BIN 99p, postage £319!!

Rubber_Duck_4

nutmegman wrote:

What would the legal poistion be if i won the item for 99p and the wished to collect it myself, after all the contract would be made for 99p. Or I could arrange a courier of my own to collect.

I would imagine since he has stated £310 to collect that this would be part of the contract and you would be liable for the whole amount.

I'm not a solicitor mind you!!

frivolous_fay

Rubber_Duck wrote:

If he is looking to avoid paying fees is that not just good business?

And if someone needed a refund on that item, he would only be obliged to refund the item value, not the postage, so the buyer would be £300+ out of pocket.

Where do you draw the line between 'good business' and 'ripping people off'?

Rubber_Duck_4

frivolous_fay wrote:

And if someone needed a refund on that item, he would only be obliged to refund the item value, not the postage, so the buyer would be £300+ out of pocket.

Where do you draw the line between 'good business' and 'ripping people off'?

That is a very good point and I never thought of it from that perspective. I suppose it would become very tricky and risky for the purchaser.

nutmegman

Actually, this invites an interesting legal debate...

Imagine if i did this;

Bought the item now, thus accepting the sellers offer of £0.95 pence and collect the item myself, the offer is extreemly explicit as being 0.95 pence for the monitor, therefore, I would like to accept this offer and form a legally binding contract, therefore I shall not be paying your large collection fee as legalling the goods will be mine.

According to the sale of goods act 1979 title for unasertained goods passes when payment it made by the buyer.

In other words if i bought the item, the goods would be mine....

Good eh?

Rubber_Duck_4

nutmegman wrote:

Actually, this invites an interesting legal debate...

Imagine if i did this;

Bought the item now, thus accepting the sellers offer of £0.95 pence and collect the item myself, the offer is extreemly explicit as being 0.95 pence for the monitor, therefore, I would like to accept this offer and form a legally binding contract, therefore I shall not be paying your large collection fee as legalling the goods will be mine.

According to the sale of goods act 1979 title for unasertained goods passes when payment it made by the buyer.

In other words if i bought the item, the goods would be mine....

Good eh?

Should try it and see what happens we could all have PC,s for under a quid

grade15

I think the whole point..is to save money..on both sides..so if the seller wants to save money on fees..as Martin has mentioned before on his guide to ebay..fair enough..! with high postage and package cost..i think the seller just wants 315.99 for the whole thing.. which is generally cheaper than instores...
so in the end..he saves money on fees, the buyer saves money compared to stores..everyone is happy..!! don't you think??

if ebay made their starting fee range larger.. say 1p-£9.99
£10- £49.99 and so on...
:dance:

smartie1976

The point is - the ONLY point as far as i'm concerned - is the buyer looses out over any refund made, which is made without postage costs. It's also a tax dodge.

There is NO excuse for this, as each seller knows what is required of them when they list an item. They then chose to flaunt the rules. You can't pay the fees then you don't list the item, simple. And I will continue to report any ebayer who blatently flaunts the rules in this way.

nutmegman

please tell me how to report him

Thefunkygibbons

Is this a good idea as when I am looking for expensive items, I tend to sort highest first and school down to my price point

I would never even see his

smartie1976

nutmegman wrote:

please tell me how to report him

For Circumvention of fees Go to:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_us/_base/index.html
(get here via Help, then Contact Us (left hand side))

Select: Listing policy breaches
Select: Circumvention of ebay fees
Select: Excessive postage and packaging
Click continue and enter the numbers of the items