Help please:£20 collection charge on collect only item

jaibaby

thelawnet wrote: »

Well no, he was justifying his little scam by asking how he would make a profit by buying an item for £90 and selling it for £100 (before fees). Which doesn't seem very sussed to me at all, because the correct answer is you wouldn't....

Thanks, but I am all woman!!!
And it wasn't a scam! For crying out loud, read what is written, not what you think is!!! I used my sale of a Gucci watch as an example. As you can see I made quite a tidy profit on it, thanks to pure luck that I was at that certain car boot at that certain time. Probably couldn't do it again if I tried!!

I don't understand why you are all moaning about someone charging for collection. If you were to have it posted, you'd be paying for that! And sellers add to the postage, to cover for fees, envelopes, parcel tape, bus fair / petrol money etc. Complain about that!!!

I can understand £20 though, but again that depends on how much you paid for the item. If you paid in the region of £200 for the item, then I'd agree with the charge. And if you don't like it, you can lump it!

:mad:

frivolous_fay

thelawnet wrote: »

how he would make a profit by buying an item for £90 and selling it for £100 (before fees). Which doesn't seem very sussed to me at all, because the correct answer is you wouldn't....

Not using a reserve might have helped a bit though

sgoode

jaibaby wrote: »

I wish there was somewhere I could sell my "junk" and it wouldn't cost me.

Gumtree is free?

soolin

sgoode wrote: »

Gumtree is free?

I actually had my first sale there last month.

liam8282

Those arguing about collection fees, realistically what else could the collection fee be for, other than to pay for the fees or to raise the value of the auction for the seller?

It is costing the seller nothing to be at home (in the context of the ebay sale), whilst the purchaser has to go and collect the item.

Crowqueen

And if you don't like it, you can lump it!

Or just not buy from the person charging it (at least if they mention it up front), which is ultimately self-defeating - you won't get any sales.

StaffsSW

jaibaby wrote: »

Thanks, but I am all woman!!!
And it wasn't a scam! For crying out loud, read what is written, not what you think is!!! I used my sale of a Gucci watch as an example. As you can see I made quite a tidy profit on it, thanks to pure luck that I was at that certain car boot at that certain time. Probably couldn't do it again if I tried!!

I don't understand why you are all moaning about someone charging for collection. If you were to have it posted, you'd be paying for that! And sellers add to the postage, to cover for fees, envelopes, parcel tape, bus fair / petrol money etc. Complain about that!!!

I can understand £20 though, but again that depends on how much you paid for the item. If you paid in the region of £200 for the item, then I'd agree with the charge. And if you don't like it, you can lump it!

:mad:

And not to forget your Tax/NI contributions.... buying to resell and all that...?



This thread is better than the Jeremy Kyle show!

Smit1970

I don't accept Paypal on collection items. If someone tries to be clever and pays that way, I simply refund it and send them a message to bring the cash with them. They adhere to my terms or they don't buy it -- simple as that.

I also charge a fee for collections. Reason for this is it is inconvenient; people get lost and delay you, don't arrive on time, etc.

Crowqueen

Smit1970 wrote: »

I don't accept Paypal on collection items. If someone tries to be clever and pays that way, I simply refund it and send them a message to bring the cash with them. They adhere to my terms or they don't buy it -- simple as that.

I also charge a fee for collections. Reason for this is it is inconvenient; people get lost and delay you, don't arrive on time, etc.

Both of those are asking for trouble. The fee will put people off, and you know you can't turn down Paypal if someone wants to use it.

liam8282

Smit1970 wrote: »

I also charge a fee for collections. Reason for this is it is inconvenient; people get lost and delay you, don't arrive on time, etc.

Why bother listing the item as collect in person if it is such an inconvenience? Surely you would just put delivery only.

Personally I would never bid on an item if somebody wanted me to pay them to sit at home, while I went to all the effort to go and collect an item, whilst also saving them postage costs.