Good try idf you want to charge on FREE p&p categories!

Greatgimp

I won a 99p book with genuine free postage, paid for it and it was sent without any postage paid. Somehow it got to me without me having to pay the Post Office.

mishkanorman

cyberbob wrote: »

I think the problem is there are so many of them. Eventually though there DSRs and feedback bans them. I would have neged them

Really wish i had neged her now !! :rolleyes:


They are sat at 98.8 % so they will undoubtly suffer on sales,

mishka

soolin

I agree that if we come across bad sellers we should leave negs and poor stars where appropriate. That is an easier way of getting them banned as even if ebay don't bother eventually even the most naive of buyers will avoid them.

continualdiamond

Must say ebay didn't pull a listing down that i reported that was listed in a free p/p catergory but then stated in the listing that £2.50 would be added to the invoice for p/p.

So obviously they weren't bothered at all, so shouldn't of wasted my time reporting it.

pitkin2020

the free p & p is just a farce and another way for ebay to up there revenue, another posted said the postage cost 90p so why not add 90p to the start price, but you'd have to up the start price by a £1 to cover the FVF for postage, then you would have to pay to list it as you have wouldn't start it at 99p so there is another revenue for ebay for the insertion fee, so the seller has to add even more money to the start price.
As long as the postage cost is clear from teh start it shoudlnt matter if its a penny or £10 postage, you can clearly see what the charge is going to be before bidding and you can decide wheter to continue to buy from this seller or another

soolin

pitkin2020 wrote: »

the free p & p is just a farce and another way for ebay to up there revenue, another posted said the postage cost 90p so why not add 90p to the start price, but you'd have to up the start price by a £1 to cover the FVF for postage, then you would have to pay to list it as you have wouldn't start it at 99p so there is another revenue for ebay for the insertion fee, so the seller has to add even more money to the start price.
As long as the postage cost is clear from teh start it shoudlnt matter if its a penny or £10 postage, you can clearly see what the charge is going to be before bidding and you can decide wheter to continue to buy from this seller or another

Or just grab yourself a bargain as of course they cannot charge postage even if they do write it in their auction terms if they list in the book section. If they refuse to send then neg them as this is sort of Darwin's theory of natural selection on an ebay model, those that cannot understand the rules will eventually get so many negs and such poor stars that they ban themselves anyway.

RHemmings

RockGypsy wrote: »

Do you have to offer free P&P for all books? I was going to list some witchcraft books I`ve got they are very big and heavy hardbacks,

If the witchcraft books were any good, couldn't you just cast a spell and the books would fly there by themselves?

Esoog

GregtheHammer wrote: »

I stand corrected

I reported it, was bored

mishkanorman

pitkin2020 wrote: »

the free p & p is just a farce and another way for ebay to up there revenue, another posted said the postage cost 90p so why not add 90p to the start price, but you'd have to up the start price by a £1 to cover the FVF for postage, then you would have to pay to list it as you have wouldn't start it at 99p so there is another revenue for ebay for the insertion fee, so the seller has to add even more money to the start price.
As long as the postage cost is clear from teh start it shoudlnt matter if its a penny or £10 postage, you can clearly see what the charge is going to be before bidding and you can decide wheter to continue to buy from this seller or another

ah, you're one of those :rolleyes:

Its does matter about postage costs, as shown by my recent experience if the seller is happy to blantantly flout ebay rules they are also just as happy to provide poor descriptions and even poorer service. Once you drop one moral the rest seem to go fairly easily. Adding it to the item description makes no difference, just like those giant red warnings about items are no longer the responsibilty of the seller once they are posted.



(and yes you are right soolin its a great chance to get some bargain books !!)

kjz

i have just spent ages gathering stuff and taken photos and sat down to list (haven't sold for ages) and noticed it was free p&p everywhere..........news to me! obviously a cuppa and some research required i think! wish i had known that first though!

turning the kettle on now then!