seemingly free postage to mainland uk..except scotland

custardy

Has to be a Celtic fan

Brooker_Dave

The drawback of ebay forcing "free postage" on to it's users?

soolin

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

The drawback of ebay forcing "free postage" on to it's users?

So if the OP's grandmoteher in this case had seen an auction with £10 postage and a disclaimer that for Scottish buyers the actual cost would be more- would that be OK then?

System

onetwothree123 wrote: »

they also have a premium rate number which ebay are monitoring.

0303 isn't premium rate, it's charged the same as 01 & 02.

ballisticbrian

Scottish buyers

you've lost me there soolin. Saying it costs more for "Scottish" buyers would be racist I think.

lammy82

theonlywayisup wrote: »

I only found out via these boards!

http://frame.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ShippingRateTable

That still doesn't let you add a surcharge for Scotland, though, which is what the auction text clearly explains.

I don't think there's any xenophobia here, just a reflection of the different courier costs to different areas which eBay's systems don't allow you to represent properly.

soolin

ballisticbrian wrote: »

you've lost me there soolin. Saying it costs more for "Scottish" buyers would be racist I think.

Oh dear, I do try so hard to keep up with how we use language.

How about, 'for those buyers who live in Scotland' ?

martindow

ballisticbrian wrote: »

you've lost me there soolin. Saying it costs more for "Scottish" buyers would be racist I think.

Is Scottish racist? I thought Scottish was the normal word for something from Scotland.

This is from the Free Dictionary
Scot·tish (sktsh)adj. Of or relating to Scotland or its people, language, or culture.

n.1. Scots English.
2. (used with a pl. verb) The people of Scotland.

[Middle English scottisc; see Scots.]
Usage Note: Scottish is the full, original form of the adjective. Scots is an old Scottish variant. Scotch is an English contraction of Scottish that came into use in Scotland as well for a time (as in Burns's "O thou, my Muse! guid auld Scotch drink!") but subsequently fell into disfavor there. In the interest of civility, forms involving Scotch are best avoided in reference to people; designations formed with Scots are most common (Scot, Scotsman, or Scotswoman), but those involving the full form Scottish are sometimes found in more formal contexts. Scotch-Irish is the most commonly used term for the descendants of Scots who migrated to North America, but lately Scots-Irish has begun to gain currency among those who know that Scotch is considered offensive in Scotland. There is, however, no sure rule for referring to things, since the history of variation in the use of these words has left many expressions in which the choice is fixed, such as Scotch broth, Scotch whisky, Scottish rite, and Scots Guards.

itch_for_a_glitch

The seller is pre-empting Scottish independance, when Scots will be paying more for lots of things.

RFW

itch_for_a_glitch wrote: »

The seller is pre-empting Scottish independance, when Scots will be paying more for lots of things.

It does throw up an interesting question about Royal Mail. As a private company will they still have to deliver mail to an independent Scottish highlands at the same rate as the rest of the UK?