unfair postage cost.

Rikki

I have just received an item that I was charged £3 for the postage on the day I won the auction. I received it this morning and they posted it 2nd class and it only cost them £1.09. I think this stinks. :mad:

Mado

I charged £6 in the listing for postage, based on RM website....
When it came at £1.57 at the post office, I sent a refund. The trouble is that paypal charged me twice: once on receiving the money, once on refunding it :mad:

frivolous_fay

Mado wrote:

I charged £6 in the listing for postage, based on RM website....
When it came at £1.57 at the post office, I sent a refund. The trouble is that paypal charged me twice: once on receiving the money, once on refunding it :mad:

When you make a partial refund, you just put in the amount you want the buyer to get back, calculate, then send it. It works out all the fees for you, so overall you'd pay less in fees. Maybe you tried to add on the fees...?

Mado

frivolous_fay wrote:

When you make a partial refund, you just put in the amount you want the buyer to get back, calculate, then send it. It works out all the fees for you, so overall you'd pay less in fees. Maybe you tried to add on the fees...?

BUt I thought that was what I did!!!
They took their com when the money came in and when I did a partial refund, I said refund £4 and it appear that £3.84 went to the buyer!

frivolous_fay

£3.84 + fees?

susplum

What it boils down to is any buyer agrees the P+P costs when buying so no-one can really complain. People (not just on this thread) seem to forget that its postage AND packaging.

For example if I charged £3 P+P on an item that cost £1 to post plus £1 for packaging then I had to get the bus to my nearest PO to pay postage and send it costing me 80p each way on the bus, then as a seller I'm down 60p on P+P.

Snooze_Control

Unreal. This thread has brought out more stupid buyers than one can shake a stick at.

"I bought <blah> off Ebay and the P&P was listed at <insert seriously inflated amount>. I knew it was way over what it would actually cost to send, but I bought it anyway. And now I'm going to have a bloody good moan about it and leave negative feedback for the poor seller because I'm a spiteful ****, even though the ad clearly showed the P&P cost in 6ft tall by 4ft wide numbers".

There was a thread on here not so long back that was all about STUPID PEOPLE. This thread needs merging with it. :rolleyes:

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SPARKY16

i dont think that is the point if you see an item and the postage says £3.99 p&p than it comes with 80p worth of stamps on it and in a plain envelope you have every right to complain you have been overcharged you usually think the seller has worked it out about right

deanos

Rikki wrote:

I have just received an item that I was charged £3 for the postage on the day I won the auction. I received it this morning and they posted it 2nd class and it only cost them £1.09. I think this stinks. :mad:

what about £1 for a jiffi bag, £1 for parking and petrol costs as well , its called POST AND PACKING

Sugar_Coated_Owl

As many people have said over and over, when you place a bid you are agreeing to the cost of postage and packaging. If you don't believe an item costs X amount to post then quite simply look elsewhere.

You can't have been overcharged if you agreed to the postage and packaging costs.