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£8.90 postage for a kids t shirt?

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  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,431 Ambassador
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    Aw bless, yet another 'private seller' who thinks they are oh so very clever and have found a way round the free listings limited to 99p.

    It's not even a mistake as they clearly say:

    Thanks for Looking & Happy Bidding
    Postage / Courier £8.90 will be added at checkout
    Please only bid if you are Happy with the charges


    No Complaints about the Postage Charges, No Bad/Negative Feedback After you bid Please


    I say again Please only bid if you think the item is Value for money including the postage


    I'm New to eBay and your Payment/Money is safe by Paying by PayPal. Bid with Confidence.

    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • GregtheHammer
    GregtheHammer Posts: 1,036 Forumite
    niknaknoo1982 wrote: »


    £8.90 postage or am i mistaken?

    Nope that whats they are going to charge, bit of fee avoidance.

    A zero feedback seller with those prices, I would give them a couple of weeks at most before their DSRs are rock bottom, thats assuming they actually sell anything
  • elainew
    elainew Posts: 889 Forumite
    When was the rrp ever £30 too !!
    TRYING hard to be a good money saver :rolleyes:
  • niknaknoo1982
    niknaknoo1982 Posts: 578 Forumite
    Thanks for the replies, they seem to be charging the same p&p for all their listings, have brought this to eBay's attention! blimey roary tops may be rare but NOT that rare! and usually only about £14 in shops if they do appear lol.
    If google doesn't know it, how should i?
  • hermum
    hermum Posts: 7,123 Forumite
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    Gosh for a private seller they have an awful lot of BNWT items littering up their house.
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,431 Ambassador
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    These sellers are the ones that make it harder for the rest of us. A new buyer coming across one of these will think we are all the same, and we lose our potential new buyer for the 'pool'.
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • GregtheHammer
    GregtheHammer Posts: 1,036 Forumite
    I have reported them for fee avoidence, I never normally do this, but those T & Cs did it for me!
  • mobile48
    mobile48 Posts: 745 Forumite
    edited 21 November 2010 at 7:29AM
    You are not allowed feedback terms in listings:

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/feedback-terms.html
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,431 Ambassador
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    I've reported as well as buyers coming across sellers like that directly affect my own business.

    We should be trying to attract buyers, not put them off with having such dreadful sellers.
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    eBay should tighten up what people are allowed to put in their listings and start implementing the "professionalism" policy they promised us a year ago :(.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

    Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!
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