Ebay purchase

SHEILA54

Hi

I wish to purchase a number of the same item to place in charity gift boxes. However the postage is high so I asked the seller if it could be combined.
She has suggested that I purchase one item on Ebay, paying postage, and then she will invoice me for the rest so as to avoid Ebay fees and make the postage cheaper. Does this violate any Ebay rules as I sell myself and don't want to compromise my account?

Thanks

sham63

It is basically 'vanilla' Ebay fee avoidance, however Ebay would never know and your account won't be compromised.


Is it the sort of item that would genuinely cost more to post if you bought more than one?

SHEILA54

They would if they read the message sent to me by the seller and yes, the postage would be more due to weight and size of the package.

mrcol1000

SHEILA54 wrote: »

They would if they read the message sent to me by the seller and yes, the postage would be more due to weight and size of the package.

It does break Ebay policies. I am not sure it would comprise your account though.

Although I am a business seller and fees are crushing, I would avoid this. If someone is willing to dodge Ebay fees then who knows what else they are up to and what you will recieve. You also would struggle to get Ebay to help you if it all went wrong.

Pierre_De_Grenoble

payment can be still be made via a paypal invoice. once one item is sold via ebay the seller has the buyers paypal address. (that's got to be a loop hole ebay must want to close)

vuvuzela

mrcol1000 wrote: »

It does break Ebay policies. I am not sure it would comprise your account though.

Although I am a business seller and fees are crushing, I would avoid this. If someone is willing to dodge Ebay fees then who knows what else they are up to and what you will recieve. You also would struggle to get Ebay to help you if it all went wrong.

The bit in bold seems more than a touch paranoid. Personally, if it helped me get a better price and the seller had a decent feedback history and looked legitimate, I would be all over this.

fishybusiness

Why not ask the seller to create one listing for the number of items you want, with one reasonable postage fee?

barbie_babe

Ask if they can invoice you for all things together .See if they will post by hermes are rates are cheaper 3-5kg 5.50 if lighter would be cheaper. If postage they are charging is about that no need to add more postage.