Ebay seller lol

mejinks · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:08

I was quite surprised to see a few items that interest me on ebay with good prices, but silly postage amounts (£25 for a very small item) Anyway, I contacted the seller and asked that as I was only a stones throw away, could I collect in person if I won.

He replied: "Hi, Thankyou for your enquiry but we are an internet company, deliveries only"

This is blatantly so he can profit from the postage costs, isn't it?

asim18 · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:10

Dewotter · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:11

Indeed.

yhack · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:11

Break into his house and steal the item. That'll teach him.

Edward01 · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:14

you don't pay ebay fees on the postage so it's a good way of avoiding fees.

mejinks · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:23

Shall I report him?

mjt · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:26

mejinks said:
Shall I report him?

for what?

Edward01 · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:27

mejinks said:
Shall I report him?

What for?

Edit // Opps lol

mejinks · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:29

mjt said:
for what?

Dunno, trying to get around the fees?

Vonhelmet · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:30

mjt said:
for what?

Breaking the rules by using excessive postage to avoid fees?

asim18 · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:32

Yes. Report the scumbag.

I got suspended for shill bidding, and had to do a boring theory test.

ScarySquirrel · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:44

Yes, report him.

HAz · 9 Jun 2009 at 00:51

yea report him, hate ppl who do that on ebay.

A2Z · 9 Jun 2009 at 01:16

mejinks said:
I was quite surprised to see a few items that interest me on ebay with good prices, but silly postage amounts (£25 for a very small item) Anyway, I contacted the seller and asked that as I was only a stones throw away, could I collect in person if I won.

He replied: "Hi, Thankyou for your enquiry but we are an internet company, deliveries only"

This is blatantly so he can profit from the postage costs, isn't it?

and?

CaseyChaos · 9 Jun 2009 at 01:27

If people get put off by the postage it's only hurting the company, if people pay £25 for a small item then more fool them, they can always get the item somewhere else.

Vanilla_Pod · 9 Jun 2009 at 01:37

Everyone loves a grass!! Especially for something as pathetic as this!
If you wanted to pick it up and get yourself a bargain then you should have checked before bidding, your own fault really!

mejinks · 9 Jun 2009 at 01:39

Vanilla_Pod said:
Everyone loves a grass!! Especially for something as pathetic as this!
If you wanted to pick it up and get yourself a bargain then you should have checked before bidding, your own fault really!

Um I haven't bid on the item. You might want to try, you know, reading the post before spewing forth your opinion.

MikeHunt79 · 9 Jun 2009 at 01:41

asim18 said:
Yes. Report the scumbag.

I got suspended for shill bidding, and had to do a boring theory test.

Intentional irony?

asim18 · 9 Jun 2009 at 01:54

MikeHunt79 said:
Intentional irony?

Greenlizard0 · 9 Jun 2009 at 02:18

I thought they'd already clamped down on this.

The odd thing is - I've never had anybody even remotely complain about my postal prices - yet for certain catagories I'm not allowed to charge postage fees. In other catagories there's a maximum. :/