Postage

Polmop

I purchased a T shirt with a postage cost of £4.75, and it was delivered yesterday with the postage shown as £2.33


Do you think I would be over the top to ask why there was a difference or is that acceptable
Thanks

pappa_golf

packing materials , labour and fuel costs to drop off point , it was probably £4.47 postage AND PACKAGING

ballisticbrian

47.5 p of that postage went to eBay and another proportion went to PayPal before you start to work out if it was fair postage and packing or not.

mrcol1000

As above there are extra costs other than the stamp price. Also some companies make some of their money out of the postage charge.

Unfortunately once you purchase the item then you accept the postage costs. It is no good questioning it afterwards. If it is an Ebay item you can always make your unhappiness on the postage mark up via feedback you leave. If its non-Ebay then most companies you can leave feedback on through review sites.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

you were happy with the overall price including the p&p. and went ahead with the purchase.

£2.42 difference...which if you break that down..

0.48p ebay charge on the postage
0.20p ? Paypal fee
0.40P ? packaging
2.95 labour cost ( 15 mins at nmw. this does not include the time
travelling to post office and waiting to pay and the time to do
the transaction).
Plus the petrol cost to go to the post office.


so i make that £4.03 min it has cost the seller additional costs on top of the actual postage to send the T.shirt to you

Polmop

Fair points, thanks

shaun_from_Africa

Another point to bear in mind that if you pay P&P to a seller that is registered for VAT (I don't know if this is the case here), then they are legally required to account for VAT on both the postage and packing costs so if the P&P cost £4.75 then 95p of that goes directly to HMRC.

dlusman

The only time you can have complaint about p&p is if they do not post it using stated method. e.g if they post 2nd class when they advertised as 1st

martindow

I agree with the comments above, but sellers charging p&p that is well above the cost of the stamp invite getting poor star ratings and feedback. It doesn't seem a good business strategy for the long term.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I always factor it all in the B.I.N. price.

And charge p+p on auction listings

soolin

martindow wrote: »

I agree with the comments above, but sellers charging p&p that is well above the cost of the stamp invite getting poor star ratings and feedback. It doesn't seem a good business strategy for the long term.

I agree, sellers that charge for everything including their time tend to not last long anymore. There's also no point, might as well add the costs into the item price as fees are the same.