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Azari

Fiddlestick wrote: »

No, you get the mug for 99p and it costs them 5.99 to post it to you.

I know what you are getting at but the mug is still 99p and the postage is still 5.99.

It really cannot be any clearer.

You seem to be conflating being clear with being correct. The two things are not necessarily coincident.

You are being perfectly clear but I'm afraid that does not make you correct.

You send them £0.99 you do not get the mug.

You do not get the mug for sending them £0.99.

You send them ~£5.99 you get the mug.

You get the mug for sending them ~£5.99.

Not only is that clear, it follows basic logic.

Your version.

You send them £0.99 you do not get the mug.

You get the mug for £0.99

Does not follow basic logic.

I'm sure if you lived in the same town as them and offered to collect it in person you wouldn't even need to pay the postage!

Ah, now that's a different matter.

If you could get yourself to Germany at no cost and get their permission to go and pick up the mug in person then maybe you could get the mug for 0.99p

However, as that option is not available on the website and the chances of the OP getting a free return trip to Germany are, I would imagine, slim, the plain fact remains that they will only get the mug in return for parting with ~£5.99.

LainieB

So,if, for instance you bought a mug on ebay for 99p and the postage for the item was £5.
Would you say you got the mug for 99p?
or 99p plus postage,
or £5.99?
example:
I bought a keyring for 1.99. it cost me 1.99. i paid £1 for the postage. but the keyring only cost me 1.99. Not 2.99.

Azari

LainieB wrote: »

So,if, for instance you bought a mug on ebay for 99p and the postage for the item was £5.
Would you say you got the mug for 99p?
or 99p plus postage,
or £5.99?
example:
I bought a keyring for 1.99. it cost me 1.99. i paid £1 for the postage. but the keyring only cost me 1.99. Not 2.99.

When you say you get one thing 'for 'another thing, you are telling people what you gained and what you had to give up to get it.

In your keyring case you gained a keyring and you gave up £5.99.

So you got the keyring for giving up £5.99.

If you are still having difficulty with the concept, suppose I offer you a new 42" TV for the bargain price of £1 but will only send it by special courier for £250.

You think that is still a bargain so you agree.

Are you seriously suggesting that you would tell people you got the TV for £1?

You paid £251 for it.