P&P grumble

Strapped

digitalphase wrote: »

The main issue with the above ebayer is her not knowing what p&p stands for.

TBH if I were a business I'd include p&p in the item price and just do free p&p in the section. That way you avoid low stars.

The problem with that is - say your average postal cost is 1kg Royal Mail @£3.15 (some less, some more but let's say that's an average for a "small item" seller). The FVF on £3.15 = £3.15 * 10% * (1 - 20% TRS discount) = 25.2p. That might not sound a lot, but over 200 items that's >£50 per month, or >£600 per year. To a small seller, that's a lot. And if you sell larger/heavier/more expensive items and use courier dispatch then the amount is more. Most sellers would have to pass at least some of that cost onto the buyer. So bad news all round - except for eBay of course.