Bought multiple items now won't reduce postage

firesidemaid

you could try to negotiate - ask for £2 discount, which is prob the amount the seller will save if you pay for your items all at once.

Mrs_justjohn

George666 wrote: »

I will say this though don't leave them one week apart as the seller can then claim that you are a malicious buyer and that you only bought the items to leave negative feedback also this may get flagged as feedback manipulation. As you know if you left the feedback one week apart this would damage the sellers account more than just leaving the feedback in one go

George - Please see the link I posted above as this is NOT the case. In terms of affecting the feedback score it is the date of purchasing that needs to be a week apart not the date of leaving feedback. So leaving feedback one week apart will not affect the feedback rating anymore than leaving it all in one go.

However what it does do is make it look like feedback manipulation (even if that manipulation will not work in the way the buyer expected) and for that reason alone Ebay have been known to remove it as it looks more 'calculated' than just a 'genuine' disgruntled buyer.

I also know this to be true as when there was a rumour (several years ago) about needing 10 feedback to post on the Q&A board on Ebay, people with posting ID were 'buying' 10 items each from each other and were then most disgruntled to find that even if they left feedback weeks apart they still only had a feedback score of 1:rotfl:. In the end a 'pink' had to show them the error of their ways:rotfl:

I think OP would have a good case for getting any strikes removed. especailly if the messages sent are via ebay messages. So I guess it is just up to the OP to decide how much she wants the items??

hermum

OP I expect that by now you've paid, I was going to suggest asking for a mutual cancellation saying that you purchased purely based on the combined postage quote. If they come back & refuse then I would argue the case with ebay, they've got a ask seller question for combined p&p. So they know that sometimes that is what sways a buyer to bid.
Whatever happens, I would def leave neg fb for it & low comm & possibly p&p.
They lied in order to get a sale

seashore321

Just an update, the seller could not work out how to do a combined postage so instead of contacting me struggled to work out what to do. Eventually contatced me to say what the problem was. I advised her what to do. She amended and sent the same day! Thanked me etc. Items where better than she advertised and I was very happy.

However, even though she reduced the postage it still only cost her £2.75 first class when she had offered second class. I think she sent it first class to appease me! Which it did!. I paid £4.50 quite happy with this as other costs etc. She then asked me why it was such a big thing about postage costs. I explained that if someone had received her items and paid £11 for a £2.75 cost she would have got marked down with her DSRS. She did not know what DSRs where or that that was why she was getting marked down. I agree with Soolin we all need to go through a test to understand e bay. :rotfl:

Having said that I will now probaly not be able to get cheap items but hey a good seller, eventually gets a break!

Thanks for all you help. Not every bad seller remains a bad seller!

George666

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

I think OP would have a good case for getting any strikes removed. especailly if the messages sent are via ebay messages. So I guess it is just up to the OP to decide how much she wants the items??

Yes this is the case I know it will not affect the feedback score but it will mean for several weeks the seller will have a negative on their first page of their feedback profile and this will cause damage to their account and affect their sales not the changing of the feedback figures and so this is also classed as feedback manipulation.
Also feedback manipulation of any kind is the worst crime you can commit according to ebay feedback is their holy grail and no messages or any form of begging will get ebay to reverse a decision if they even suspect you of manipulating feedback in any way they will close your account and it will remain closed.
Hi OP I am glad you got most of this sorted out and are at least happy with what you bought.
I also agree that an IQ test before being able to open an ebay account would be a good thing also a memory test to see if you have actually read a listing or just bought it and prayed it would be what you want when it arrived.:rotfl::rotfl:

Mrs_justjohn

George666 wrote: »

Yes this is the case I know it will not affect the feedback score but it will mean for several weeks the seller will have a negative on their first page of their feedback profile and this will cause damage to their account and affect their sales not the changing of the feedback figures and so this is also classed as feedback manipulation.

PMSL - Isn't that what I said?? Unsure if you are trying to correct me or agree with me...:rotfl:

This is what I posted earlier...

In terms of affecting the feedback score it is the date of purchasing that needs to be a week apart not the date of leaving feedback. So leaving feedback one week apart will not affect the feedback rating anymore than leaving it all in one go.

However it would mean that at least one of the negs is always on page 1.

However what it does do is make it look like feedback manipulation (even if that manipulation will not work in the way the buyer expected) and for that reason alone Ebay have been known to remove it as it looks more 'calculated' than just a 'genuine' disgruntled buyer.

I think we are agreeing aren't we?:T