postage costs

rossireps

HI
I looked at bidding on two items which had £4 each for posting,both light items one a keyring that def wouldnt cost £4. I asked if they would combine postage and if there was a cheaper service.Both items very light so would think tops £3 postage for both. This is the reply i got, " understand exactly your point. However as a seller on eBay I got to pay £0.15 fee per item, plus a paypal fee of 3.4% of the amount and a £0.20 fee for each item sold. So if I sell something for just £0.99 and use the standard postage fee which is around £1.70 for second class recorded delivery, I will only get about £0.10 for my item on sale of which isn't worth selling at all, hence I up the postage fee, so I can make a little bit for my items."
Now I fully understand if you bid you accept the sellers postage charge but just thought,is it any surprise ebay isnt as popular as in the past.
Really disapointed but no way Im going to pay £8 for 2 items that would cost less than £3 to post

J45

Can you find them elsewhere for cheaper, if not then what's the problem.

Flyonthewall

Many people are adding more to the postage when really they should be adding it to the start price. It's only going to cause buyers to give low stars for postage. Just because buyers are happy to pay the overall cost doesn't mean they're happy with the P&P charge.

Obviously I don't know what them items are like, but I have a keyring that really would cost £4.10 to post, although that would be first class signed for. £3 for just first class. It's a stupidly light. Not the smallest keyring, but obviously it's not a big item. However, it is 3D and the height would be over the dimensions for large letter.

campdave

rossireps wrote: »

is it any surprise ebay isnt as popular as in the past.

Based on what exactly?

From the sellers response, it sounds like they've not cottoned on to the fact they're now being charged FVF on postage (because of sellers like these). Doubt his DSR on postage are any great shakes and he runs the risk of being suspended from selling by doing this.

As for you, if you don't like the postage costs, walk away and buy from someone else.

rossireps

Flyonthewall wrote: »

Many people are adding more to the postage when really they should be adding it to the start price. It's only going to cause buyers to give low stars for postage. Just because buyers are happy to pay the overall cost doesn't mean they're happy with the P&P charge.

Obviously I don't know what them items are like, but I have a keyring that really would cost £4.10 to post, although that would be first class signed for. £3 for just first class. It's a stupidly light. Not the smallest keyring, but obviously it's not a big item. However, it is 3D and the height would be over the dimensions for large letter.

This was a cloth keyring about 2 inches long.

rossireps

campdave wrote: »

Based on what exactly?

From the sellers response, it sounds like they've not cottoned on to the fact they're now being charged FVF on postage (because of sellers like these). Doubt his DSR on postage are any great shakes and he runs the risk of being suspended from selling by doing this.

As for you, if you don't like the postage costs, walk away and buy from someone else.

Havent seen them elsewhere as it was given out at the launch of ba a380 flight. I did say I know we have a choice just seems bit mean not to,even knock a bit of for buying two items.

RFW

Can I be the first to ask why a seller would send a 99p keyring via recorded delivery?

sequence

Yes, recorded for a 99p item makes perfect sense Only on ebay.

Flyonthewall

rossireps wrote: »

This was a cloth keyring about 2 inches long.

Ah. Then yeah, doesn't sound like it would cost that much to post. However, there are some small things that can cost quite a bit to post.

RFW wrote: »

Can I be the first to ask why a seller would send a 99p keyring via recorded delivery?

The original post never mentioned recorded delivery I don't think. I only mentioned that to make a point that something as stupidly small and light could cost around £4 to post with recorded or £3 otherwise.

RFW

Flyonthewall wrote: »

The original post never mentioned recorded delivery I don't think. I only mentioned that to make a point that something as stupidly small and light could cost around £4 to post with recorded or £3 otherwise.

From OP "So if I sell something for just £0.99 and use the standard postage fee which is around £1.70 for second class recorded delivery, I will only get about £0.10 for my item on sale of which isn't worth selling at all, hence I up the postage fee, so I can make a little bit for my items."

Flyonthewall

RFW wrote: »

From OP "So if I sell something for just £0.99 and use the standard postage fee which is around £1.70 for second class recorded delivery, I will only get about £0.10 for my item on sale of which isn't worth selling at all, hence I up the postage fee, so I can make a little bit for my items."

Ah yeah. Missed that with it being a block of writing.

Despite the price, I'm guessing the reason for recorded is to be sure people can't claim INR. Either that or it's just an excuse to add more to the postage costs.