Unhappy With Postage Charged By Seller & Actual Postage Seller Paid

ToThePoint

justjohn wrote: »

Yes but it gives the seller the opportunity to ban the buyer before the sale.

And why would they ban them? Oh yeah, because there trying to rip off the buyer and pocket £8

Thanks for agreeing with that

almillar

If I'm selling you something, I'll be incuding getting to the post office in my postage and packaging costs. I agree that in this case £12 was excessive, and the seller admitted to guesswork, but if you're expecting to see absolutely no more than the price the mail company has charged, that's harsh. And I'm not talking about anyone trying to make a profit, I'm just talking about fair prices for private indivduals selling low value items.

ToThePoint

almillar wrote: »

If I'm selling you something, I'll be incuding getting to the post office in my postage and packaging costs. I agree that in this case £12 was excessive, and the seller admitted to guesswork, but if you're expecting to see absolutely no more than the price the mail company has charged, that's harsh. And I'm not talking about anyone trying to make a profit, I'm just talking about fair prices for private indivduals selling low value items.

Including what though? A 20 mile round trip and pay your fuel costs? The postage is not there for that.

If the postage was £9+ then you can't moan over a few quid. But when its £3.90 and you paid £12. It's clearly excessive, and sellers like that, hope the buyers won't moan about it. Hence why so many do it!

justjohn

ToThePoint wrote: »

And why would they ban them? Oh yeah, because there trying to rip off the buyer and pocket £8

Thanks for agreeing with that

no they ban them because they are idiots that cannot add 2 numbers together.


This is why it is now free postage to stop the numpties being stupid. And they now pay 10 % extra across the board because they cannot handle basic maths.


Surely banning them is providing a better service to them. Because they are unable to look at the overall price and they are going to be unhappy with the product / service anyway.

ToThePoint

justjohn wrote: »

no they ban them because they are idiots that cannot add 2 numbers together.


This is why it is now free postage to stop the numpties being stupid. And they now pay 10 % extra across the board because they cannot handle basic maths.


Surely banning them is providing a better service to them. Because they are unable to look at the overall price and they are going to be unhappy with the product / service anyway.

Well clearly the seller is the numptie, and does not know basic maths, as they charge £12, when really it's £3.90. How silly of them :rotfl:

It's postage scamming, you can dress it up however you wish. But it's ripping off the buyer. And the fact forum members, promote other sellers to do that on here. Well shame on them!

Obviously_the_best

ToThePoint wrote: »

It's postage scamming, you can dress it up however you wish. But it's ripping off the buyer.

It's not a scam, the seller has simply charged £12 for delivery. Scams are illegal, rip-offs are not.

What their supplier charges them makes no odds. Or are you now going to Tell me that Apple selling phones that cost them £100 for £500 should be illegal too?

I do however think that charging £12 postage on a small item is no way to keep return custom.

ToThePoint

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

It's not a scam, the seller has simply charged £12 for delivery. Scams are illegal, rip-offs are not.

What their supplier charges them makes no odds. Or are you now going to Tell me that Apple selling phones that cost them £100 for £500 should be illegal too?

I do however think that charging £12 postage on a small item is no way to keep return custom.

The OP agreed to pay £12 for postage, for funnily enough, a £12 service. They however did NOT agree to pay, £12 for a £3.90 service.

It's against our rules to provide unclear or misleading delivery information or to charge unreasonable fees for postage and related services.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/selling-practices.html#postage

RFW

Just to clarify this for everyone.

A seller can charge what they see fit for postage and packing.

A buyer can choose not to buy or not to be happy with that price having purchased and received goods.

Sellers can't stop buyers from having opinions.

payless

As I see it a seller charges more than the actual cost of postage and packing then by default he is a business, and income ( including costs of going to po) needs to be declared

ToThePoint

RFW wrote: »

Just to clarify this for everyone.

A seller can charge what they see fit for postage and packing.

A buyer can choose not to buy or not to be happy with that price having purchased and received goods.

Sellers can't stop buyers from having opinions.

It's against our rules to provide unclear or misleading delivery information or to charge unreasonable fees for postage and related services.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policie...s.html#postage

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