1p eBay items with free p&p

moneypooh

Bought a CD once for 1p free p&p

Taadaa

I've never heard of this before. I don't think I would do it to be honest, afterall there must be something in it for them other than profit.

Maysie

Don't forget quidco you can earn 4-5p on these buys :O they quite often get rejected though lol. A few have slipped through so you are paid to take them away!.

ChrisCar_2

Taadaa wrote: »

I've never heard of this before. I don't think I would do it to be honest, afterall there must be something in it for them other than profit.

How about, they believe ebay's hype about starting auctions low and people will bid it up.
It doesn't always work.

Obviously_the_best

texranger wrote: »

last year i placed a bid on a Sata cable that had 1 hr to go and was at 5p from Hong Kong, thinking this would rise or he would not sell for that, but i won it for 5p and paid. then i just forgot all about it. 3 weeks later this arrived. it musdt have cost the seller a small fortune to send a 5p item from Hong Kong

Ahhhhhhh! I paid 21p with free shipping for three,

jabdc5

My wife often gets costume jewellery on Ebay from China or Korea for 1p plus free postage, never had a problem with it going missing and she's always delighted at the quality.They start their auctions at 1p or sometimes even 1 US Cent and occasionally some don't get any bids.
Someone once told me the sellers get some form of government grant to sell overseas.

lovinituk

A lot of the larger overseas sellers do it because it ups their transactions so they can qualify for the higher Powerseller ratings and receive up to 30% off their final value fees. You will probably find that they are also selling higher value items too. A few transactions where they are making a small loss on each is soon made up for when they receive 30% off a few thousand pounds worth of fees.

deanos

Bought loads of things, all arrived, as above they do it to keep there feedback/transactions high

Jakg

texranger wrote: »

...it musdt have cost the seller a small fortune to send a 5p item from Hong Kong

You'd be suprised - one DealExtreme's most popular products is a small LED Pig Torch thing.


They offer free worldwide delivery with *any* order... and loads of people just buy that on their own.

Somehow, they can afford to buy the goods from the supplier (who buys from the manufacturer), host a website, have a goods handling department and then pay to send that thing half way round the world on a plane, all for 65p.

When you consider to post that WITHIN the UK alone would cost that, it's mighty impressive.