Overpriced postage

shelly

samat2001 wrote:

Pay it, when it comes in the post, take note of the actual amount it cost (should say on the stamp-sticker thing the post office put on it) and then report him, claiming he's overcharged you...you'll get the money back and he won't have a leg to stand on.

I've never heard of this happening. When you bid you agree to the p+p charge. Thers no point in complaining about it afterwards. Please don't come back with "You must never have been over charged before" because hubby has. He paid £15 p+p for something that cost £7 but wasn't bothered as he agreed to the charge when he bid.

(This post is in no way directed at the OP, I'm talking in general)

nicola.1

i always take into account the total amount of the item and the postage before bidding if an item was worth £15 and the postage was £10 i would only bid £5. it's simple, the postage costs are only there as it costs more for the seller to have a starting bid at say £15 than 99p. it's only a way of keeping selling costs down

frivolous_fay

I think a few people here have glanced at the title and not read the OP fully...

glen5213

even if the module was in a big box
you get it cheaper than 15quid with parcel force

maybe he will send it that way

good luck trying to get money back from ebay/pappal

soolin

samat2001 wrote:

Pay it, when it comes in the post, take note of the actual amount it cost (should say on the stamp-sticker thing the post office put on it) and then report him, claiming he's overcharged you...you'll get the money back and he won't have a leg to stand on.

I think you are misunderstanding the system. P and P can also include any reasonable costs the seller cares to add. The example given by ebay in their help pages is a DVD with p and p of £25 being excessive. Since a DVD can go for less than £1 it implies that ebay would investigate charges of 25 times higher than the stamp cost. There is no automatic right for your money back after the event, the OP has stated quite clearly that she accepts that she agreed to pay whatever the charge was as soon as she bid.

The only way to stop sellers using inflated p and p to avoid fees is to stop buying from them. That is by far the easiest way to show them that buyers will not tolerate these excesses.

Soo

Road_Hog

mjenn5 wrote:

Now they want me to pay £15.00 for postage.

What a con.

What is the item number?

mjenn5

Still no reply from the seller and the Item number is

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]330011391654[/FONT]

Hintza

I don't think the postage cost is hugely relevant here it is more of a principal the seller in my view has possibly omitted his P+P to decieve.

Three points:-

1. Not sure of terms..contact buyer...if no reply don't buy. There will be another one along shortly. If you do buy expect the worst (you still don't have to pay especailly if in this case the terms are unreasonable). OK you will get a neg.

2. The seller has done this deliberately to muddy the waters I would cliam that the cost is unreasonable. Report and neg.

3. If cost of P+P was clear (not relevant in this case) you have no leg to stand on (you coud report however I think that is petty)

The reason it sold for the start price is that most other potential buyers had looked and decided they didn't like the listing and walked away.

Road_Hog

Hintza wrote:

I don't think the postage cost is hugely relevant here it is more of a principal the seller in my view has possibly omitted hiss P+P to decieve.

And there in lies the answer, which is why I asked for the item number. My view is, if the postage is very high and it is listed then don't bid on it and don't complain, or take into account the whole cost and reflect that in your bid.

This seller has deliberately witheld the postage and the actual cost does not bear a fair resemblance to what may have been expected to be paid. I would tell the seller you do not wish to purchase as they did not reply to your email and that the postage is not resonable.

frivolous_fay

Jeez, OP said in the first post that she was venting. And she admitted in post 4 that she'd made a mistake.

How long are we going to flog her for?