Postage advice needed please

frivolous_fay

Hollisio wrote: »

Surely another point is what if your item is faulty or never arrives?If you have paid .99p for it and £50 p&p, if you try and get your money back you will only get back .99p as you dont get the p&p fees back.

Great way to scam people so thats the reason I avoid auctions like that

Very true, and an excellent point.

Contains_Mild_Peril

I'm usually wary of auctions with excessive p&p too, for that reason: however, a Paypal chargeback will normally get you a full refund (though if the item is faulty or not as described you have to return it at your own expense).
I would think it fairly obvious that £29.99 is way more than the actual p&p costs for a dress, even if it were nicely packed and sent by Special Delivery, but if the total price was good and the packing was sufficient to get the item to me in good condition I wouldn't ask for any money back or go whinging to eBay. I'd probably leave positive feedback but with appropriate star ratings (good for item description and speed of doispatch, bad for p&p charge). I'd also mention it in the feedback comment, e.g. "Lovely dress, sent quickly, packing a bit naff for £29.99 p&p"

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Ebay have a special section for high postage fees - I have reported several buyers over the last few days for the same thing.

Ebay are trying to crack down on excessive postage charges and this is one way to make sure that they know about it.

If something costs £4 BIN with p&p of £35 then you know fine nicely that it is a £4 carrot to attract a buyer - to my way of thinking that is not so bad.

stamford

Cute_n_Quirky wrote: »

Ebay have a special section for high postage fees - I have reported several buyers over the last few days for the same thing.

Ebay are trying to crack down on excessive postage charges and this is one way to make sure that they know about it.

Very laudable what a fine upstanding citizen you are - btw don't you mean sellers ?

mummysdragon

The postage charge is also relevent to the items weight as well. If the postage is too high, then it is simple don't bid. I work out what the total is worth and then make up my mind, and if I think paying extra for the postage, would I still be getting the item cheaper, if the answer is yes I will bid or buy.

Packaging also has to be taken into consideration, and how much packaging an item will need. I would rather pay a couple of pounds over the odds knowing it will be well packed than a flimsy box arriving with broken goods inside and a dispute on my hands.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

stamford wrote: »

Very laudable what a fine upstanding citizen you are - btw don't you mean sellers ?

Yes I meant Sellers.

I am fed up of extortionate postage charges - it is time it was stopped.

If you want to be sarcastic about that then so be it, I don't care.

rabbit_burrow

Kzlnd wrote: »

Just because a seller states the P&P charge and you bid on the item, doesn't mean you should accept the charge upon receipt of the item if the seller has excessively charged you.


It's one thing to charge 50p/£1.00/£1.50 more than what it costs you to post but more than £20 excess? That's taking the p** and the buyer does have a right to complain to the seller.


I often undercharge or charge the exact amount it costs me to post the item, I lose out on any profit from the end price of the item because of eBay and Paypal fees but as clearly stated by eBay, you cannot charge for those fees by including them in your P&P charges.
This nonsense about time taken to wrap the item/time taken to get to the PO/fuel expenses is rubbish, I wish eBay would do more to stop sellers being allowed to charge far too much.

Sorry but I don't agree completely. I wouldn't add ebay/paypal fees to p&p charge, but if it costs a seller petrol/car running costs to get to a PO then why should they add that allowance to the item thus getting charged FVF on it? At the end of the day, anything that is involved with the postage and package process (including any admin required like packing slip [it still uses up ink/paper]), then I think the seller should add to the p&p. If they are a business then all these costs have to appear on their books as a p&p expense, so why should they add this cost to the item itself? Either way, the buyer would still have to pay the same total cost.

nickyt

I look at both the item price and the postage, and to be honest if someone high P&P then I wont entertain it. The thing is now some sellers are being so greedy it cheaper to go to the shop, so I check shop prices before I bid as well. Tight I don't think so just not going to be taken for a ride.

Dave_Brooker

Kzlnd wrote: »

I often undercharge or charge the exact amount it costs me to post the item, I lose out on any profit from the end price of the item because of eBay and Paypal fees but as clearly stated by eBay, you cannot charge for those fees by including them in your P&P charges.
This nonsense about time taken to wrap the item/time taken to get to the PO/fuel expenses is rubbish, I wish eBay would do more to stop sellers being allowed to charge far too much.

So you'd rather sell at a loss and charge just for the actual postage?

You don't value your time and materials at anything??

Do you want a job?

Dave_Brooker

Cute_n_Quirky wrote: »

Ebay have a special section for high postage fees - I have reported several buyers over the last few days for the same thing.

Why not just buy from sellers who don't make a charge for their time and efforts packing things?