Be careful with best offers and simple delivery

se2020

I had an item that's been for sale for ages.

Item is 100g and large letter size.
I can fit 6 of them in a large letter.
Weight has been entered into the listing details.

Buyer made a sensible offer for a quantity of 4.
I was expecting the postage to be the same at £2.70 for a tracked 48 large letter so I accepted the offer on that basis.

For some reason ebay have charged me £5.21 for a label.  I'm told not to exceed large letter 1kg so they obviously know all 4 items will fit in one large letter and be under 1kg.

Admittedly I'm paying less for the postage than if I had sold the 4 items individually but it feels like ebay should have shown me how much I would pay for postage (or actually receive for the items) when showing me the offer amount and asking me to accept??

 I've only just noticed it now but if I check my sales history I've been charged more than the actual cost on quite a few multiple purchase orders. I've not even seen ebay publish the fact that they would be doing this anywhere?

RedImp_2

For these reasons I always opt for buyer pays postage.

soolin

RedImp_2 said:

For these reasons I always opt for buyer pays postage.

That only shifts the postage cost on to you though. 

se2020

I have tried the buyer pays postage.

Free postage (seller pays) shows the listings far higher in search results though.
So unless you have a unique/rare item it will never be seen.

soolin

se2020 said:

I have tried the buyer pays postage.

Free postage (seller pays) shows the listings far higher in search results though.
So unless you have a unique/rare item it will never be seen.

All mine are buyer pays and I don't seem to have any issues. However I was just responding to the comment about cost of postage - which of course wouldn't change whoever pays for it.