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Excessive Postage

user051105
user051105 Posts: 652 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Check out this sellers items, postage from £33.99 and £3.00 for paypal surcharge.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lost-Planet-Extreme-Condition-NEW-SEALED-Xbox-360_W0QQitemZ320077804634QQihZ011QQcategoryZ112847QQcmdZViewItem

Is this worth reporting, along with his other items.
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Worth adding to my favourite sellers list :D

    Oooh, he's super naughty... check out the lottery auctions.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • Saeed
    Saeed Posts: 733 Forumite
    things is that paypal charges are a rip off, why do ebay need to charge extra FVF's etc ...they are milking it to the max! I have often felt tempted to put the postage price as the price I am hoping to get and sell it for 0.99 there by avoiding all the rip off FVF's
  • blue_haddock
    blue_haddock Posts: 12,110 Forumite
    reported for fee avoidance.
  • alias7
    alias7 Posts: 294 Forumite
    I don't blame this guy. eBay has an economy bigger than most small countries and yet the still insist on charging more and more.

    Did you know they increased selling figures around 20% for all eBay shops in the UK?

    The dirty, evil, robbing b*stards!
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,408 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Definitely worth reporting, although any bidder would be crazy to bid both because of the terms and also the appalling feedback score.

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  • smartie1976
    smartie1976 Posts: 1,984 Forumite
    Saeed wrote:
    I have often felt tempted to put the postage price as the price I am hoping to get and sell it for 0.99 there by avoiding all the rip off FVF's

    I would point out that if you CHOOSE to sell on eBay you CHOOSE to accept their terms and conditions.
    If you don't like it then you should sell elsewhere.

    Charging a surcharge is against the rules, as is excessive postage. And by doing so you risk eBay banning you.

    Surely it's not worth it is it?

    I have reported all the items the seller is surcharging on.
    It's BOUGHT (to Buy), not BROUGHT (to bring) AND you cannot be frauded, only DEfrauded.

    Please do not buy animals from a pet store. Visit your local sanctuary or centre and give a good home to an unloved or abandoned animal.
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    smartie1976 wrote:
    I would point out that if you CHOOSE to sell on eBay you CHOOSE to accept their terms and conditions.
    If you don't like it then you should sell elsewhere.

    Very well put, and something I never think to write when I'm being flamed for being a killjoy who likes to give ebay and paypal more money.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • aeuerby
    aeuerby Posts: 782 Forumite
    He's changed the postage to £3.99 but is still surcharging for paypal.:naughty:
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Nice try, seller. Try harder next time. *click*
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • smartie1976
    smartie1976 Posts: 1,984 Forumite
    aeuerby wrote:
    He's changed the postage to £3.99 but is still surcharging for paypal.:naughty:

    he's obviously been reading this thread! :rotfl:
    It's BOUGHT (to Buy), not BROUGHT (to bring) AND you cannot be frauded, only DEfrauded.

    Please do not buy animals from a pet store. Visit your local sanctuary or centre and give a good home to an unloved or abandoned animal.
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