over charged on ebay postage. can I please have some good advice?

poet123

Ralph-y wrote: »

sorry even if your argument is correct re the P&P charges, agreeing to a sale then afterwards backing out / complaining / neg'ing is as wrong!

There used to be an old saying .... erm ....
two wrongs ........ can't remeber the rest.

Ralph:cool:

How can it be wrong if my argument is correct?

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

poet123 wrote: »

Actually, my dear, it is you who are the buffoon. :rotfl:Lovely old word!!

Legally, P&P is just that, not any old charge you care to add into the mix.....but ignorance is no defense in law or in the Ebay arena, and will be "punished" by way of low stars.

"Legally" doesn't come into it (unless you can demonstrate the descriptive term for the service is misleading under consumer protection laws and even then I don't think you'd be covered when buying from private sellers) only what eBay says which is:

"Sellers can charge reasonable P&P fees to cover the costs for mailing, packaging, and handling the items that they sell. However, charging excessive fees for P&P violates our Selling practices policy. Review the item description carefully to make sure you understand what the P&P costs are."

£7 was too much. You should note the P&P before buying. I think we can all agree on that.

Whether once you've noted the P&P and then go ahead to buy, is it right to complain is the question and for yourself where you say you sell and have learnt how to charge P&P for your own listings to avoid unhappy customers I think you should use that experience and wisdom when buying and as such shouldn't have many issues at all when it comes to your opinions of the P&P you've chosen to pay for as you have a good gauge of what it should be.

ballisticbrian

Can you just hold on a minute, I need to get some more popcorn. :laugh:

Ralph-y

if I keep you up till it gets light what would happen ? :rotfl:


sorry but my humblest suggestion to sellers coming across you would be


REPORT THE BUYER FOR TRYING TO CHANGE THE PRICE AND FEEDBACK EXTORSION - its time to clamp down on scam buyers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ralph:cool:

poet123

Ralph-y wrote: »

if I keep you up till it gets light what would happen ? :rotfl:


sorry but my humblest suggestion to sellers coming across you would be


REPORT THE BUYER FOR TRYING TO CHANGE THE PRICE AND FEEDBACK EXTORSION - its time to clamp down on scam buyers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ralph:cool:

With such reasoned argument you definitely won't keep me up:rotfl:Try another tack and provide the cut and thrust of debate and you just might....

morganedge

unbelievable.
You shouldn't have bid on the item if you weren't happy with paying the P+P cost that they specified.

poet123

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head wrote: »

"Legally" doesn't come into it (unless you can demonstrate the descriptive term for the service is misleading under consumer protection laws and even then I don't think you'd be covered when buying from private sellers) only what eBay says which is:

"Sellers can charge reasonable P&P fees to cover the costs for mailing, packaging, and handling the items that they sell. However, charging excessive fees for P&P violates our Selling practices policy. Review the item description carefully to make sure you understand what the P&P costs are."

£7 was too much. You should note the P&P before buying. I think we can all agree on that.

Whether once you've noted the P&P and then go ahead to buy, is it right to complain is the question and for yourself where you say you sell and have learnt how to charge P&P for your own listings to avoid unhappy customers I think you should use that experience and wisdom when buying and as such shouldn't have many issues at all when it comes to your opinions of the P&P you've chosen to pay for as you have a good gauge of what it should be.

From your link: My red
Postage and related charges

Be sure to specify P&P charges and related service charges in your listings. It's against our rules to provide unclear or misleading delivery information or to charge unreasonable fees for postage and related services.
What you can charge
Actual postage cost: This is the final P&P charged. Consider what others in the market charge for delivery of the item being sold to ensure you remain competitive. Also be consistent with eBay policies for the P&P charges for the category you are listing in.
Packaging cost: This can include the cost of packaging materials.

Obviously_the_best

To the OP, you are an utter muppet who clearly doesn't have a clue what they are going on about. If you read eBay's own info about P&P it clearly states the seller may include a modest dispatch charge. If you are going to try and argue that £1.20 is not modest then god help us all, England really is turning into America!!!


http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/basics/pandp.html

Mylo_The_Moggy

I suspect the OP won't comment any further on this thread for fear of getting involved in the crossfire lol. :doh:

Can't actually believe this is still going on!!!!

Strapped

And just to throw in another 2p's worth, HMRC define packing (as opposed to postage) as both the labour and materials cost.

Nice popcorn, Brian. Pass it round. _party_