Seller wants to charge £60 postage.. help please..

MORPH3US

This thread is hilarious... :eek:

To think that when the new feedback rules come into place, the seller wouldn't even be able to neg buyers like the OP.... :rolleyes:

silkyuk9

Don't start going on about neg's i have wanted to neg 3 or 4 sellers who have either sold rubbish or not delivered, but what is the point, you only get one back!

ajaxgeezer

It's about time we had the "Who should leave feedback first?" debate, isn't it?

meester

MORPH3US wrote: »

This thread is hilarious... :eek:

To think that when the new feedback rules come into place, the seller wouldn't even be able to neg buyers like the OP.... :rolleyes:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/listing-shipping.html

Sellers may charge reasonable postage & packaging charges to cover the costs of posting, packaging, and handling the items they are selling. While eBay will not prescribe exactly what a seller may or may not charge, eBay will consider member reports when determining whether or not a seller’s postage, handling, packaging, and/or insurance charges are excessive. Postage & packaging and handling charges may not be listed as a percentage of the final sale price.
In addition to the final listing price, sellers are permitted to charge:
Actual Postage cost: This is the actual cost of delivering the item.
Handling Fee: Actual packaging materials costs may be charged. A handling fee in addition to actual postage cost may be charged if it is not excessive. Sellers who want to be sure they are in compliance with this policy may charge actual postage costs plus actual packaging materials cost.
Insurance: Sellers offering insurance may only charge the actual fee for insurance. No additional amount may be added, such as “self-insurance”. Sellers who do not use a licensed third-party insurance company may not require buyers to purchase insurance.

He's not allowed to charge more than his actual costs. Simple as that....

Last time I ordered two things from the same seller, they listed a discount for multiple items. As it turned out the actual postage cost was 70p less than the discounted price even, and he refunded that 70p without me asking, he just did it.

ajaxgeezer

meester wrote: »

He's not allowed to charge more than his actual costs. Simple as that....

....."would that it were".........

frivolous_fay

meester wrote: »

He's not allowed to charge more than his actual costs. Simple as that....

In a world where ebay can pull a listing for a heavy, hardback book and give the seller a rap on the knuckles because they dared to charge COST PRICE for postage - I challenge ebay's view on what is acceptable and what is not.

I think here, we're arguing the toss over not 'they overcharged on postage', but 'they didn't discount as much as I hoped'. £10 for an item might be acceptable. But multiply it by 7 and you've got a ruddy big number. AFAIK, the rules don't say 'You must offer a postage discount appropriate to your actual costs'. Correct me if I'm wrong, but sellers aren't obliged to offer a discount full stop.

emsywoo123

The OP has gone quiet?

mrbadexample

I agree with the OP. I think it's a complete rip-off, and I'd have simply told the seller to stick his items where the sun doesn't shine.*





*except worded more politely.

MORPH3US

Whether the postage is excessive or not, the old addage that applies in a situation like this is:

"if you don't like something about an auction, DON'T BID"

All of the people saying that the postage is excessive, imagine this....

You walk into a garage looking to buy a new car and the car you like is obviously a cut and shunt... what do you do...

a) buy the car and then moan about the car when it falls apart
b) walk away and report the seller to the police for selling dodgy cars?!?!

I rest my case.

brettcta

it's no one's fault but your own that you're unhappy with the postage (and to be honest, i'd be glad i got any discount on postage as many sellers don't offer this). i'd be well pleased that i got over a tenner knocked off for postage.

look at it this way, how much wrapping & packaging will that take to keep it secure? then add the weight of them item & said packaging, plus if he's sending it by courier with insurance, it's going to knock the price up to around that £10 mark.

Nobody is legally obliged to offer a discount.

he did.#

stop whinging, grow up and never darken my PC monitor with this incessant bile ever again.