Delivery charges - should companies charge them

bitemebankers

custardy wrote: »

well then you add £6 to your starting price

And then eBay's fees go up accordingly...

(see what's happening here?)

custardy

bitemebankers wrote: »

And then eBay's fees go up accordingly...

(see what's happening here?)

and? you would rather sell at a loss?
try selling at an auction house and compare the fee's
use gumtree,its free but you get far far less potential buyers

Freddie_Snowbits

As VAT is charged on the goods but not for delivery, we charge delivery separately.

But does the customer get the bus fare back when they go into town?

Ivory_Tinkler

VAT is chargeable on delivery for goods as it is classed as a service

bitemebankers

and? you would rather sell at a loss?

We're not talking about me - I would rather not use eBay AT ALL for certain type of sale. As I said, there's no such thing as free P&P. All this change does in the long run is to make more profit for eBay.

TimothyEBaldwin

Re ebay postage limits.

custardy wrote: »

well then you add £6 to your starting price

Not much good if you want to sell it as a charity item, or offer collection free of charge.

As a buyer I find large charges for sending a over-sized box by international courier, when the item could be sent by standard post for a few Euros!

custardy

TimothyEBaldwin wrote: »

Re ebay postage limits.



Not much good if you want to sell it as a charity item, or offer collection free of charge.

As a buyer I find large charges for sending a over-sized box by international courier, when the item could be sent by standard post for a few Euros!

if you offer collection then where does the P&P factor in?
you are then getting a higher price
and i dont see your point on postage used.if a seller uses a courier then thats their choice and for international most likely they require tracking

vikingaero

missamoo wrote: »

I would buy more online if postage charges were lower or non existant. And since when did you have to pay for catalogue delivery?? When I had my first catalogue all delivery was free and done by a local self employed courier. Now they use the big couriers or royal mail it's quite expensive. Something starts out as a bargain but by the time you've paid p&p it's not!

Have you seen some of the prices in the traditional Littlewoods/Empire catalogues. They factor in cost of delivery and weekly credit which is why prices are sky high.

Shouldn't postage be free if you buy online as the cost of postage is offset by the fact they haven't got a shop to run and all the overheads that go with that! When I go into a shop I don't get to the till and find i've got to pay an extra £4 to cover the sales assistant's wages!!!

I'd argue that it's quite expensive running an internet operation - warehouse, staff, hosting, web monkeys, customer service assistants, postage/couriers. packaging material, distance selling regulation returns for the most spurious reasons, even down the guy having to photograph and describe every item if the manufacturer hasn't supplied the template.

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Freddie_Snowbits

vyle wrote: »

It cost me £8.60 to post it, and then extra for the paper to wrap it. I only made 25p from that sale once charges had been taken out. If I didn't have a megarider bus ticket I would have been very much out of pocket.

The I would give Ebay up as a mega rich idea on that margin

pitkin2020

vikingaero wrote: »

I'd argue that it's quite expensive running an internet operation - warehouse, staff, hosting, web monkeys, customer service assistants, postage/couriers. packaging material, distance selling regulation returns for the most spurious reasons, even down the guy having to photograph and describe every item if the manufacturer hasn't supplied the template.

Anybody have any opinions??

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your correct its very expensive running an internet operation for most reatilers, its just not quite as expensive as a store mainly because a warehouse is lower in rent, business rate and insurance compared to a retail store. They can also run with less staff which obviously saves a little bit more money. But there is also additional costs like you mentioned.
The problem is too many people think that online retailers have low overheads and should be passing that saving to the consumer, when i reality overheads are still high and have to be paid....oh and a business is generally in business to make a profit, even charities want to make a profit or at the end of the day why sell?