Won't agree on postage

[Aruffell]

So have you explained that the items are being sent from 2 locations?

Am checking ebay rules as i don't want this to be a problem first.

Not sure if it's allowed?

Andy

 

[Deleted member 77746]

If I want combined postage I ask before the end, common sense. The buyer in this case is the fault. He should not have cancelled the sale. The OP has the right to file a complaint for an unpaid bid.

EDIT: even if they are in different locations, the buyer should have contacted the seller first before agreeing to terms and conditions. The buyer is still in the wrong here.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Am checking ebay rules as i don't want this to be a problem first.

Not sure if it's allowed?

Andy

I can't think of any logical reason why you wouldn't be allowed to post from multiple different locations, provided you've got legal title to sell then where you dispatch from is an irrelevance to eBay or at least it should be. Your postage costs will of course have to meet their requirements though.

 

[Aruffell]

I can't think of any logical reason why you wouldn't be allowed to post from multiple different locations, provided you've got legal title to sell then where you dispatch from is an irrelevance to eBay or at least it should be. Your postage costs will of course have to meet their requirements though.

Ok brilliant, will update the buyer with that.

If it wasn't for the snow, it wouldn't be a problem, but didn't want to tell the buyer that one of the items wasn't in my possession at this current time as it may have been breaking the rules.

Andy

 

[Combat squirrel]

if the item weighs 1.9kg and has to be sent special delivery it is as anything over 2kg is £21.65 but under 2k is £8.65
so the cheapest optiion is to just send 2 parcels

prices are here http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400026&mediaId=22700554

I see what you did there, a well reasoned, logical argument backed up by math and facts, what IS GD coming to?!

 

[Angus02]

Even if he pays the full postage I still would beak the lube out as no doubt he will try and
get the money back another way.

Remember and make sure you get signed for and take out additional cover if over £41.00.

 

[guyfawkes5]

...but didn't want to tell the buyer that one of the items wasn't in my possession at this current time as it may have been breaking the rules.

Andy

My sympathies were with you initially, but after steering away from a general statement of what the items are, hearing that sellers often increase their mark-up by overcharging posting and packaging, and this...

 

[Trifid]

My sympathies were with you initially, but after steering away from a general statement of what the items are, hearing that sellers often increase their mark-up by overcharging posting and packaging, and this...

Why? The items are coming from 2 different locations and the buyer agreed to pay for each item + their respective postage and packaging costs when bidding. The buyer includes the cost of postage in the overall item cost anyway.

I'd just state that the 2 items are in different parts of the country and will be shipped individually by special delivery. If you don't receive payment in 48 hours (or whatever) than a non paying complaint will be made.

 

[Swifty55]

1.Take payment
2.Don't post and ignore all emails/texts/messages from buyer
3.Profit!

 

[buchtis]

Which you are not allowed to do.

Why not? I thought it was allowed as nowhere in the eBay TOS does it say you have to offer discounted postage for multiple items.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Why not? I thought it was allowed as nowhere in the eBay TOS does it say you have to offer discounted postage for multiple items.

You are not allowed to raise postage prices to cover the cost of Ebay or Paypal fees.

I was replying to this:

get raped by eBay selling fees and PayPal take a cut too so I have to pass it on to make it back from the P&P.

 

[guyfawkes5]

Why? The items are coming from 2 different locations and the buyer agreed to pay for each item + their respective postage and packaging costs when bidding.

Now see, I would've been in the same boat until the poster concerned said that he was wouldn't tell the buyer he wasn't in possession of the item at the time of purchase as it might have been against eBay rules. Whether it is verboten or not, him putting rules ahead of reason in one instance then reversing this adage in another to suit him would suggest to me that he probably doesn't deserve the protection of either.

 

[kylew]

Why not? I thought it was allowed as nowhere in the eBay TOS does it say you have to offer discounted postage for multiple items.

I think you're taking him too literally. He's not saying you have to charge the exact amount it costs you. It's a means to stop people from pricing the item low with high postage costs to get around ebay's fees, as they only charge you fees as a percentage of the item's cost, minus delivery.

Fox didn't explain it properly as you are actually allowed to charge more than it costs you (ie, make a profit) to post stuff out, but you're not supposed to do so as a means to claw back monies from ebay and paypal fees. They put it under "charging a handing fee, for packaging or for your time".

The majority of people will charge more than it costs them to post it, essentially making up somewhat, for the amount of fees ebay take, otherwise you wouldn't get so many people that are against the buyer arranging the delivery out, as the sellers like to be in control of that for the very purposes of making some profit back.

 

[Rroff]

Doesn't really matter what the OP is doing tbh... nothing wrong with the buyer trying to reduce costs by suggesting combined postage... but he agreed to the terms when he bid and if he can't accept that he shouldn't have bid on the items - or asked if it would be ok before bidding.