Fair price for delivery per mile?

theonlywayisup

Lazydayz71 said:

soolin said:

Trying to circumnavigate the rules without understanding them is a sure fire way of getting into potential difficulties...

I thought that was the whole idea of the forum? To help people regarding eBay, auctions, etc. Provide help, advice, etc?

Maybe I've misunderstood what this Forum is actually for?

So after 8 posts nobody has actually given any advice on what they think a fair 'Price per mile' for delivery is.

Thanks, anyway.

This is a forum for giving help and advice and whilst your question may not have been answered to your liking there have been red flags in your post which others are trying to alert you to.

You cannot opt to receive payment by cash, you can request it but the buyer is free to pay ALL of the amount by Paypal.  If you cannot provide online proof of delivery you will lose any INR case that is raised and the monies in your Paypal account will be removed.  

Lazydayz71

OK, scrap the eBay idea.

So if I sold my item on Gum Tree and offered to deliver it personally, what would be a fair price to deliver it, how many pence pier mile ?

forgotmyname

Nothing. Delivery should be included in the sale price.

soolin

Lazydayz71 said:

OK, scrap the eBay idea.

So if I sold my item on Gum Tree and offered to deliver it personally, what would be a fair price to deliver it, how many pence pier mile ?

The answer to that is how much is it going to cost you per mile? My little economical C3 would cost a lot less than someone with a gas guzzling Range Rover. Work out your costs and charge that- but remember I suspect most buyers will expect to negotiate.

The scenario might well be that they are 300 miles away (so a 600 mile round trip- which under current lock down rules you can't even do) and buyer won't bother reading your pence per mile but will make an offer of a nice round sum like £50.

Obviously the advantage of selling on Gumtree would be that you can vet the buyers before you accept their offer, so for instance can ask them for their postcode, and at that point decide whether or not it is too far to be considered a reasonable journey at the moment, and decline the offer. Then when someone nearer offers give them a set price for postage and ask for that up front by bank transfer with cash on delivery for the item.

None of that would be possible with your original idea of trying to sell on ebay.

mgdavid

A fair price is one that both you and your buyer think is fair. No-one here has a crystal ball. If you want to equate it to running costs then I'm sure you know what your vehicle does to the gallon and can work out a pence per mile cost for fuel. You will also know what your annual mileage is, how much you pay for insurance, tax, MOT maybe, and annual servicing and repairs. Then make an estimate of annual depreciation and add that in. Divide the total cost by your annual mileage and you will know the actual cost to you per mile.

RFW

mgdavid said:

A fair price is one that both you and your buyer think is fair. No-one here has a crystal ball. If you want to equate it to running costs then I'm sure you know what your vehicle does to the gallon and can work out a pence per mile cost for fuel. You will also know what your annual mileage is, how much you pay for insurance, tax, MOT maybe, and annual servicing and repairs. Then make an estimate of annual depreciation and add that in. Divide the total cost by your annual mileage and you will know the actual cost to you per mile.

Indeed. The problem with cost per mile for delivery is that if it's too far away it needs to be a minimal amount, otherwise it's prohibitive (eg if it's 300 miles, 50p per mile is £150, quite a ridiculous figure for a 30kg parcel), if it's near then the buyer will be put off by the fact that you're not just going to deliver it at your own expense.