after they brought the item then left me negative feedback when I refused. It stated clearly on the listing collection by appointment.
End of the day if thats what they charge and want for sending then thats what you have to accept. To be honest with the high fees Ebay are charging now if you can make a bit on the postage then good on you. A lot of items have more than one person selling so most people will go for the cheapest combined price.

cyberbob

mrcol1000 wrote: »

I think its a bit out of order asking a courier to pick up from a domestic property as its usually 8am-8pm. Someone I sold to demanded this after they brought the item then left me negative feedback when I refused. It stated clearly on the listing collection by appointment.
End of the day if thats what they charge and want for sending then thats what you have to accept. To be honest with the high fees Ebay are charging now if you can make a bit on the postage then good on you. A lot of items have more than one person selling so most people will go for the cheapest combined price.

If you use postage to make your money your business model is all wrong. You will probably getted neged and your DSRs will go down which will put lower down in the seartch listings and if it kepy up you could get restrictions on your account. People can also rightfully report you for high postage.

You are basically eventually going to exclude yourself from selling on ebay. Your choice to take the risk

mrcol1000

cyberbob wrote: »

If you use postage to make your money your business model is all wrong. You will probably getted neged and your DSRs will go down which will put lower down in the seartch listings and if it kepy up you could get restrictions on your account. People can also rightfully report you for high postage.

You are basically eventually going to exclude yourself from selling on ebay. Your choice to take the risk

Thats exactly what I said at the end of my post. People are going to buy the cheapest item. But if you have something unique then why not make a bit on the postage to save money on Ebay fees? End of the day the price someone will bid will be lowered to take into account the postage cost so they aren't going to pay any more money than they would have done in the first place.

soolin

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Thats exactly what I said at the end of my post. People are going to buy the cheapest item. But if you have something unique then why not make a bit on the postage to save money on Ebay fees? End of the day the price someone will bid will be lowered to take into account the postage cost so they aren't going to pay any more money than they would have done in the first place.

It doesn't matter how a buyer sees saving money for the seller, when they are asked to leave stars for postage then they might think that a nice round 3* nuetral because it was very high is appropriate. What I believe Cyberbob is saying is that unless your buyers routinely leave you a 5* for 'excellent' on your postage (and will they do that if they have been charged a lot extra?) you run a real risk on your business model as you sick down the best match views. If you go down to far you lose any seller discounts you may get as a powerseller and can't have a featured shop, go down even lower and you face suspension.

You just need a very small percentage of buyers to leave 3 or 4* for postage and you are basically doomed. I bought a T shirt from the only seller who had one, they charged £2.99 for the T shirt and £7.99 for postage..I paid up and left a positive but I can assure you they did not get 5* for me for excellent post and packing. I'm sure I am not the only one.

Premier_2

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Thats exactly what I said at the end of my post. People are going to buy the cheapest item. But if you have something unique then why not make a bit on the postage to save money on Ebay fees? End of the day the price someone will bid will be lowered to take into account the postage cost so they aren't going to pay any more money than they would have done in the first place.

As a buyer, I would be more inclined to buy from a seller who accurately reflected their true costs in p+p (or offered free p+p) than from someone who was prepared to be less than honest by overcharging for p+p.

If someone was prepared to be less than honest overcharging p+p, I would be concerned what else they would be less than honest about.

e.g. I would rather buy an item from a seller at say £29.99 plus £2.24 p+p (reflecting true cost of postage) than from a seller at £21.33 plus £10.00 p+p.
The profit for the seller would be identical and I would be more than happy spending the small amount extra (less than 3%) to avoid a clearly dishonest seller.

As cyberbob says, such dishonest sellers will ultimately exclude themselves from selling on ebay anyway