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Lifeisbutadream

catch_me_if_you_can wrote: »

You can also buy the bags on ebay. That's where I get them from. I personally wouldn't buy any stationery items from the post office due to the cost.

To be honest I would rather buy from the post office as and when I try to support local businesses where possible.

OrkneyStar

Lifeisbutadream wrote: »

To buy something for 10-15p I would have to drive about 30 miles round trip.

My local post office doesnt selling things like that and I am not an ebay shop I am just a person selling my old clothes.

I don't drive at all to buy mine (not much choice here anyway in cheap bags)- lots of ebay sellers do cheap but decent bags in all sorts of sizes.
I am also just a person selling my/my DS's/my DH's old clothes/CD's that sort of thing.
If you want to support the PO fair enough, admirable even, but you are then passing your excess costs on to any buyers. I do realise where you are coming from, but on ebay people tend to expect the same level of service, costs etc from us small-time private sellers as they often get from large companies selling on there.

sharpy2010

soolin wrote: »

So if I asked you know whether you could recommend using sendit and if their postage cost is very good, what would you say?

That is what ebay will be asking the buyer, not whether they think the total price is good, but exactly how fair do they rate the post and packing.

Why can't eBay ask the customer "Was the overall transaction good?".

Specifying how good/bad all the different aspects of a sale were will merely result in people moaning.

As they say, give people more ways to complain, and they'll complain more often.

rockysafc

I never buy any packaging for my items. I recycle everything. Jiffy bags, catalogue bags turned inside out, old huggies boxes etc etc. Loft looks like a bombsite but who cares. I state my recycling policy in my listings as to keep postage costs down and to prevent waste. Not had any complaints or unhappy feedback from over 1000 sales. Also make sure my postage costs are never more than 75p more than the actual cost. If I do miscalculate postage badly I issue a paypal refund.

theonlywayisup

rockysafc wrote: »

I never buy any packaging for my items. I recycle everything. Jiffy bags, catalogue bags turned inside out, old huggies boxes etc etc. Loft looks like a bombsite but who cares. I state my recycling policy in my listings as to keep postage costs down and to prevent waste. Not had any complaints or unhappy feedback from over 1000 sales. Also make sure my postage costs are never more than 75p more than the actual cost. If I do miscalculate postage badly I issue a paypal refund.

Never 75p more than actual post.....with an old nappy box. What is the 75p for?

OrkneyStar

rockysafc wrote: »

I never buy any packaging for my items. I recycle everything. Jiffy bags, catalogue bags turned inside out, old huggies boxes etc etc. Loft looks like a bombsite but who cares. I state my recycling policy in my listings as to keep postage costs down and to prevent waste. Not had any complaints or unhappy feedback from over 1000 sales. Also make sure my postage costs are never more than 75p more than the actual cost. If I do miscalculate postage badly I issue a paypal refund.

A lot of folk are happy with that, but some, less so, you cannot win really. As for 75p over, that is a bit much with second-hand (obviously so) packaging imho, but each to their own.

soolin

sharpy2010 wrote: »

Why can't eBay ask the customer "Was the overall transaction good?".

Specifying how good/bad all the different aspects of a sale were will merely result in people moaning.

As they say, give people more ways to complain, and they'll complain more often.

The star ratio came in about 2 years ago, I suspect they wanted it more in line with how Amazon work..

I also suspect that it has resulted in less neutrals and negatives as before if you felt unhappy at one part of the transaction you had to leave a neutral if you were that unhappy , but now you can still leave a positive and just mark down the appropriate stars. I see far less sellers with poor feedback now than I ever used to.

sharpy2010

soolin wrote: »

The star ratio came in about 2 years ago, I suspect they wanted it more in line with how Amazon work..

I also suspect that it has resulted in less neutrals and negatives as before if you felt unhappy at one part of the transaction you had to leave a neutral if you were that unhappy , but now you can still leave a positive and just mark down the appropriate stars. I see far less sellers with poor feedback now than I ever used to.

Its an interesting thought, but it seems to me that for a seller getting only a few bad stars means the end of their eBay account, and the end of their livelyhood.

This in turn means it would be a very stressful way to earn a full time living and relying on eBay, since you don't know when you are going to receive a few bad (and possibly unfair) stars.

Byebye livelyhood.

No thanks, thats not the life for me.

lovinituk

sharpy2010 wrote: »

Its an interesting thought, but it seems to me that for a seller getting only a few bad stars means the end of their eBay account, and the end of their livelyhood.

This in turn means it would be a very stressful way to earn a full time living and relying on eBay, since you don't know when you are going to receive a few bad (and possibly unfair) stars.

Byebye livelyhood.

No thanks, thats not the life for me.

It depends on the volume a business is selling. A high volume seller would not be adversely affected by a few low stars. To receive the number of low stars that would actually start affecting the account, would mean that they are doing something wrong anyway.

Its the high value/low volume sellers that are most at risk from a few unfair stars. Low value/low volume sellers can't be making enough money to make a living anyway!!

sharpy2010

lovinituk wrote: »

Its the high value/low volume sellers that are most at risk from a few unfair stars. Low value/low volume sellers can't be making enough money to make a living anyway!!

Agree with this, although in my situation, I'm selling about £40 worth of goods a day (low value), which is about 4 or 5 items (low volume), and of this I'm earning myself about £30 profit.

£30 profit a day isn't enough to let me give up work, but it IS enough that it makes a massive difference to me.

But, a few low stars (again, possibly unwarranted ones) could stop me earning this, which I don't think is fair.